The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has announced proposals for an Apprenticeship Standard for the cleaning and hygiene industry have been approved. The decision by approving body The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) to give the greenlight to the ...

West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has been gifted £500,000 from Compass Group UK & Ireland to boost hospitality and professional services apprenticeships for the region, via the Apprenticeship Levy Fund. The funding will help people gain the skills, knowledge and ...

The hospitality apprenticeship provider has won a Princess Royal Training Award for the second time, recognising the organisation’s exceptional commitment to learning and development. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, approved ...

Morgan Sindall Property Services (MSPS) has launched its flagship Apprenticeship Academy, aimed at attracting and inspiring talented young people into a wide range of roles across the property maintenance and construction industry.   Developed by MSPS’ in-house social value team and ...

Steve McGregor, Group Managing Director, DMA Group argues why apprenticeships are the best route to upskilling the workforce As a sector, we are facing a two-pronged human resourcing challenge. First is a matter of raw numbers. The facilities management and ...

Sodexo has pledged £100,000 of its annual apprenticeship levy in support of training ex-offenders this year, with funds being made available to any small or medium sized employers (SMEs) or not for profit organisations, seeking to recruit an ex-offender into ...

In 2021 apprentices accounted for 10 per cent of the national asset engineering firm’s workforce. Edwin James Group committed to increasing this to 15 per cent within two years and following the expansion of its programme, the figure now stands ...

A collective failure to address diversity means the heating and hot water industry is missing out on crucial skills and putting its whole future at risk, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). Just two per cent of the sector’s ...

Final proposals for an Apprenticeship Levy funded industry-wide Apprenticeship for the cleaning and hygiene sector have been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (iATE). The approving body will give the final agreement and confirmation for the Apprenticeship ...

As part of National Apprenticeship Week, technical FM provider, Inviron, brought together its apprentices to celebrate its Annual Apprentice Day at a quirky venue in London. With over 30 apprentices across Inviron, the company currently offers one of the largest ...