National Apprenticeship Week sees firms create thousands of places in 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.

  • 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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