National Apprenticeship Week sees firms create thousands of places in 2015
13 March 2015
As National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) draws to a close, Recruiter has compiled a list of some of the companies and organisations announcing apprenticeship places this week and from the start of this year.
Fri, 13 Mar 2015As National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) draws to a close, Recruiter has compiled a list of some of the companies and organisations announcing apprenticeship places this week and from the start of this year.
As of 11am today [13 March], 285 organisations across all industries, public and private, had pledged apprenticeships through the government’s pledge-o-meter, set up especially for NAW.
- Accor (300) – pledge by end of 2016
- Aecom (130)
- Atos (100) – Midlands, South-East, North-West, North-East and London
- Affinity Sutton (100) – national
- Amey (1,000) – national
- Airbus Group (77) – national
- Arup (50) – national
- Babcock International (100) – South-West
- BAE Systems (710) – national
- Balfour Beatty (150) – national
- Barclays – launches older workers apprenticeship scheme; degree-level apprenticeship
- Barratt Developments (171) – national
- Boots (350) – national
- BT (1,000) – during this year
- Capgemini – launches degree-level apprenticeship scheme
- Carillion (5,000) – nationwide
- Clarkson Evans (50) – national
- Coventry City Council – (2) Midlands, (10) West Midlands
- Civil service (Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue & Customs) 750 – Dundee, Hastings; also launched cyber security apprenticeship
- EE (250) – this year
- GSK (70) – national
- InterContinental – developing new apprenticeship scheme
- Icon Training (27) – national
- Keepmoat (400) – national
- Lafarge Tarmac (71) – national
- Kier Group (100) – national
- Kwik Fit (200) – national
- Lafarge Tarmac (71) – national
- Mears Group (100) – national
- National Express – launches older workers apprenticeship scheme
- Optionis (30) – North-West
- Prudential (40) – London, Reading, Stirling
- PwC (150) – national
- QA Apprenticeships – launches cyber security apprenticeship
- Santander (450) – national
- Seven – held a competition to fill seven apprenticeship positions
- Siemens (120) – national
- The Co-operative Funeralcare – (360)
- Virgin Media (1,000) – national
As of 11am today [13 March], 285 organisations across all industries, public and private, had pledged apprenticeships through the government’s pledge-o-meter, set up especially for NAW.
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