News

1 Oct 2011
New literacy assessment tool from the Labour Department
An article by the Hospitality Standards Institute highlights the new ‘Take the test’ literacy assessment tool. This tool was developed by the Department of Labour to help employers assess the literacy skills of their workforce.
14 Jun 2011
Literacy training to edge out competition at EasiYo
An article published by Export New Zealand, a division of BusinessNZ, discusses how EasiYo is using workplace literacy training to give it the competitive edge.
13 Jun 2011
Award entries for 2011 show positive results
This year's Skills Highway Award entries show workplace literacy training continues to yield positive results for organisations across the country, says Labour Department Deputy Chief Executive for Policy and Research Jeremy Corban.
4 Apr 2011
Millions behind on basic skills, threatens Australia's international competitiveness
An Australian newspaper article details how Australia's international competitiveness is under threat because up to eight million Australian workers don't have the reading, writing or numeracy skills to undertake training for trade or professional jobs.
31 Mar 2011
Business benefits from skills boost
The Cardinal Logistics literacy training programme is profiled in Business to Business, a news website for small to medium companies.
30 Mar 2011
Further education boosts economy by £75 billion
Participants that started a qualification in 2008/09 will generate an additional £75bn for the [British] economy over their working lives, over and above what they would have contributed if they had not achieved these qualifications.
11 Feb 2011
Changing lives with literacy
EasiYo's workplace literacy programme is highlighted in an article published in the North Shore Times.

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1 Jan 2011
Engineering bosses back literacy training
Engineering bosses from Liddell Contracting, Longveld Engineering and Fletcher Construction are profiled, detailing how their workplace literacy training has been good for both employees and business in an article by DEEM Engineering and Manufacturing.
1 Dec 2010
On the highway of skill
An article about Cardinal Logistics' workplace literacy and numeracy course published in the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs newsletter.
25 Nov 2010
Manukau logistics company receives top Pacific employer award
Cardinal Logistics from Manukau received the Pacific Employer/Workplace award at the recent 2010 MIT Pacific Business Awards in Auckland.