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AuthorBell, Graeme
PositionLetters - Letter to the editor

The article "Back to school" (October 2005) focused on how employers can teach UK teenagers entrepreneurship, but drew attention to the more fundamental issues of numeracy and financial literacy. Employers in schools should seek to address these basic issues, as well as high-profile entrepreneur schemes.

Along with about 50 of my colleagues, I spend one lunchtime a week going into local schools to help children improve their maths skills. This initiative is co-ordinated by my employer, Britannia Building Society, as part of the national Number Partners consortium...

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