Employers across the UK have promised to create over 20,000 new apprenticeship placements during the course of national apprenticeship week.
The commitments to support more vocational learning combined with paid employment have accumulated rapidly over the last week as national events, company open days and media attention sought to celebrate and promote the benefit of apprenticeships to individuals, businesses and the economy.
In addition to the pledge to create more apprentice placements, companies from across sectors have also promised to create more opportunities for traineeships – a government framework to give young people ‘taster’ experiences of work, hopefully inspiring them to follow an apprenticeship at a later stage.
Manufacturing and engineering firms are prominent in the list of employers that have committed to create more apprenticeships this week.
The list also has notable contribution from SME firms as well as large companies – 47% of the employers creating new Apprenticeships are small and medium sized enterprises.
Smaller manufacturing organisations announcing plans to take on apprentices include north London-based Hayward Tyler and Norfolk-based Warren Services.
Commenting on these new commitments to vocational training Business Secretary Vince Cable congratulated the employers involved and linked their pledges to a government commitment to put “an end to the damaging divide between vocational and academic learning”.
Dr Cable continued: “We are committing the biggest ever investment in Apprenticeships and are on track to create two million Apprenticeships over the course of this Parliament.
“The resounding success of this year’s National Apprenticeship week demonstrates that apprenticeships are deservedly becoming more popular with business of all sizes.
According to Cable, apprentices now contribute £1.8 billion to the British economy. Today’s pledge to increase placements will enhance this still further, helping more people develop practical skills and helping businesses to grow said the Business Secretary.
The National Apprenticeship Week-inspired commitment to create more apprentice opportunities were compiled by the National Apprenticeship Service and add to recent research with showed 44% of employers intend to take on one or more apprentice in the next five years.
To help further increase this intent among smaller firms, a new online mentoring service for companies embarking on apprenticeship provision was also launched this week.
For more information about apprenticeships in the UK go to apprenticeships.org.uk.
For information about traineeships go to bitly.com/Traineeships2014.
The pledgers
Below is a list of all employers who have committed to create apprentice positions during National Apprenticeship Week
The Centre for Mineral Products Professional Development | |
A.P. Broome Landscapes Limited | |
Accord Group | |
Adatis Consulting Ltd | |
ADI | |
Affinity Sutton | |
Ageing in Great Britain CIC | |
Aim High Training Solutions Ltd | |
Anchor | |
Anglian Water | |
Aon | |
Aquafax | |
Ashtead Plant Hire | |
Atkins | |
Atos | |
aVida Care Ltd | |
Babcock International | |
Babcock International | |
Balfour Beatty | |
Barlows (UK) Ltd | |
Barratt Developments PLC | |
Be Training Academy Ltd | |
Be Wiser Insurance | |
Becton Dickinson UK Ltd | |
Belvior Lettings | |
Benslow Music Trust | |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | |
Blackpool Council | |
Bolton Council | |
Boots
Bradleys Estate Agents |
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Brent Council | |
Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival | |
British Airways | |
Brooklyn House | |
Brunelcare | |
BT plc | |
Bury Council | |
Capita Talent Partnerships | |
Carlisle City Council | |
Carlisle City Council | |
Casgo Connections Ltd | |
Caterpillar | |
Central Bedfordshire Council | |
Central Training Academy | |
Centro | |
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives | |
Cheeky Munkey | |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | |
Chevron Traffic Management | |
Claremont PR | |
Clarkson Evans | |
