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Three brilliant reasons to upskill your workforce with Apprenticeships
At 大象传媒, Wales鈥� leading training provider, every week is National Apprenticeship Week. Throughout the year we focus on celebrating our fully-funded Apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy in Wales. Apprenticeships are excellent for helping businesses grow as well as engaging employees and...
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Live learn and earn with an apprenticeship this exam time
Regardless of whether or not you got the exam grades you were hoping for, there are a wide range of options for you to consider, an apprenticeship being one of them. An apprenticeship is a work based learning programme that helps you to develop professional skills and gain a nationally...
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Former bricklayer takes up National Apprenticeship Week challenge to build new career in IT
A FORMER bricklayer is building the foundations of a new career in IT after responding to a data company鈥檚 call to get involved in its very own 鈥楢pprenticeship Challenge鈥� as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2017. Lance Davidson, from Barry, put dreams of working in the digital world on hold...
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Bridgend teen takes up National Apprenticeship Challenge to win head start in pursuing dream IT career
A BRIDGEND teen has a head start in pursuing his dream career in IT after he responded to a local data company鈥檚 call to get involved in its very own 鈥楢pprenticeship Challenge鈥� as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2017. Lloyd Stevens, 18, has put higher education study plans on hold...
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Apprenticeship first for Cardiff firm Clarke Willmott
CITY legal firm Clarke Willmott has hired its first ever apprentice after responding to a call from Wales鈥� leading training provider to take up its very own 鈥楢pprenticeship Challenge鈥� in 2017. Chris Matthews, 18, joins Clarke Willmott鈥檚 administration team as the first candidate to be recruited as an apprentice into...
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Studying with AAT – Chelsea Davies
Chelsea Davies, an Administrator at EST Chartered Certified Accountants, shares her story during Financial Capability Week on how she has started her career in accounting via AAT. I would like to start by telling you a little about my background, this time last year I was a full-time waitress not...
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Hire Darren
Apprenticeship Award Cymru 2016 finalist Darren Watts is now sadly out of work since his employers Appletree Nurseries closed聽last week. Not only is Darren only 18 years old and unemployed, he also can鈥檛 complete his Apprenticeship that he worked so hard to get on to. It鈥檚 now become our mission...
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Darren happy to break the mould with career in childcare
Darren Watts has turned a natural gift of supporting siblings and younger cousins into a promising career. In doing so, the 18-year-old has taken the unusual step of moving from a path in the construction industry to childcare, happily breaking the mould in a predominantly female profession. Darren followed his...
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Top 10 benefits of employing apprentices
It’s not just traditional industries or large organisations that are choosing the apprenticeship route nowadays. Small businesses also find it a useful way to recruit and train staff. Apprenticeships now cover more than 170 industries and 1,500 job roles from entry to degree level – so if you鈥檝e been toying...