National Apprenticeship Week Archives - Business Biscuit

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Tuesday February 22 2022

Wiltshire College rounds off National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating Apprentice Heroes

Wiltshire College & University Centre has rounded off a successful National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating its Apprentice Heroes – students who have gone above and beyond during their training programmes. Billy Mitchell (pictured) is studying a Level 2 Land-based […]

New College apprentices

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Thursday February 17 2022

New College Swindon celebrates talent for National Apprenticeship Week

New College Swindon rounded off a successful National Apprenticeship Week with an awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of their apprentices over the past 12 months.

Grant Thornton National Apprenticeship Week

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Wednesday February 9 2022

Apprenticeship use increases in South West as fight for talent intensifies

As National Apprenticeship Week (7-13 February) reaches its midway point, new research from audit, tax and advisory services firm Grant Thornton shows that the South West’s mid-market is increasingly making use of apprenticeships as a means of up-skilling their people […]

Swindon & Wiltshire Appointments
Thursday February 3 2022

Zurich’s apprenticeship programme grows three-fold – with a quarter of vacancies in Swindon

Swindon-based insurance giant Zurich says it has boosted its apprenticeship programme three-fold over the past 24 months as it gears up to recruit the next generation of industry talent.

Kirsty Newberry, who is studying a horticulture apprenticeship and competed in the WorldSkills Landscaping Final last November

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Wednesday February 2 2022

Wiltshire College to mark National Apprenticeship Week with range of activities

Wiltshire College & University Centre is to celebrate its diverse apprenticeships offering during National Apprenticeship Week next week.

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Friday January 31 2020

Employers can find out latest on apprenticeships at free event

Employers are being invited to find out more about apprenticeships at a free business breakfast in February.

The event at Melksham Town Hall on February 6 is being held during National Apprenticeship Week from February 3 to 9.

Robert Buckland with apprentices at Nationwide

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Friday March 9 2018

MP visits Nationwide to see how apprenticeships are benefitting Swindon

Swindon South MP Robert Buckland has visited one of Swindon’s largest employers to meet apprentices as part of National Apprenticeship Week. Robert met a group of apprentices and learned more about the vital role they play within the building […]

Back row: Lewis Witherington, Natalie Bristow, Dom Threlfall, Ryan Shorter, Arron Smith Front row: Luke Rapley, Ryan Thompson

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Thursday March 8 2018

Get the senior staff you want with apprenticeships, says motor dealer

Employers should hire apprentices to get their perfect senior team of the future, a Swindon motor dealer has said. Dominic Threlfall of Hyundai and Suzuki dealership Pebley Beach – who was named Wiltshire Apprentice Employer of the Year in […]

National Apprenticeships Week

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Wednesday March 7 2018

Employers urged to rethink apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship Week

Swindon and Wiltshire employers are being urged to ‘rethink apprenticeships’ as a viable route to develop the skilled staff businesses need. The call comes from Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership during National Apprenticeship Week, which runs from March […]

Apprentices Kieran Simon, Jack Upton, Dan Mayell, Jake Jones, and Dan Jago

Swindon & Wiltshire News
Tuesday March 6 2018

Business leader calls on companies to embrace apprenticeships and close skills gap

A Chippenham business leader has called on Swindon and Wiltshire companies to embrace apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship Week – March 5 to 9. Over the last year the number of apprenticeships offered by employers has dropped dramatically – in […]