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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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WernerCo begins its search for apprentice ambassadors
|Date: 30 April, 2021

WernerCo begins its search for apprentice ambassadors
Are you an apprentice who’s interested in testing a wide range of products from market leader WernerCo? I ...
Are you an apprentice who’s interested in testing a wide range of products from market leader WernerCo? If so, you could become one of five Werner Approved Ambassadors who will be asked to put a whole ...
30 April, 2021
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Tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline
|Date: 9 February, 2021

Tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline
Over a fifth of companies that regularly hire apprentices took on fewer in 2020 A quarter of tradespeople ...
Over a fifth of companies that regularly hire apprentices took on fewer in 2020 A quarter of tradespeople and companies plan on hiring new apprentices in 2021 Percentage of female, BAME and apprentice ...
9 February, 2021
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Young apprentice joins same housebuilding team as his dad
|Date: 6 November, 2020

Young apprentice joins same housebuilding team as his dad
An apprentice has followed in the footsteps of his father by beginning work in the construction industry. ...
An apprentice has followed in the footsteps of his father by beginning work in the construction industry. Jacob Southgate, whose apprenticeship is in carpentry and joinery, is currently working at Bel ...
6 November, 2020
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FMB calls for apprenticeships boost
|Date: 24 June, 2020

FMB calls for apprenticeships boost
Construction apprenticeships are needed to boost economic recovery, according to new research published b ...
Construction apprenticeships are needed to boost economic recovery, according to new research published by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The FMB’s report Trading Up looks at the barriers bu ...
24 June, 2020
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The Hikoki College Build Off is here!
|Date: 26 September, 2019

The Hikoki College Build Off is here!
IT’S TIME FOR THE HIKOKI POWER TOOLS COLLEGE BUILD OFF! This is your chance to get building and win power ...
IT’S TIME FOR THE HIKOKI POWER TOOLS COLLEGE BUILD OFF! This is your chance to get building and win powerful Hikoki 18v kits for your college. The challenge We want you to design a product or tool tha ...
26 September, 2019
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Revealed: finalists for BMI Apprentice of the Year 2019
|Date: 28 June, 2019

Revealed: finalists for BMI Apprentice of the Year 2019
Twenty of the country’s best roofing apprentices are getting ready for the two-day final that will see tw ...
Twenty of the country’s best roofing apprentices are getting ready for the two-day final that will see two of them awarded the title of either pitched or flat roofing BMI Apprentice of the Year 2019. ...
28 June, 2019
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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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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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Meet the former soldiers winning roofing awards
|Date: 19 December, 2018

Meet the former soldiers winning roofing awards
At the recent BMI Redland and Icopal Apprentice of the Year competition, a surprising number of finalists ...
At the recent BMI Redland and Icopal Apprentice of the Year competition, a surprising number of finalists were former service personnel. Professional Builder met up with three of them to talk about th ...
19 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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