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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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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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Screwfix launches ‘Trade Link’ to help tradespeople to support the future generation
|Date: 21 February, 2024

Screwfix launches ‘Trade Link’ to help tradespeople to support the future generation
Screwfix, the omnichannel retailer, has launched Trade Link to promote the wealth of careers available in ...
Screwfix, the omnichannel retailer, has launched Trade Link to promote the wealth of careers available in the trades. Trade Link is a dedicated hub on Screwfix’s website offering advice and support t ...
21 February, 2024
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Britain’s fastest bricklayer praises apprentices at NHBC graduation
|Date: 16 February, 2024

Britain’s fastest bricklayer praises apprentices at NHBC graduation
Apprentices tackling national skills gap and housing shortage recognised by Britain’s fastest bricklayer ...
Apprentices tackling national skills gap and housing shortage recognised by Britain’s fastest bricklayer at NHBC apprenticeship graduation in Milton Keynes The UK’s fastest bricklayer has praised the ...
16 February, 2024
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Could you be Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2024?
|Date: 13 February, 2024

Could you be Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2024?
Screwfix is continuing its mission to uncover the very best trade apprentices across the UK and Ireland, ...
Screwfix is continuing its mission to uncover the very best trade apprentices across the UK and Ireland, by officially launching its much-coveted Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2024 competition. Celebrati ...
13 February, 2024
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Keystone: Developing Bricklaying’s next generation
|Date: 15 May, 2023

Keystone: Developing Bricklaying’s next generation
The Keystone Group, the UK’s largest steel lintel manufacturer has launched a new and exciting education ...
The Keystone Group, the UK’s largest steel lintel manufacturer has launched a new and exciting education initiative to help cement the future of brickwork students across the UK and Ireland. Serving a ...
15 May, 2023
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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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Public feel trade skills should be more valued by society
|Date: 10 February, 2023

Public feel trade skills should be more valued by society
In a YouGov poll of 2,000 parents, 84% of parents also believe that construction skills (such as building ...
In a YouGov poll of 2,000 parents, 84% of parents also believe that construction skills (such as building, plumbing, electrical and other trades) should be more valued by society 80% believe an ap ...
10 February, 2023
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Painting and decorating apprentices showcase their skills
|Date: 21 June, 2022

Painting and decorating apprentices showcase their skills
The UK’s largest trade body for the painting and decorating sector has hosted a nationwide competition fo ...
The UK’s largest trade body for the painting and decorating sector has hosted a nationwide competition for apprentices. The Painting and Decorating Association (PDA), held its annual Apprentice Paperh ...
21 June, 2022
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It’s estimated that the UK needs to recruit 217,000 new workers by 2025 says Access Training UK
|Date: 8 April, 2022

It’s estimated that the UK needs to recruit 217,000 new workers by 2025 says Access Training UK
Jamie Jeffries, CEO of Access Training UK, commented:“We welcome the news that the government will be rev ...
Jamie Jeffries, CEO of Access Training UK, commented:“We welcome the news that the government will be reviewing the Apprenticeship Levy. We desperately need to encourage more people to take a vocation ...
8 April, 2022
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Vistry Partnerships employee passes Surveying degree with flying colours
|Date: 9 November, 2020

Vistry Partnerships employee passes Surveying degree with flying colours
Vistry Partnership’s Emily Smythies has graduated from the University of Salford with a first-class honou ...
Vistry Partnership’s Emily Smythies has graduated from the University of Salford with a first-class honours degree in Quantity Surveying and will continue to take a central role on a number of the reg ...
9 November, 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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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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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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Construction Apprenticeship Open Day Showcases Opportunities
|Date: 22 May, 2015

Construction Apprenticeship Open Day Showcases Opportunities
Edinburgh College is throwing open its doors for a Construction Apprenticeship Open Day on Wednesday 27 M ...
Edinburgh College is throwing open its doors for a Construction Apprenticeship Open Day on Wednesday 27 May to give young people the chance to find out about career routes into the industry and link u ...
22 May, 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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