A heating and plumbing firm in the South West is encouraging school leavers to consider apprenticeships as a pathway to a rewarding career.
Custom Heat South West is highlighting the opportunities available in plumbing and gas engineering, emphasising that these trades offer valuable skills for life and excellent prospects for young people, regardless of their exam results.
Reece continues to build his career as he takes the next steps to further his skills with an apprenticeship with housing association LiveWest.
After going to college for two years completing an electrical diploma, he decided to continue learning by gaining the qualifications to become an electrician.
While considering other options, Reece decided an apprenticeship was the...
It’s all hands on deck as the South Devon College Fisher Apprenticeship is officially cast off.
More than 150 people applied for the ground-breaking apprenticeship, competing for 14 apprenticeship vacancies open to those that could prove they have what it takes for life on the sea.
Working alongside employers from across the south coast the apprentices will study at...
Bertram Fairbanks, a niche commercial Exeter-based law firm is ‘flying the flag’ for the South West by actively recruiting new trainee solicitors, paralegals, and apprentices who have a personal or direct connection to the SW region, as part of its expansion and commitment to local regional plans. The dynamic firm of lawyers rebranded and moved to larger premises in Pynes Hill in 2022,...
Thousands of employers are safeguarding their businesses through clear skills agendas and Apprenticeships. Read on to find out why you should consider the same for your business, writes City College Plymouth.
Log on to any news or business site and there is a strong possibility you will encounter the R word: recession. Whilst there is still some uncertainty as to whether the UK will...
RGB Building Supplies has launched a new apprenticeship programme helping to bring young people into the builders merchant industry.
One of the new branch operative apprentices will be based at RGB in Barnstaple and will learn all aspects of the industry, including managing stock, raising quotes, assisting customers, processing orders, liaising with suppliers and completing paperwork....
A Devon college is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week with an increase in the number of people signing up to do apprenticeships. In the last two years South Devon College has seen a 65% growth across all sectors and ages. There has been notable increases in adults over 19 on the Initial Teacher Education, Hair and Beauty and Electrical Installation apprenticeships. “We are delighted...
Specsavers has created new vacancies across Devon to support increasing customer demand after lockdown.
Previous experience in eye or hearing care isn’t needed for many of the roles, providing an opportunity for retail workers and others who have struggled to find work during the pandemic.
According to the British Retail Consortium, one in five high street retailers has...
Embarking on working life and a career during a global pandemic has been a huge challenge for thousands of young people in Devon, so to mark National Apprenticeship Week (8-14 February 2021), a local apprentice with the nation's leading housebuilder is urging others to follow on his footsteps.
Dan Newberry, 24 from Plymouth, had been working through an agency as a labourer when he...
