apprentice Archives - Professional Builder

Shortage of Tradespeople – How Does This Affect The UK Economy?
|Date: 27 September, 2024

Shortage of Tradespeople – How Does This Affect The UK Economy?
The UK is currently struggling with a significant shortage of skilled tradespeople, a crisis that is cast ...
The UK is currently struggling with a significant shortage of skilled tradespeople, a crisis that is casting a long shadow over the nation's economy.  This shortfall in skilled labour is impacting var ...
27 September, 2024
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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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Princess Royal opens Cambridgeshire bricklaying Training Hub
|Date: 26 April, 2024

Princess Royal opens Cambridgeshire bricklaying Training Hub
Bricklaying, Site Supervisor and Surveying apprentices welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to officially open ...
Bricklaying, Site Supervisor and Surveying apprentices welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to officially open the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) new Apprenticeship Training Hub in Cambridge. Del ...
26 April, 2024
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Selco backs next generation of tradespeople
|Date: 20 December, 2023

Selco backs next generation of tradespeople
The tradespeople of the future are being backed by one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants in an exci ...
The tradespeople of the future are being backed by one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants in an exciting colleges partnership. Selco Builders Warehouse has donated thousands of pounds worth of ma ...
20 December, 2023
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BMI Apprentice of the Year competition celebrates excellence in roofing
|Date: 3 August, 2023

BMI Apprentice of the Year competition celebrates excellence in roofing
Featured image: Euan Forsyth, apprentice at Mithril Roofing and training at Fife College: BMI Redland App ...
Featured image: Euan Forsyth, apprentice at Mithril Roofing and training at Fife College: BMI Redland Apprentice of the Year 2023 in the Pitched Roofing category Following two days of competition to f ...
3 August, 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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Empowering the future of UK roofing
|Date: 23 September, 2022

Empowering the future of UK roofing
Empowering the future of UK roofing from the ground up – Professional Builder hears from Mat Woodyatt, Te ...
Empowering the future of UK roofing from the ground up – Professional Builder hears from Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager at BMI UK & Ireland The roofing industry is experiencing rapid cha ...
23 September, 2022
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Baxi invests in apprentices with team building programme
|Date: 13 April, 2022

Baxi invests in apprentices with team building programme
Baxi apprentice service engineers took part in a week-long team building course designed to develop the ...
Baxi apprentice service engineers took part in a week-long team building course designed to develop the next generation of installers with activities focusing on personal development and problem solv ...
13 April, 2022
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Dulux Academy celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with the launch of the new Apprentice Season Ticket
|Date: 9 February, 2022

Dulux Academy celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with the launch of the new Apprentice Season Ticket
Dulux Academy is celebrating this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (7th - 13th February) by launching ...
Dulux Academy is celebrating this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (7th - 13th February) by launching a new Apprentice Season Ticket, the first of several new initiatives that are being created to ...
9 February, 2022
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Apprentices skill up across the city this National Apprenticeship Week
|Date: 8 February, 2022

Apprentices skill up across the city this National Apprenticeship Week
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and since Unitas Stoke-on-Trent began in February 2018, they have taken ...
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and since Unitas Stoke-on-Trent began in February 2018, they have taken on 22 apprentices. Some of apprentices are working towards further qualifications in more spec ...
8 February, 2022
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How young installers can make the perfect first impression
|Date: 3 February, 2022

How young installers can make the perfect first impression
William Hanson, the UK’s leading etiquette coach and expert, gives guidance to young installers on how to ...
William Hanson, the UK’s leading etiquette coach and expert, gives guidance to young installers on how to make the perfect first impression as part of the Future Talent Initiative from Worcester Bosch ...
3 February, 2022
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Purdy announces mentor of the year
|Date: 15 December, 2021

Purdy announces mentor of the year
Leading professional painting tools manufacturer Purdy has crowned John Stevenson from the Leeds College ...
Leading professional painting tools manufacturer Purdy has crowned John Stevenson from the Leeds College of Building as the winner of its first Mentor of the Year competition and will award him the fi ...
15 December, 2021
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Roofing talent shines through in BMI’s Apprentice of the Year competition
|Date: 1 December, 2021

Roofing talent shines through in BMI’s Apprentice of the Year competition
Following a challenging and exciting two-day, pitched and flat roofing competition at the BMI Academy, ro ...
Following a challenging and exciting two-day, pitched and flat roofing competition at the BMI Academy, roofing apprentices Jamie Scott, of Bourne-based Sandall Roofing, and Brandon McGrail-Manning, of ...
1 December, 2021
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Not long left to enter the BMI Apprentice of the Year competition
|Date: 29 September, 2021

Not long left to enter the BMI Apprentice of the Year competition
With a week to go until the deadline for entries, there’s still time for Britain’s brightest and best roo ...
With a week to go until the deadline for entries, there’s still time for Britain’s brightest and best roofing apprentices to enter BMI’s Apprentice of the Year 2021. October 1st is the deadline for th ...
29 September, 2021
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The search for the 2021 BMI Apprentice of the Year is on!
|Date: 13 August, 2021

The search for the 2021 BMI Apprentice of the Year is on!
Following the lifting of COVID 19 restrictions, a key highlight in the UK construction calendar is back w ...
Following the lifting of COVID 19 restrictions, a key highlight in the UK construction calendar is back with the launch of the BMI Apprentice of the Year 2021 competition – one of the leading apprenti ...
13 August, 2021
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The foundations of an apprentice’s first professional toolkit and you could win it!
|Date: 22 June, 2021

The foundations of an apprentice’s first professional toolkit and you could win it!
David Barnes, Marketing Manager of KNIPEX, looks at the tools which could form the foundations of an appr ...
David Barnes, Marketing Manager of KNIPEX, looks at the tools which could form the foundations of an apprentice’s first professional toolkit. As an apprentice, filling your toolbox with the best tools ...
22 June, 2021
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