In the world of business, the terms ‘Manager’ and ‘Leader’ are often used inter-changeably, but there are some key differentiating factors between them. Whilst the two go hand in hand and many managers are also excellent leaders, some managers lack the leadership skills necessary to inspire and motivate the staff they supervise – often with negative effect.…

The Industry Benchmark Report for 2020 found that more and more providers are looking to make a permanent shift online in the next few years and one of the major reasons behind this shift is the time-saving capabilities of online and blended learning.…

Health and safety training has always been at the heart of this particular client’s ethos, protecting its staff from the everyday hazards of the industry and increasingly, this will begin to include important mental health training for staff at all levels. Earlier this year, an incident occurred that cemented the importance of this ethos for this client.…

Last month, London Underground announced that they will be replacing the Industry Common Induction with a new induction training course for anyone working on London Underground: the Worksite Safety Induction.…

Over the past year the construction sector has encountered immense challenges and as a result, many training providers have been forced to reduce the size of their staff. So, with scores of providers now operating with a much smaller team, anything that can help them to minimise extra administration is a useful undertaking.…

The annual benchmark report outlines the major trends shaping the training industry, using data collected from previous reports to predict the direction that training will be moving in this year. For your ease, the CourseSight Team has summarised these trends and what they mean for training providers looking to stay competitive and take advantage of the developments shaping the industry in 2021.…

Well, that was quite a year wasn’t it! On the 23rd March 2020 I posted a statement on the 1974 Rapport website declaring that we’ll be scaling things back in line with government advice as we entered Lockdown #1; we would only be helping NHS, care, key workers etc.. with face fit testing, no Asbestos training and we expected a quiet and financially crippling 2020, furloughed like many others. Little did I know just how ill prepared these sectors were in respect to RPE and how poor the standards & knowledge of RPE was.…

The steady rise in the number of electric and hybrid vehicles in the last year has led the government to introduce new laws instructing anyone working with or around electric and hybrid vehicles to first undertake the necessary training to do so safely.…

E-Learning is more relevant now than ever before. Since Covid struck 8 months ago and with much of the country having lived under restrictions for many months, e-learning is one of few ways to safely continue obtaining required qualifications and training. As such, the CourseSight team is particularly pleased to be in the position to offer our ever-growing community over 100 e-learning courses from our newest major training provider, TalentQuest.…