A new £5.5m training centre will launch the engineering careers of more than 60 young learners when it opens for business on Tuesday 29th August. The new arrivals at the building at Pioneer Business Park in Stallingborough are among 250…
An Agricultural Growth Zone or ‘Ag Zone’ has been created to support the growth of Lincolnshire and Rutland’s agricultural sector. The Ag Zone was announced at the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s annual conference today (Thursday) and will unite the…
Thirty-five businesses attended an employer-led celebration at Boston United’s Jakeman’s Community Stadium this week to honour the impact careers education is having on schools across Greater Lincolnshire. The event, hosted by the Greater Lincolnshire LEP, showcased the work of its Careers Hub, the flagship careers support programme which runs in…
The annual Skills Fair returned this year, with over a thousand youngsters going along to meet with and education providers to find out about their options for the future. The event, which was organised by North East Lincolnshire Council, working…
Delight as a three-year programme of cultural events and projects for Cleethorpes Library Albert Room receives financial support from the Arts Council. An ambitious programme of creative arts has been awarded grant funding from the Arts Council, bringing a new…
Plans have been submitted for a new £4.8m engineering training centre which is designed to boost skills and jobs by meeting the existing needs of employers and by building capacity to support inward investors. Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) aims…
The head of a leading engineering training business says his organisation is “fighting with one hand tied behind our back” because of a lack of funding to support its work with learners and employers. Iain Elliot, Chief Executive of Humberside…
The research, carried out by the UK’s leading business financial platform Tide, revealed the universities that have produced the most graduate start-ups, including sole traders, since 2014/15. The top 10 universities that have produced the most start-up businesses: Interestingly, it…
Accountancy and business services provider Duncan & Toplis has opened applications for its new 2022 graduate training scheme. ‘The Duncan & Toplis Career Pathway’ sets new recruits on track to progress from a traineeship through to management roles, with a…
A training business which has been supplying engineering apprentices to industry for more than 50 years has broken all records with its 2021 intake. Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) is now planning a significant investment programme as it faces rising…
Property consultants and chartered surveyors, Banks Long & Co, have launched a new graduate training programme this week focused on bringing new talent into the organisation. The programme, delivered by Banks Long & Co’s experienced team of consultants and surveyors,…
South Yorkshire’s Chambers of Commerce have come together to lead a successful bid that could transform skills supply, employment prospects, and business productivity across the region. The South Yorkshire LSIP Trailblazer will be led by Doncaster Chamber working alongside Sheffield,…
Competition winners will receive £2000 to support their eco journey. Students across the region are being urged to play their part in helping save the planet by getting involved in a new competition to find sustainable climate change solutions. Children…
East Riding College welcomed local MP Graham Stuart to its Flemingate campus in Beverley this week for a ‘hard-hat tour’ of its new Institute of Technology (IoT). The tour allowed Mr Stuart to view the progress of the construction of…
Rt Hon Justine Greening has underlined the opportunity for local businesses to deliver the levelling-up agenda through developing the Humber’s skills capabilities in partnership with education providers as the region recovers from the impact of COVID-19. Ms Greening, who was…
Yorkshire-based online learning provider, The Skills Network, has doubled in size in just one year and has created dozens of jobs to keep up with demand for virtual learning Due to a significant rise in demand for virtual learning during…
Students at Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) will be given exciting new opportunities to build on their industry-level skills and ambitions after Hull’s employer-led school linked up with an innovative recruitment company. The school has joined forces with Harper…
The boss of an award-winning business is using webinar experiences sharpened under lockdown to help students at her old school prepare for the world of work. Girls at Beverley High School are learning from the career of Helen Gibson, Managing…
Dozens of students from Hull’s employer-led school have secured sought-after apprenticeships with some of the region’s leading employers despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. With other school leavers gaining places at university, securing employment or going into the Armed…
Ørsted are recruiting 23 new wind turbine technicians to work out of the East Coast Hub in Grimsby Successful applicants may have the opportunity to work on Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, the biggest and best value wind farm in…
Ørsted is partnering with safety leadership innovators Active Training Team Ltd (ATT) and local training centre, MODAL, to build a cutting-edge learning centre that will benefit a number of industries across the Humber. The facility, to be designed by ATT…
Harrison College is a new independent business and enterprise college based in Doncaster for young people with high functioning autism. Opened in September, Harrison College has been opened to support young people and their families in developing employability skills so…
The unique training programme was held over five consecutive days and delivered by Master Mariner, Capt. Mike Jubb. The course was designed to develop the knowledge of both existing and new entrant Marine Co-ordinators within the offshore wind sector. It…
Engineering business Spencer Group has taken on the largest injection of young talent in its 30-year history. The Hull-based company has hired 14 apprentices – all of them from the city’s employer-led school, Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC). The…
