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 ...
Tags: assembly facility, milling machines, toughened glass, double glazing
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. ...
Tags: Computer services, Capgemini, IT Apprentices
Ontario’s recent change to make Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage mandatory in the construction industry is an important component in combating the pervasive underground economy, says the Ontario Construction Secretariat. ...
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, ...
Tags: National Skills Academy, IT, NITP, Computer
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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Graduates who have completed a three-month internship are likely to earn£1,500 more in their first year of work than those who have not,a study has found. The research from Inspiring Interns found that graduates who had secured a ...
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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 ...
Tags: construction industry, workers, shortage, construction
December 19, 2012 - Are you interested in getting involved in the development of national occupational standards and examinations? If you are a qualified holder of a Red Seal, the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA) ...
Tags: Red Seal Program, trade expertise, trade knowledge, Red Seal
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 ...
Tags: apprenticeship programs, apprenticeship, data set, technical training
December 27, 2012 - Two national organizations, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) and Skills/Compétences Canada (S/CC), have partnered to revamp the Careers in Trades website to "ensure Canadian youth have to access ...
Tags: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, Apprenticeship, Sarah Watts-Rynard
Thousands of UK students are eagerly awaiting their GCSE and A-level results, with just weeks to go until they find out if they have made it through to the next step on their chosen career paths. But with unemployment on the rise, how ...
Tags: GCSE, cience, technology, engineering, UK education, IT industry
Public private partnerships are key to the UK’s cyber security strategy, says Cabinet Office minister for political and constitutional reform, Chloe Smith. “We are all in this together. The government recognizes that and ...
Tags: cyber security, constitutional reform, Govnet Cyber Security Summit 2012
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 government has named the first public services to go digital, following the publication of 18 individual departmental digital strategies outlining moves to digital by default public services. The strategies detail how departments will ...
Tags: public services, digital, Apprenticeship Service, Environment
British Columbia has confirmed it will invest$6.3 million to expand trades programs at NorKam Secondary.The funds will be used to develop a new NorKam Secondary Trades&Technology Centre of Excellence at a total cost of$7.4 million. The ...
Tags: British Columbia, expand trades programs, NorKam Secondary