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The Skills Centre launches innovative dry lining apprenticeships in London and Essex
|Date: 18 February, 2025

The Skills Centre launches innovative dry lining apprenticeships in London and Essex
The Skills Centre, one of the UK’s leading construction training providers, has launched a cutting-edge a ...
The Skills Centre, one of the UK’s leading construction training providers, has launched a cutting-edge apprenticeship scheme specialising in dry lining.   Designed in collaboration with employers an ...
18 February, 2025
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Applications open for BMI’s industry-leading roofing apprenticeship competition
|Date: 11 February, 2025

Applications open for BMI’s industry-leading roofing apprenticeship competition
BMI is calling on the next generation of the nation’s roofers to apply for the 2025 BMI Apprentice of the ...
BMI is calling on the next generation of the nation’s roofers to apply for the 2025 BMI Apprentice of the Year competition. Now in its eighth year, the competition offers a chance for roofing apprenti ...
11 February, 2025
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IfATE approves the development of new Level 2 and 3 apprenticeship standards for plumbing
|Date: 23 January, 2025

IfATE approves the development of new Level 2 and 3 apprenticeship standards for plumbing
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has given the Chartered Institute of Pl ...
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has given the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) formal approval to develop new Level 2 and Level 3 plumb ...
23 January, 2025
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SR Timber supports roof slating & tiling apprentices
|Date: 3 September, 2024

SR Timber supports roof slating & tiling apprentices
Roof Slating and Tiling Apprentices in colleges across the UK have received over 4000 linear metres of ti ...
Roof Slating and Tiling Apprentices in colleges across the UK have received over 4000 linear metres of timber roofing batten donated so far this year from SR Timber as the business commits to assistin ...
3 September, 2024
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Report commissioned by Checkatrade.com reveals huge skills gap
|Date: 8 March, 2023

Report commissioned by Checkatrade.com reveals huge skills gap
The new UK Trade Skills Index 2023 reveals an ‘alarming’ skills gap engulfing construction sector – with ...
The new UK Trade Skills Index 2023 reveals an ‘alarming’ skills gap engulfing construction sector – with demand for skills outstripping supply, wage hikes for hard-to-find tradespeople, higher househo ...
8 March, 2023
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London bricklaying apprentices challenged by Forterra
|Date: 2 March, 2023

London bricklaying apprentices challenged by Forterra
Bricklaying apprentices gathered recently at Lewisham College to compete in Forterra’s third annual Londo ...
Bricklaying apprentices gathered recently at Lewisham College to compete in Forterra’s third annual London Apprenticeship Challenge. The contest saw 12 London-based apprentice bricklayers compete in t ...
2 March, 2023
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Funding boost for apprenticeships
|Date: 8 March, 2019

Funding boost for apprenticeships
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced a funding boost to help employers take on c ...
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced a funding boost to help employers take on construction apprentices. From 1st April, CITB’s attendance grants to employers will increase to ...
8 March, 2019
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Dulux Academy supported National Apprenticeship Week
|Date: 8 March, 2019

Dulux Academy supported National Apprenticeship Week
The theme of this year's National Apprenticeship Week was ‘Blaze a Trail’, to celebrate the passion and e ...
The theme of this year's National Apprenticeship Week was ‘Blaze a Trail’, to celebrate the passion and energy that apprentices bring. Working across its college partners, Dulux Academy celebrated the ...
8 March, 2019
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Is your apprentice the nation’s number one?
|Date: 7 January, 2019

Is your apprentice the nation’s number one?
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is on the hunt for the nation’s best apprentice. As part of the F ...
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is on the hunt for the nation’s best apprentice. As part of the FMB’s Master Builder Awards, the leading industry awards for small and medium-sized (SME) constr ...
7 January, 2019
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Research identifies barriers to taking on apprentices
|Date: 7 December, 2018

Research identifies barriers to taking on apprentices
A massive 92 per cent of sole traders have never employed an apprentice, according to research from JTL a ...
A massive 92 per cent of sole traders have never employed an apprentice, according to research from JTL and The Enterprise Trust. An over-complicated application process and a lack of clarity on the b ...
7 December, 2018
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Apprentice decorator 2018 is named
|Date: 21 November, 2018

Apprentice decorator 2018 is named
Aiden Dearie has been chosen as the gold winner of the 2018 Crown Paints Apprentice Decorator of the Year ...
Aiden Dearie has been chosen as the gold winner of the 2018 Crown Paints Apprentice Decorator of the Year competition after a three-day challenge at the WorldSkills UK LIVE event at Birmingham’s NEC. ...
21 November, 2018
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WorldSkills UK: Calling All Apprentices
|Date: 28 October, 2016

WorldSkills UK: Calling All Apprentices
REMOVING THE FOG FROM CAREERS CHOICE: THE WORLDSKILLS UK CAREERS CLOUD Engineer, bricklayer, beauty thera ...
REMOVING THE FOG FROM CAREERS CHOICE: THE WORLDSKILLS UK CAREERS CLOUD Engineer, bricklayer, beauty therapist, accountant, the list of potential jobs to do goes on and on: with so many careers on off ...
28 October, 2016
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WorldSkills UK: What it Takes to Go for Gold
|Date: 5 October, 2016

WorldSkills UK: What it Takes to Go for Gold
David Kehoe, National Training and Technical Representative at British Gypsum and WorldSkills UK Expert s ...
David Kehoe, National Training and Technical Representative at British Gypsum and WorldSkills UK Expert shares his trade secrets as the UK prepares to take part in EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016. Team GB ...
5 October, 2016
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WorldSkills UK: Why Skills Competitions Are So Important
|Date: 27 July, 2016

WorldSkills UK: Why Skills Competitions Are So Important
Dr Neil Bentley, Chief Executive, WorldSkills UKSkills, explains how competitions prepare apprentices and ...
Dr Neil Bentley, Chief Executive, WorldSkills UKSkills, explains how competitions prepare apprentices and learners for the challenges of work The skills shortages facing construction firms in the UK h ...
27 July, 2016
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Get Involved in the Apprentice Scholarship
|Date: 28 June, 2016

Get Involved in the Apprentice Scholarship
A new apprenticeship scholarship programme has launched today, to give two construction firms the chance ...
A new apprenticeship scholarship programme has launched today, to give two construction firms the chance to benefit from the placement of an apprentice who will be completely funded to work for them f ...
28 June, 2016
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Apprentice Profile: Heat Engineer Sophie Jenkins
|Date: 11 May, 2016

Apprentice Profile: Heat Engineer Sophie Jenkins
Award winner Sophie Jenkins is paving the way for women in the sustainable energy industry. At the Geberi ...
Award winner Sophie Jenkins is paving the way for women in the sustainable energy industry. At the Geberit Awards, 25-year old Sophie Jenkins won the Young Apprentice of the Year Award for her work as ...
11 May, 2016
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