Charnwood Borough Council’s cabinet has backed a new Apprenticeship Award Scheme, allocating £52,500 which they hope can be awarded to small and medium sized entrepreneurs in the borough to create 35 new apprenticeships.
The first class of apprentices from Travelodge’s budget hotel management apprenticeship programme have all graduated and joined the chain as hotel managers.
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Capgemini in partnership with Baltic Training Services have designed, developed, and implemented an apprenticeship programme to create opportunities for positions in IT Project Management based in Inverness.
Gloucester-based specialist insurance group Ecclesiastical last week welcomed two new apprentices to its advanced apprenticeship scheme, which launched earlier this year.
Apprenticeships in the UK are set to rise by over 50% to 800,000 in the next five years, according to talent acquisition and management company, Alexander Mann Solutions.
Employers in Manchester have offered 50 young people interviews for apprenticeship positions following an event organised by the Prince’s Trust in partnership with the National Apprenticeship Service.