Clocktower | |
Compass Group UK & Ireland | |
Covea Insurance | |
Crafting Time Ltd | |
Cumbria County Council | |
Dale Power Solutions Ltd | |
Danbro | |
Dance East | |
Dataflow Peripherals | |
Days Lettings | |
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | |
Defence Support International | |
DEG Signal Ltd | |
Derby Homes | |
Derry Building Services | |
DKFS Training Ltd | |
e2v | |
EE | |
Emanuel Whittaker | |
Enable | |
esg. | |
Everton in the Community | |
Farmfoods Limited | |
Fisher Management | |
Frankie and Benny’s | |
Fujitsu | |
Full Circle Learning | |
Futures Housing Group | |
Gestamp Tallent Ltd | |
Ginger Nut Media | |
Gist Limited | |
Glotech | |
Greene King | |
GSK | |
GSM England Retail UK | |
Hailey Hall School | |
Hayward Tyler Limited | |
HBP Systems Ltd | |
Henley College Coventry | |
Heritage Foundation | |
Hertfordshire County Council | |
Hopwood Hall College | |
HYBRiD (Grimsby) Ltd | |
IBM UK Ltd | |
IMPACT Apprenticeships | |
Interactive Red | |
ITV | |
J Murphy & Sons Ltd | |
James Paget University Hospital | |
Kingswood | |
KLM UK Engineering Limited | |
KMF | |
Kruger Associates Ltd | |
Kustom Clothing | |
La Bote | |
Lafarge Tarmac | |
Laing O’Rourke | |
Lakefield Foods | |
Lancashire County Council | |
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
Learning Unlimited | |
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
Leicester City Council | |
LIVES NOT KNIVES | |
Lloyds Banking Group | |
Lucy Glyn Support Services Ltd | |
Mainstay Group Ltd | |
Mayor of London | |
McCann Manchester | |
Meroncourt | |
Merseylink CJV | |
Milton Keynes Service Partnership LLP | |
Mitchells & Butlers | |
Morecare Ltd | |
MPR Music Production | |
National Sales Academy | |
Nemco | |
Network Rail | |
New Charter Housing Trust Group | |
New Wolsey Theatre | |
Next Retail Ltd | |
NG Bailey | |
Nominet | |
Nomura International PLC | |
Norbert Dentressangle | |
North Hertfordshire College | |
North Hertfordshire District Council | |
North Lincolnshire Homes | |
Northumberland County Council | |
Not Going to Uni | |
Nottingham City Council | |
Nyama | |
O2 | |
Paneltex Limited | |
Paxman Landscapes Uk Ltd | |
PHOENIX Medical Supplies Ltd/ Rowlands Pharmacy | |
Pinnacle Support | |
Pixel by pixel | |
Plymouth Apprenticeship Company | |
Plymouth City Council | |
Portmill Surgery | |
Pursuit Training | |
Quite Great Limited | |
Redrow Homes | |
Reed NCFE | |
Richard Ward Hair & Metrospa | |
RNLI | |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | |
Rotherham NHS | |
Rugged & Tough Ltd | |
Sanctuary Personnel | |
Santander UK | |
Sarah Hodge Hairdressing Group | |
Scientifica Ltd | |
SCWS Limited | |
Selco Trade Centres | |
Sequence | |
Serco Vocational Services | |
Severn Trent Water | |
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHSFT | |
Silver Trowel Ltd | |
Skill-serve Training Ltd | |
Smiths Row | |
South Glos Council | |
South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | |
Southampton Solent University | |
Southend CAB | |
southwest trains | |
Stafford College | |
Starbucks Coffee Company | |
Stronghold International | |
Stronghold International Ltd | |
Syngenta | |
TCA Lifting Ltd | |
TES2000 LTD | |
Thames Water Utilities Limited | |
The apprentice agency | |
The College of West Anglia | |
The Flying Music Company Limited | |
The ITP | |
The Juice Academy | |
The Manufacturing Technology Centre | |
The Red Lion | |
The Sanctuary Group | |
The Social Resource Centre Ltd | |
The Walton Centre FT NHS | |
The Way Ahead Training & Consultancy Ltd | |
Thompson and First Choice | |
Timico Ltd | |
TMB Patterns Limited | |
TNT Post | |
TR18Contact | |
Trade and Discount Signs | |
Transport for London | |
Transport for London | |
Travelodge | |
UKFast | |
United Utilities | |
Virgin Media | |
Walsall Works programme | |
Walter Smith Fine Foods Ltd | |
Warren Services | |
Warwickshire County Council | |
Way ahead Care | |
way Homecare | |
West Notts College | |
Wheatfield Surgery | |
Whitbread | |
William Hill | |
WSP | |
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
Yorkshire Housing | |
YPO |