The first completely online learning programme for the retail motor sector has been launched by Autavis.

If anyone is going to make money when the motor trade is in recession it really ought to be the people who sell advice on how to make money in recession.

Most employers are maintaining training budgets or even increasing them despite the recession pressures they face, according to an Institute of Directors' (IoD) survey published this week.

Employers have insisted the skills agenda is on track despite admitting it was "inevitable" that training and development would suffer during the recession.

Investment in training makes companies more profitable, new research shows.

Learning and development practitioners can benefit from promoting informal learning in the workplace, but they must be willing to embrace new technologies like social networks, says British Telecom's head of learning.

HR professionals are less keen than staff on e-learning claims a survey, unveiled today at the 2009 HRD training and learning event at London Docklands' Excel centre.

Castrol expects 500 service reception staff to undertake its Red Carpet Training this year, after finding a soft skills gap in the sector.

Volkswagen Group Training Services will focus on measuring success of its training in an attempt to improve its offering.

Redundancies are widespread across the automotive industry at the moment, with car plants on slowdown or temporary closure, franchised dealers laying off people and suppliers under pressure to cut costs.