(IN BRIEF) Stagecoach is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week by announcing that 2026 will be its most ambitious year yet for vocational training, with plans to bring in up to 100 new driver apprentices every month. The company currently supports 218 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged 200 New Driver Apprentices in 2026, Apprenticeship Levy, Ben Gledhill, bus drivers, career change, Driver Apprenticeship Programme, Driving Excellence, earn-while-you-learn, engineering apprentices, England operations, ESFA, GTG Training Ltd, Level 2 Bus Driver Qualification, MECHELEC & Body apprenticeship, National Apprenticeship Week, public transport, Realise, skills development, Stagecoach, Stagecoach Marks National Apprenticeship Week with Record Investment in Skills and Professional Driver Training, Stagecoach Targets Major Expansion of Vocational Training with Up to 1, vocational training, workforce development
(IN BRIEF) Co-op has strengthened its national apprenticeship support by announcing a £70 million investment in its Levy Share service on 21 November 2025, aimed at creating 7,000 matched apprenticeships by 2030. This expanded commitment comes at a time when … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Management, Retail, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged apprenticeship funding, Apprenticeship Levy, Battersea Power Station redevelopment, Claire Costello, Co-op, Co-op Expands Levy Share Programme with £70 Million Funding to Drive 7000 New Apprenticeships by 2030, Co-op Levy Share, digital skills, early years education, economic contribution, Ema Marinho, engineering apprenticeships, Keith Hardy, levy transfers, matched apprenticeships, North Tyneside VODA, Sarah Atkinson, SEB data, skills development, Skills England, Social mobility, Social Mobility Foundation, training investment, UK employers, underrepresented groups, voluntary sector, William Hare Group, workforce development
(IN BRIEF) The latest quarterly Distributive Trades Survey from the CBI shows that retail sales in February continued to decline for the fifth consecutive month, with retailers expecting a more significant downturn in March. Retailers remain pessimistic about the future, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Politics, Retail, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Apprenticeship Levy, Business confidence, business rates, capital expenditure, CBI, consumer demand, distribution sales, Distributive Trades Survey, Economic Outlook, economic sentiment, February retail sales, headcount, investment decline, investment intentions, March sales forecast, Martin Sartorius, motor trades, online sales, retail jobs, retail performance, retail price inflation, retail sales, retail sector, seasonal sales, stock volumes, wholesale
(IN BRIEF) CBI Wales has called for businesses to play a central role in co-designing Wales’ devolved apprenticeships program to better equip employees with the skills necessary for sectors like AI, green growth, and advanced manufacturing. Their new briefing paper … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Apprenticeship Levy, Apprenticeships, artificial intelligence, CBI Wales, Green Growth, Russell Greenslade, skills development, STEM, Welsh Government, Workforce Training
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