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<title><![CDATA[ Train to gain helps businesses of all sizes fight recession ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Business leaders have hailed the Government’s flagship Train to Gain  programme, saying it has helped them provide vital training to their  staff during the downturn ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2006</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>05/02/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Apprentices Flying High at Yeovil Helicopter Firm ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Business Minister Pat McFadden is visiting AgustaWestland today to  celebrate the helicopter manufacturer’s commitment to recruit apprentices ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2007</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>05/02/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ New Thinking for a Changing Population ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Older people bring skills and experience to the workplace that can be  an asset to business and their spending power can boost the wider economy ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2005</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>04/02/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ 15 year high for UK Manufaturing ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ UK manufacturing activity increased in January at the fastest pace in 15 years and house prices rose, adding to evidence that the recovery is gathering pace ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2004</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>03/02/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Government celebrates apprenticeships and urges business to recruit in the recovery ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The government today launched National Apprenticeship Week, celebrating the commitment of employers to recruit apprentices and urging people to look at the benefits to their skills and career of becoming an apprentice ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2002</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>02/02/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Launch of Apprenticeship Week 2010 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The government today launched National Apprenticeship Week, celebrating the commitment of employers to recruit apprentices and urging people to look at the benefits to their skills and career of becoming an apprentice ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2003</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>01/02/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ New taskforce launched to ensure high quality careers advice for young people ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ A new taskforce launched yesterday will ensure skilled and motivated careers professionals give all young people high-quality advice', said Schools Minister Iain Wright. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2000</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>28/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ UK Innovation Investment Fund Launches £125m Environmental Investment Fund ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The UK Innovation Investment Fund is off the ground with the first  closing of the £125m Hermes Private Equity environmental innovation fund. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2001</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>27/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Jobs, training and work experience for every young person out of work for six months ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ New guarantee goes live ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1999</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>26/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ University project boost for construction workers ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ NEARLY 250 new recruits will gain experience of the construction industry over the next three years under a Government initiative launched at the University of Exeter. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1998</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>26/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Going for growth in the regions ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Participants worked together to identify the challenges facing regions and places and the ways in which national and local government and their partners could take forward the ‘Going for Growth’ Strategy. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1997</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>25/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ National Apprenticeship Week ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ National Apprenticeship Week will take place from Monday 1 February to Friday 5 February 2010 and will celebrate the talents and skills of apprentices across England. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1996</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>25/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Peter Mandelson's letter to Colleges and training Providers ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The letter sets out the priorities and some of the key challenges facing the FE sector over the next twelve months. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1995</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>25/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Government sets out new package of measures to help the 21st century family ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Includes provision to improve flexible working for families, and give more targeted support to families in need. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1993</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>22/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Unemployment and Youth Unemployment fall as Government Increases help for Unemployed ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The government today welcomed the drop in the December unemployment  and youth unemployment figures but warned that the jobless total was  still expected to rise again before the summer. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1992</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>21/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Increase in People Achieving High-Level Apprenticeships ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The number of people achieving an advanced level Apprenticeship has  increased by approximately a third, according to provisional data  released today by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1994</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>21/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Event to Encourage Self-Employment in the over-50s ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The South West RDA is pleased to be sponsoring a unique event aimed at encouraging the over-50s to set up their own business. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1990</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>20/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Welfare reform: Fewer people left behind in this recession ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ A new test which focuses on what people can do rather than what they can't is keeping more people seeking work, new figures show today. Thousands of people are now moving towards work rather than being left to claim sickness benefit. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1989</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>20/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Good News on Unemployment ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Another drop in SW claimants. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1991</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>20/01/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Government acts to break through glass ceiling on social mobility ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Putting social mobility at the heart of plans  for growth and success in the global economy ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=1988</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>19/01/2010</pubdate>
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