The firm, based on the Fison Way Industrial Estate, has struck a deal with Uniglaze administrators KPMG to secure the 50,000sq ft site a couple of hundred metres from its current facility. The purchase was made possible after it secured a ...
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Computer services giant Capgemini is looking for 100 new apprentices in the Birmingham and West Midlands region as it seeks to nurture talent from a younger age, rather than battling it out with its fierce rivals for a skilled graduate. ...
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UK - Event, production and communication company, R&B Group, is celebrating its 21st year in business and a 25% increase in sales on the first half year compared to the same period in 2011. The company head office is located in ...
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BBC TV Apprentice finalist Nick Holzherr officially launched his ‘Whisk’ food app business today (January 7), which has integrated the online delivery systems of Tesco and Waitrose. Nick Holzherr bears no grudges against ...
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A new partnership between the National Skills Academy for IT, training provider NITP and telecoms giant BT will create 550 IT apprenticeships in 2013. Some 100 apprentice jobs in small to medium-sized enterprises are already up for grabs, ...
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Prime minister David Cameron and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met with five technology apprentices as part of the launch of Microsoft's"Get On"initiative at Downing Street on 7 November. The initiative replaces Microsoft's"Britain ...
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The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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December 19, 2012 - The 2007 National Apprenticeship Survey (NAS) is the third survey to collect detailed information on apprentices in Canada, and focuses on the experiences of apprentices before, during and after their training. In ...
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Outsourcing services giant Accenture has launched an apprenticeship programme in Newcastle, offering 40 places on the three-year programme over the next 12 months. The first 20 apprentices will start in February 2013, with another 20 ...
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The number of IT contractors expecting growth in public sector job opportunities has doubled since last year, as public sector organisations turn to IT contractors for sudden spikes in workloads. A survey by employment provider Giant ...
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After pencilling in birthday celebrations, extensive press trips, events and launches and other shenanigans my diary for the coming weeks looks do-able (apart from two jam-packed days at BLE next week). But recently, Toyology has been ...
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The winner of the Microsoft Apprentice of the Year awards has been chosen from thousands of apprentices and Microsoft partners. David Robertson (pictured centre), from Worthing, was crowned winner of the Microsoft Apprentice of the Year, ...
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A striking 14ft high steel scorpion will sit at the entrance to Sheffield Forgemasters built by the company's own apprentices and using recycled materials found on the 64 acre site. Sheffield City Council has granted planning permission ...
The highly-anticipated Alexander McQueen's first Flagship Menswear store on Savile Row, London is the home to the largest McQueen menswear offering in the world. The new store concept was conceived by Sarah Burton and Alexander McQueen and ...
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China is rich in bamboo resources and has a long history of using and planting bamboos. As early as over seven thousand years ago, our ancestors started to explore how to use bamboos. Many places of China are well-known for their ...
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