Apprenticeships are growing in popularity as an increasing number of employers realise the value of taking on a new member of staff in a way that is both cost-effective and beneficial to the growth and development of that individual and of the company as a whole. Business Times’ Focus on Apprenticeship feature looks at the benefits of taking on an apprentice and features those who provide the help and advice to make the process run smoothly.
1st March 2019
NITAL - the Northamptonshire Industrial Training Association Limited - entered 2019 with a special purpose. To celebrate 50 years of providing the county with expert technical apprenticeship training...
1st March 2019
BUSINESSES with skill gaps and a need for new team members are being urged to get in touch with Northampton College - which has more than 300 talented young people ready to start working today. The...
1st March 2018
LATEST figures show homebuilder Barratt Homes Northampton has provided 1,800 jobs directly and through contractors and suppliers, including directly employing 10 new apprentices, trainees and...
1st March 2018
THE apprenticeship levy will not deliver the three million apprenticeships targeted by the Government without urgent change, according to a report from The 5% Club. In its latest paper, The 5%...
1st March 2018
By Fiona Baldwin Practice Leader Grant Thornton Northampton IN April 2017, the government launched the apprenticeship levy to encourage businesses to invest in training new and...
1st March 2018
By Antonia Brown Haines Watts ALL too often, school students are blind to the post-18 options available for them to explore outside of the university route. Many students still believe they need...
1st March 2018
EXPERIENCE in the everyday world of work is invaluable for students, while finding out exactly what graduates have to offer is invaluable to potential employers - a win-win situation on both sides. ...
1st March 2018
SPECIALIST training at a national facility in Swindon, coupled with hands-on experience alongside highly skilled colleagues, is setting Lewis Lockwood up for the career path of his choice. Lewis,...
1st March 2018
IN positive contrast to many recently reported statistics from regions across the UK, Moulton College's apprenticeship take-up continues on an upward trajectory. Northamptonshire businesses are no...
1st March 2018
APPRENTICESHIPS are bucking the trend in Northamptonshire - with Northampton College placing more and more young people into jobs and local employers increasingly seeking and advertising for...
1st March 2017
A FORMER apprentice from Northamptonshire has taken his career in construction to the next level and earned a foundation degree thanks to the support of David Wilson Homes' bespoke site management...
1st March 2017
FIVE star housebuilder Barratt Homes is supporting the future of the construction industry by welcoming two new joinery apprentices to the division. William Yates, 23, and Jake Schultz, 18, were...
1st March 2017
NATIONAL Apprenticeship Week is an ideal time to celebrate the concept of bringing young people into the world of work to develop both their professional and personal skills. Gary Woodhall, Head of...
1st March 2017
The government is changing the way it funds apprenticeships in England as part of a drive to increase the number of apprenticeships in England to three million by 2020. All employers in the UK with a...
1st March 2017
A SURVEY carried out recently by City and Guilds revealed that a third of employers liable to pay the new apprenticeship levy when it comes into force in April are not even aware of it. The new scheme...
