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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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Bogus Training Courses Come Under Fire
|Date: 23 September, 2015

Bogus Training Courses Come Under Fire
Dodgy training providers who promise fake apprenticeships face prosecution under new Government reforms. ...
Dodgy training providers who promise fake apprenticeships face prosecution under new Government reforms. A family firm of electricians in Milton Keynes and the building company Balfour Beatty told a G ...
23 September, 2015
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Apprenticeship Reforms Could Signal “Age of the Apprentice”, Says FMB
|Date: 17 June, 2015

Apprenticeship Reforms Could Signal “Age of the Apprentice”, Says FMB
The Government’s apprenticeship reforms could indicate a revolutionary new “age of the apprentice”, accor ...
The Government’s apprenticeship reforms could indicate a revolutionary new “age of the apprentice”, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). This comes following the announcement by Skill ...
17 June, 2015
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Forster Roofing Invests in Next Generation
|Date: 19 May, 2015

Forster Roofing Invests in Next Generation
Scotland’s leading roofing and roof-integrated solar contractor, Forster Roofing, has launched its own in ...
Scotland’s leading roofing and roof-integrated solar contractor, Forster Roofing, has launched its own in-house Skills Academy to train the next generation and directly tackle the challenge faced by t ...
19 May, 2015
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Donation Gives Apprentices The Right Tools To Build New Clubhouse
|Date: 17 April, 2015

Donation Gives Apprentices The Right Tools To Build New Clubhouse
A donation of over £5,000 worth of tools will be put to good use by students from Leeds College of Buildi ...
A donation of over £5,000 worth of tools will be put to good use by students from Leeds College of Building who are helping a local cricket club to build a new clubhouse. The tiling tools, which have ...
17 April, 2015
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Young Britons Unsure of What Different Construction Roles Entail
|Date: 14 April, 2015

Young Britons Unsure of What Different Construction Roles Entail
According to a new study, the majority of polled young Britons were unable to correctly identify differen ...
According to a new study, the majority of polled young Britons were unable to correctly identify differences between various sectors within the construction industry. ‘Welders’, ‘Glaziers’ and ‘Dredge ...
14 April, 2015
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Recruitment is the key to construction ‘time bomb’
|Date: 17 March, 2015

Recruitment is the key to construction ‘time bomb’
How can the construction industry possibly keep up with growing demand in 2015? ...
How can the construction industry possibly keep up with growing demand in 2015? ...
17 March, 2015
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BDA Welcomes Miliband Apprenticeship Focus
|Date: 18 February, 2015

BDA Welcomes Miliband Apprenticeship Focus
The Brick Development Association welcomes the recent commitment from Ed Miliband to encourage apprentice ...
The Brick Development Association welcomes the recent commitment from Ed Miliband to encourage apprenticeships. There is a growing skills shortage in the construction sector, and the BDA, together wi ...
18 February, 2015
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Apprentices Encouraged To Share Best Work To Win PS4
|Date: 19 January, 2015

Apprentices Encouraged To Share Best Work To Win PS4
British Gypsum is calling for all budding plasterers to submit examples of their best work to be in with ...
British Gypsum is calling for all budding plasterers to submit examples of their best work to be in with a chance of winning one of five PS4s. The company is celebrating the success of its Learning Hu ...
19 January, 2015
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Room For Women In The Electrical And Heating & Plumbing Sectors
|Date: 17 December, 2014

Room For Women In The Electrical And Heating & Plumbing Sectors
JTL is committing significant investment and effort for the second year to confirm that there is signific ...
JTL is committing significant investment and effort for the second year to confirm that there is significant room in the electrical and heating and plumbing sectors for women by continuing its Ambassa ...
17 December, 2014
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Seddon Apprenticeship Opportunities
|Date: 11 December, 2014

Seddon Apprenticeship Opportunities
How do you secure that first step onto the construction industry careers ladder? Apprentice Builder visit ...
How do you secure that first step onto the construction industry careers ladder? Apprentice Builder visits the Stoke site of national housebuilder and champion of apprenticeship training opportunities ...
11 December, 2014
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Builders Of The Future
|Date: 11 December, 2014

Builders Of The Future
An L&Q Trainee scheme offered to Southwark residents will assist them in their excursion into working ...
An L&Q Trainee scheme offered to Southwark residents will assist them in their excursion into working life. Patrick Fennelly reports. As part of a scheme launched in May 2014, London housing assoc ...
11 December, 2014
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CITB Pride of Construction Awards Winner
|Date: 11 December, 2014

CITB Pride of Construction Awards Winner
Inspirational small business success stories are becoming more common as the construction industry grows ...
Inspirational small business success stories are becoming more common as the construction industry grows and Kenny McAllister is a shining example. Professional Builder’s Patrick Fennelly was lucky en ...
11 December, 2014
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More Apprenticeships Will Mean More Brickies, Says FMB
|Date: 9 December, 2014

More Apprenticeships Will Mean More Brickies, Says FMB
A shortage of bricklayers must be addressed by an increase in the number of construction apprenticeships, ...
A shortage of bricklayers must be addressed by an increase in the number of construction apprenticeships, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Commenting on a study by Manpower, Brian ...
9 December, 2014
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