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Derbyshire businesses praise benefits of apprenticeships ahead of National Apprenticeship Week

February 7-13 marks the 15th National Apprenticeships Week. We speak to apprentices from Derbyshire businesses who are loving the practical approach to learning on the job – and their employers who relish the opportunity to hone the next generation’s fresh young talent. While the pandemic is continuing to have an…

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Conservatory Outlet Group going for gold after Investors in People success

Conservatory Outlet Group is vowing to add to its 34 apprentices and empower its 312 staff members to ‘gold level’ standards, after securing a prestigious Investors in People (IiP) accolade for the first time. The UK’s leading manufacturer of high-quality windows, doors, home extensions and conservatory products…

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Birmingham manufacturing boss calls for more ‘local content’ in electrification investment race

A leading Birmingham industrialist has welcomed the recent ‘electrification’ investment into the West Midlands but called for the region to do more to make sure ‘local content supply’ is on the agenda. Grayson Thermal Systems’ Stuart Hateley believes we are poised to miss a ‘once in a generation’…

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