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Apprentices Scottish Gas is to set up a £2m training academy in Hamilton by next February, in order to train 100 apprentice gas engineers each year. 18-Sep-2008 The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has unveiled plans to invest £150m in the manufacturing sector, including the creation of 1,500 apprenticeships and a new manufacturing technology centre in Coventry. 10-Sep-2008 Rolls-Royce is to expand its training centre on Tyneside, increasing the number of apprentices from 115 to 160 next year. 04-Jul-2008 Jaguar Land Rover is to recruit 60 apprentices to work at Castle Bromwich, Gaydon or Solihull, and they will also study for a qualification in Performing Engineering Operations. 21-Apr-2008 Carter & Carter has sold its apprenticeship learning division out of administration to the Retail Motor Industry Federation, securing the future of 30 jobs. 16-Apr-2008 Help-Link is to expand its heating and plumbing installation business in South Yorkshire, with the creation of 15 jobs for supervisors, surveyors, engineers and apprentices. 28-Dec-2007 BT is looking to recruit 400 apprentice engineers for its Openreach broadband division, while a further 150 will be temporarily transferred from its global services unit. 30-Oct-2006 Jackson Lloyd, the building maintenance firm, has launched a new apprentice training programme, and is also about to relocate its head office from Wigan to Skelmersdale. 05-Sep-2006 British Gas is to recruit 500 apprentices this year, and a new training centre will open at Dartford in Kent next month. 19-Jun-2006 Carter & Carter has acquired Remit, the motor industry training company, from the Retail Motor Industry Federation for £25m, in order to expand its government-funded apprenticeship programmes for automotive technicians. 12-May-2006 Alstom is recruiting up to 75 apprentices at its power generators factory in Stafford. 23-Feb-2006 Babcock is to recruit 450 new apprentices at Rosyth dockyard over the next few years, in order to produce the Royal Navy's new generation of aircraft carriers. 24-Jan-2006 The Heritage Lottery Fund is to contribute to a £2.3m project to train 154 apprentices in the traditional skill of masonry conservation, with the rest of the funding coming from Historic Scotland, Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Lime Centre Trust. 19-Jan-2006 BT is to recruit 500 apprentices this year, with training provided in engineering, technology, business management and fleet services. 01-Feb-2005 Bellway Homes, the housebuilder, is planning to create 200 apprenticeships in the Liverpool area over the next two years. 09-Sep-2004 Polestar is to recruit up to 100 apprentices over the next three years, with 38 starting immediately across its five UK sites. 23-Sep-2003 Scottish Enterprise has launched a £9m five-year plan to boost the Scottish electronics industry, including a new apprenticeship scheme to train employees in new technology and research work. 01-Nov-2001 Mersey Docks & Harbour is linking up with other port users to support a new scheme to recruit 300 apprentice dockworkers across Merseyside, as part of the MerseyPort project to link port-related activities across the region. 21-Aug-2001 British Nuclear Fuels is planning to recruit about 200 electrical and mechanical apprentices at Sellafield over the next five years. 23-Oct-2000 British Gas is planning to recruit 250 service engineers in the North West over the next five years, as part of a national drive to take on 1,000 adult recruits and another 1,000 apprentices. 14-Jul-2000 DML is planning to recruit 80 apprentices and 20 graduates at its Plymouth dockyard this year. 03-Feb-2000 FKI is looking to recruit a large number of apprentices at its Brush Electrical Machines factory in Loughborough, due to rising demand for its range of turbo-generators. 28-Jun-1999 British Aerospace is looking to recruit more than 100 apprentices at its factory near Chester to cope with a recent rise in orders. 22-Sep-1998 Bull is launching an apprentice scheme in Norwich for systems engineers and plans to recruit at least 150 this year. 14-Feb-1997 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2009