Craftsmen Are Trading Places; N After Years of Decline in Apprenticeships, a Skills Renaissance Is Bringing Through a Whole New Generation of Talent

Evening Times (July 19, 2004)

Author: Jonathan Rennie

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AT one point, finding an apprenticeship in the west of Scotland wasn't difficult.

With the number of steelworks, timber yards, shipyards and mines which once populated the area, developing a trade was almost second nature.

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Craftsmen Are Trading Places; N After Years of Decline in Apprenticeships, a Skills Renaissance Is Bringing Through a Whole New Generation of Talent

Now, after decades of decline, it seems Glasgow is enjoying a skills renaissance.

A number of big city firms are putting their faith in the future - and bringing through a new generation...

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