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
The renewables industry is an increasingly varied, forward-thinking and diverse sector. In recent years, Grimsby and the surrounding area has become a hub for the offshore wind sector, generating numerous local jobs and boosting the region’s economy. As a result
Sheffield’s Taylor&Emmet LLP is celebrating the achievements of three rising stars, who have all completed apprenticeships and been offered permanent positions with the firm. Each of the talented trio has gained an intermediate level apprenticeship in legal administration, certified by
Sheffield’s Taylor&Emmet LLP is appointing two highly regarded young solicitors to strengthen the services it offers to local businesses. Nicola Keith and Tom Haywood have joined the firm’s commercial property and corporate law teams respectively. Having worked previously at Larken
A woman who got married at a brewery has now returned for a career in beer. Leanne Little has joined award winning Great Newsome as a trainee brewer after her wedding at the rural East Yorkshire brewery’s shepherds hut last
Yana Garvey has joined Williamsons Solicitors’ personal injury department following a training contract with the firm and subsequent qualification. She was admitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s roll of solicitors on November 1 following two years with the East Yorkshire
