... Personnel policy Armed forces Britain today is a multicultural society with sizeable minority groups who have origins in the Indian sub‐continent, Africa, and the Caribbean (Commission for Racial Equality, 1999). Latest figures show that minorities make up around 7 per cent of the UK population...

... ]. Research also shows that older people are considerably less likely to receive job‐related training than younger people[ 8 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Age discrimination Labour market Older employees Personnel policy Until recently, government policy was aimed chiefly at removing older...