The Preston-based business has taken on 10 new staff and has cemented its position in the alcohol filling market following the commissioning of the new line. The investment, which was completed at the start of 2012, has helped the ...
Zumbotel 1Q13 Financial Result Highlights: Dynamic growth with LED products continues (+49.7%) First-quarter revenues 4.4% down at EUR 309.3 million (prior year: EUR 323.4 million) Adjusted EBIT rises 40.7% to EUR 17.7 million (prior ...
Tags: LED, LED lighting, Lights, Lighting
The Co-operative Bank has written down £148.4m after deciding not to go ahead with the implementation of a new core banking platform. The bank revealed the write down as part of its financial results for the six months to 30 June ...
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Brintons is delighted to announce a further £5m investment to enhance its existing manufacturing operations in both Kidderminster and Portugal, this is in addition to the £3m announced in March this year. This latest ...
Tags: Rugs Maker, Brintons
Lloyds Banking Group is looking for 30 IT apprentices to take up specialist roles that it says cannot be filled by graduates. The group, which is the parent company of high street bank Lloyds TSB, is looking for school leavers with a ...
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Following an approval visit from GQA Qualifications (Glass Qualifications Authority) last week, the awarding body for UK glass manufacture and glass related qualifications, British Glass is delighted to announce that it is now an Approved ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced LEED Professional Credentials have been approved for college credit through New Jersey's State Energy Sector Partnership (SESP) initiative. SESP is the result of an award to the NJ ...
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The news comes as the Telford-based firm has recently seen two of its workers complete work-based apprentice training schemes. The newly qualified apprentices work in conversion, pre-press and print support, taking the total to seven ...
Tags: TCL Packaging, Packaging, Printing
Sheffield based independent research, test and design specialist, Glass Technology Services Ltd (GTS), has completed a £500K investment programme to meet increasing demand throughout the glass supply chain. The two-year programme ...
The cash injection comes alongside on-going investment in the firm's 120 employees, as the family-owned firm readies itself to enter new markets and reinforces its presence in its existing specialisms. Manchester-based Duo UK manufactures ...
The skill and ability of the next generation of skilled trades professionals rely in large part on the mentors who teach them, says the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF), adding that apprentices in the skilled trades need strong workplace ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, journeyperson mentors, Apprenticeship
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says it has been warning the Federal Government for two years that the large reductions to incentives to employ apprentices was going to result in a dramatic drop-off in the number of ...
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John Lewis is to launch a new technology apprenticeship scheme this year, which will see the firm further expand its IT department. The aim for the apprenticeship scheme is to train the next generation of IT leaders at John Lewis' head ...
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Organisations across the IT, communications and defence sectors have teamed up with Business and IT Sector Skills Council (E-Skills UK) to launch cyber security apprenticeships. The aim is to boost the number of young people working in ...
May 9, 2013 - Skilled worker training centres that are a partnership of labour and management are found to be more successful in helping apprentices become journeypersons, says a new study commissioned by the Ontario Construction ...