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Enterprise launches flagship site in Leeds
- 12/08/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Enterprise has opened a new flagship rental and technology hub in Leeds. The £1.8m investment creates the company’s largest UK rental site as well as a hub for its burgeoning technology operations. The site replaces a smaller branch has created 12 new jobs including five graduate positions on its Management [...] -
Virtual tour reveals reality of aftermarket careers
- 29/07/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
AutoRaise has produced a virtual bodyshop tour which it hopes will attract new talent to the sector. The tour was put together by apprentices within AutoRaise’s affiliated repairer network. Jen Evans, AutoRaise business executive, said: “We are still feeling the impact of the pandemic and clearly there are [...] -
Autotech picks up training baton
- 17/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Autotech Academy has stepped up to provide a training solution for six automotive students whose learned has been disrupted by a fire at Bridgwater and Taunton College. The fire destroyed its specialist motorsport and motorcycle workshops. Collaborating with the Foray Motor Group, Autotech Academy is helping six [...] -
New research underscores skills crisis
- 11/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new report by north east recruiters Ingenia has underlined the extent of the skills crisis within the industry. It has described the crisis as "critical" and says a lack of skills is now costing dealers millions of pounds. Its research has found that 68.4% of its vacancies are for productives – up 47.3% in [...] -
BMW welcomes new apprentices
- 17/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
BMW Group UK has welcomed its 2015 intake of apprentices at its UK MINI and BMW production sites in Oxford, Swindon and Hams Hall near Birmingham. It is also celebrating the first success of its Girls Go Technical programme with four female apprentices joining the company’s apprenticeship scheme as a direct [...] -
Record number of apprentices join Mitsubishi
- 14/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Mitsubishi Motors UK has seen a record number of apprenticeship requests from the dealer network for training at its headquarters in Cirencester. So far this autumn, 20 Mitsubishi dealerships from all over the UK have committed to training in Gloucestershire as part of their three-year Level Three Diploma in light [...] -
17 new apprentices join Lotus
- 11/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Lotus has recruited 17 new apprentices, with another eight to join by the end of the year, to work across all divisions of manufacturing - inclusive of trim, paint shop and vehicle assembly – as part of its largest apprenticeship scheme to date. The 17 new apprentices are supported by the training specialists [...] -
Government will miss apprentice target
- 17/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Government plans to increase apprentice numbers by 2020 will fail according to training providers and businesses with training academies in England. Many businesses say they would rather take on a migrant worker than an apprentice. As 16 year olds prepare themselves for their GCSE results this week, research [...] -
NSL Automotive Components recruits apprentices
- 21/04/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
NSL Automotive Components, formerly Coventry Power Steering Specialists, are training the new recruits in readiness for electric power steering, which is forecast to overtake the more established hydraulic steering within the next couple of years. The apprentices are just one of a series of measures implemented by [...]