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15 July 2022

Growth of employer confidence and investment in apprenticeships

Growth of employer confidence and investment in apprenticeships

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05 July 2022

Skills Plan for Ayrshire focuses on growing talent

Skills Plan for Ayrshire focuses on growing talent

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24 May 2022

Apprenticeships part of recovery investment for Scotland’s employers

Employers are backing apprenticeships and supporting young people through Scotland’s economic transition from the pandemic.

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24 May 2022

Employers develop a new future for Scotland’s engineering sector

Scotland’s major engineering and manufacturing sector has developed a new apprenticeship providing skills in emerging technologies that it can adopt and leverage to thrive.

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17 May 2022

New toolkit available to support new entrants into Tourism sector

A new toolkit has been launched to support new entrants into the Tourism & Hospitality industry.

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09 May 2022

Apprentices fashion sustainable future

Clothing firm ACS takes on 22 new apprentices to support net zero ambitions

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11 March 2022

#ScotAppWeek22 Blog: Joe Pacitti

Joe Pacitti outlines the importance of including apprenticeships as a route for both employers and individuals to succeed in the sector’s fast paced environment.

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10 March 2022

Cost cutting Coca-Cola engineer crowned Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year

Jennifer Kolonko has been named Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year 2022 after bottling success at Coca-Cola Europacific (CCEP) in East Kilbride as a Modern Apprentice.