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		<title>Whose strategy is it anyway?</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/04/24/whose-strategy-is-it-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been fascinating to listen and watch what is either a slip of the tongue or just an abrogation of responsibility in a number of quarters since the launch of the National Skills Strategy.

The strategy is the result of the most comprehensive sector labour market research for over 30  years.
The best employers have led the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=30&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism in UK worth £85 Billion in 2005</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latest research from Visit Britian values tourism in the UK at a massive £85 billion in 2005 with:

80% of this generated by domestic tourism
Roughly 25% is accounted for by the &#8220;retail experience&#8221;
17% accounted for by spending by overseas visitors during their visit to the UK

In real terms UK tourism is now back to where it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=29&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Businesses who train survive!</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/businesses-who-train-survive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report out last week (28th March 2007) shows that restaurants and hotels are much more likely to go out of business if they do not train. The report into training and establishment survival shows that 28% of businesses that didn&#8217;t provide training in the industry closed down, compared to only 3% of the businesses that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=28&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ramsay the Brand &#8211; Of course he is!</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/ramsay-the-brand-of-course-he-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Is Ramsay a brand &#8211; or a flash in the pan!&#8221;
A great evening hosted in central London sponsored by Oxford Brookes brought together two opposing debating teams:
In front of an audience of over 100 industry figures and students &#8211; a healthy and passionate debate concluded with the audience deciding that Ramsay was not a brand&#8230;&#8230; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=24&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A deal for a deal &#8211; Industry tax breaks!</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/a-deal-for-a-deal-industry-tax-breaks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent En Passant leadership forum focussed on the actions industry can take and could propose to stimulate investment in developing skills in the workforce.
Brief introductory presentations by Bob Cotton (BHA) and Brian Wisdom (People 1st) set the scene and after much discussion the key conclusions / actions were:

Industry must ensure Uk Skills Passport succeeds &#8211; and follow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=25&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Support for the 1st National Skills Strategy</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/support-for-the-1st-national-skills-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Launch event itself went very well and it was excellent to have Shaun Woodward not only delivering a speech which clearly articulated his support for the strategy but also announcing his chairmanship of the performance monitoring group. The Minister also then took a &#8220;Paxman&#8221; like role, questioning the panel of key public budget holders and industry exemplar, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=23&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skills and Education in the Budget</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/skills-and-education-in-the-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Gordon Brown delivered his 11th and probably final budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer. A key theme was education and training with the Chancellor announcing a 25 per cent increase in spending on education over the next three years.


Great news but we have to concentrate on extracting the maximum value from the £600 million spent last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=27&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Minister Instantly dismisses Tourism Tax!</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/minister-instantly-dismisses-tourism-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lyons Inquiry final report was released  just before the Budget Announcement. The report itself was not very helpful- it recommended introducing a power for local authorities to levy a tourism tax where there was a strong case to do so.
However, there has been a quick and emphatic response from Local Government Minister, Phil Woolas, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=26&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wonderful Food &#8211; British Tourism Week</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/wonderful-food-british-tourism-week/</link>
		<comments>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/wonderful-food-british-tourism-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking place between the 12 and 18 March 2007, British Tourism Week exists to raise national awareness of the size, value and importance of Britain&#8217;s £74 billion visitor economy.
After an event packed week British Tourism Week draws to a close &#8211; a week that began with a royal launch by Prince Charles this years Patron in London and a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=17&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>McJob definition denegrates the hospitality sector!</title>
		<link>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/mcjob-definition-denegrates-the-hospitality-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://davidmchattie.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/mcjob-definition-denegrates-the-hospitality-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;n. McJob &#8211; an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector&#8221; so says the definition in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Originally coined to dig at McDonalds, this definition illustrates how its meaning has been allowed to expand encompassing a sector &#8211; while we as a sector sit back, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmchattie.wordpress.com&blog=740785&post=14&subd=davidmchattie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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