A number of long-term unemployed and apprentices earning less than Pounds 3 an hour from Plymouth were among a group bussed into London to work as unpaid stewards during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. About 80 people, including those from the Westcountry, were said to have been involved as part of the Government's Work Programme. Some of the stewards have voiced a range of complaints, including that they were left to sleep under London Bridge ahead of going on duty at the Pounds 12 million river pageant on Saturday. The revelations have been condemned by Labour's former deputy leader, Lord Prescott, as "totally unacceptable". In a letter to Home Secretary Theresa May, he has called for an investigation into the allegations, which surfaced in The Guardian newspaper. It said up to 30 j...
The Apprenticeship Works is one of a small number of nationally approved Apprentice Training Agencies, and the only one in the West Midlands to have met new rigorous quality standards set by the National Apprentice Service. The agency was set up in 2009 with the sole aim of helping employers cost effectively recruit young people to their business. The Apprenticeships Works is different from traditional recruitment agencies. We employ the Apprentice, deal with wages, holidays and paperwork, and then simply hire the young person to you though a weekly agreement.
MADAM, - I was delighted to read Eric Webb's very accurate article about Derby Airport, Burnaston, together with the excellent photographs, which I immediately recognised as I had my first flying lesson there in an Auster. The hourly training rate was Pounds 4, which doesn't sound very much today but at the time it was almost two weeks' wages for a first year engineering apprentice.
WHILE listening to the Chancellor giving his budget speech I heard him say once again he has promised thousands of youngsters the chance of an apprenticeship. My grandson was lucky to get an apprenticeship for car mechanics at a garage near to where he lived. He absolutely loved his job but, once qualified, the garage could no longer afford to pay the increase in his wages so he was sacked and another apprentice started at the low wage. He has applied for lots of jobs to no avail. He either does not have enough qualifications or not got any experience or is under 21 years of age so driving and picking up accident damaged cars is out of the question due to the high insurance premiums.
Plymouth firm Academy of Training is joining a national scheme to encourage employers to take on apprentices. The Step up 2 Success programme gives employers a 50 per cent contribution to apprentice wages during the 20-week programme.
LORD Digby Jones of Birmingham has offered to fund a young person's apprenticeship, to support a city-based enterprise which provides unemployed young people with practical experience and training to start their own business. Lord Jones will pay the wages of apprentice Aundre Brown, through his community fund administered by Birmingham and Black Country Community Foundation (BBCCF), to support local enterprise Made By Young People (MBYP).
A former Minister of State for Trade and Investment has given his support to a Birmingham based social enterprise. Lord Digby Jones of Birmingham, a former head of the CBI, has offered to pay the wages of apprentice Aundre Brown at Made By Young People, which provides practical experience and training to NEETs on how to start a business through learning about print and promotions.
QUESTION In 1954, even on apprentice wages, I used to put 2s 6d (12.5p today) in the British Legion Poppy Appeal tin.
CASH prizes of up to Pounds 1,500 are up for grabs in a competition aimed at small companies. Categories in the Business Boost Awards, which is open to any firm in Newcastle employing fewer than 250 people, include impact on the borough, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit. The Realise Foundation apprentice award will give the winning company the chance to take on an apprentice for 12 months, with all costs including wages being paid. Judges include Bernard Lovatt of Bernard Lovatt & Associates, Sarah Da Silva of Zebra Consultancy, Darren Green from Aspire Housing and Trudi Barnard, business development officer for Newcastle Borough Council. Lucy Delaney is business development manager at Keele University Science and Business Park (KUSBP), which is home to a number of previous win...
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