A young Exeter apprentice has secured a solid career foundation thanks to a Redrow scheme offering a range of key trainee roles across the business and is urging others to do the same this National Apprenticeship Week.
The scheme offers trainees paid positions across the country, in a variety of roles ranging from bricklaying and groundwork to customer service and administration....
Skills Group is holding a breakfast seminar to provide employers with an update on the recent increase in the national minimum wage for apprentices and the introduction of new pension legislation, on Wednesday 25 November 2015.
The seminar, being held at the Skills Group training centre in Western Wood Way, Langage in Plymouth, is targeting employers in the business, care and early...
Nine apprentices from Plymouth City Council have gone head to head with seven other teams from around the country in a bid to be crowned Apprentice Team of the Year 2015 at the Brathay Apprentice Challenge.
The two-day long adventure finale at Brathay Trust’s Windermere headquarters marks the end of six months hard work, involving some of the country’s leading apprentice employers,...
Plymouth City Council apprentices are launching a Big Purple Day on Friday 3 July to raise money for the Epilepsy Society.
They're asking everyone to dress in purple on Friday or tweet a selfie with their purple beard photo and help raise money via their Just Giving page at justgiving.com/teams/BAC15.
Organising the fundraising is part of the Brathay Challenge, the national...
Abby Morgan winner of the Inspirational Apprentice Award, Chantelle Lea who was awarded the Higher Apprentice of the Year Award and Ann James, Chief Executive of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
There was double cause for celebration after the South West Regional Health Sector Apprenticeship Awards 2015 when two of our apprentices scooped awards.
Monday marks the beginning of National Apprentice Week and Plymouth City Council has scheduled a week packed with activities to celebrate the benefits of apprenticeships.
From visiting local schools, opening an apprenticeship pop up shop, to partnering with Citybus and 1000 club, who have put a battle bus on the Piazza, the council’s apprentices are on a mission.
A group of young people are getting sorted at Weston Mill and Chelson Meadow Recycling Centres as apprentices.
Nine apprentices are now learning the ropes at both sites as part of an apprenticeship run by the charity, Groundwork, in conjunction with City College Plymouth. And a further eight will be starting at Chelson Meadow Recycling Centre in a few weeks time.
New research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) reveals that apprenticeships will contribute around £3.2 billion to the economy of the South West in 2014.
This comes after the ‘Made by apprentices 1914 – 2014’ event yesterday on board HMS St Albans, marking 100 years of apprenticeships.
This figure includes gains to the economy from higher wages,...
Apprentice hairdressers proved they were a cut above the rest during a competition to showcase the next generation of talent.
The young apprentices with Plymouth-based Skills Group took part in a two day competition demonstrating their skills in three categories – vintage styling (novice), glitz and glam styling (intermediate) and Punk, Rock ‘n’ Roll styling (advanced).
Eight young people, who are either undertaking or have undertaken their apprenticeships within different areas of the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, attended a special breakfast event on Friday morning with the Chief Executive, Ann James and Director of Nursing, Greg Dix.
The apprentices shared their positive outlook, testimony, achievements and success, of taking the apprenticeship...
