MORE than 175 apprenticeships are waiting to be snapped up by youngsters looking to start work after their exams this summer, it has been revealed.
School-leavers in Devon and Cornwall are being urged to avoid the post-exam rush and think now about securing an apprenticeship in their chosen career, and not wait until September.
Mark Boulting, managing director of Plymouth-based...
Youngsters looking to lay the foundations for a new career are invited to try their hand at a range of skilled trades as part of an apprenticeship afternoon.
From bricklaying to carpentry and hairdressing to child care, school leavers can have a go for themselves at the event run by Skills Group.
The event will be staged in a large marquee at the Piazza, by the Big Screen, on...
Apprenticeships are growing in popularity among both employers and young people in the South West according to figures released today by the National Apprenticeship Service.
The quarterly Apprenticeship Index reveals a 29% increase in Apprenticeship vacancies posted online on the Apprenticeship vacancies website between August and October 2013 (Academic Year Q1 2013/14) compared to the...
Plymouth City Council has entered the Brathay Apprentice Challenge for the second year running in the hope to be crowned ‘apprentice team of the year’ 2014.
Last year the Council’s apprentices won the regional heats and took their place at the national finals where they finished in fifth place.
The Council also got named Large Employer of the Year at the regional heats of the...
National Apprenticeship Week is back for the seventh year running, and 2014 will offer even more ways for employers to show their support of apprentices.
National Apprenticeship Week, which will run between 3 and 7 March 2014, will see hundreds of events taking place across the South of England.
The week aims to show the postive impact apprentices have on individuals,...
More than 20 MPs attended the launch of the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge taking place in Westminster on Wednesday (6 November). The MPs worked with apprentices from their constituencies, to assemble and launch an air pressure powered rocket as far as possible.
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, was delighted to meet Joe and Jordan, both apprentices at UTC Aerospace in Plymouth...
Plymouth City Council has announced ten more vacancies for the autumn under its award winning apprenticehip scheme.
The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) gave the council the award after they doubled the number of apprenticeship opportunities and encouraged other businesses and community groups to follow suit.
The Council now claims it is "getting bigger and better" as it...
Doubling the number of apprenticeship opportunities along with encouraging other businesses and community groups to follow suit has lead Plymouth City Council to be named Employer of the Year at the Apprenticeships national awards 2013.
Beating off tough competition from internationally recognised Augusta Westland and QuEST Engineering, the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) awarded...
New data from research company ICM reveals that 57% of young people in the South West would choose to do an Apprenticeship if one were available.
Nationally, the numbers of young people who would like to do an Apprenticeship rises to 56% of those who are already university students and 66% of those who are already employed, but receiving no training.
