Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has created 109 modern apprenticeship placements in partnership with Scotland’s skills body Skills Development Scotland.

Located at the group’s Scottish properties, the new trainees gain recognised vocational qualifications in professional cookery, general hospitality, food and drink service, and hospitality management.

Caroline Bellenger, HR director, Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, adds: “We are absolutely delighted that Skills Development Scotland and Macdonald Hotels & Resorts have developed a framework which will enable those who want to have a career in hospitality in Scotland and in Macdonald Hotels & Resorts to achieve their goal.”