• FMG selected for WorldSkills qualifiers

    • 8 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    FMG Repair Services has announced that its Goole training centre has been chosen to host the WorldSkills UK Automotive Body Repair National Qualifiers in June Richard Hutchins, IMI’s skills competitions manager, said: “We always seek to deliver our competitions in centres of excellence, providing our [...]
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  • IMI manager wins diversity award

    • 8 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has announced that competitions manager Richard Hutchins has won a prestigious WorldSkills UK’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Award The awards celebrate the individuals and organisations championing diversity and inclusion within the business and technical [...]
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  • WorldSkills finalists revealed

    • 14 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    WorldSkills UK has announced its finalists, with more than 20 of the most talented next generation technicians in the automotive sector going forward to the November competition The IMI Skills Competitions are designed to raise standards and expertise in technical skills across the sector by shining a spotlight on [...]
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  • WorldSkills – Ryan has done us proud

    • 17 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Sunday evening saw the closing ceremony at the World Skills Competition in São Paulo, where Just Car Clinics Apprentice Panel Technician, Ryan Jones had been competing for the last four days in the Autobody category Going into the final two days of competition over the weekend, Ryan suffered a setback on day three [...]
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  • UK celebrates WorldSkills 2015 success

    • 17 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Rio 2016 Olympics may be a year away, but some of the UK’s brightest young talents are already celebrating medal success on the global stage in Brazil this week Following five days of intense competition against almost 1,000 of the world’s most skilled young people, the nation’s team of talented apprentices [...]
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  • Ryan Jones – World Skill Update

    • 14 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Day three of competition at World Skills in São Paulo, Brazil gets underway today (Friday), where Just Car Clinics Hinckley’s Apprentice Panel Technician, Ryan Jones is representing Team UK The scale of World Skills is something that is evident as soon as you enter the Anhembi Park venue in São Paulo [...]
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  • Alignment training boosts World Skills finalists

    • 14 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A special wheel alignment training course was held at Pro-Align’s Northamptonshire headquarters in a bid to bring a gold medal back to the UK from the upcoming World Skills final in Sao Paulo, Brazil The two day session was attended by Elijah Sumner, Declan McGrath and James Betts - UK Skills squad – who were [...]
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  • Ryan Jones is world class

    • 4 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    JCC’s (Just Car Clinics) Ryan Jones has been selected to represent the UK at this year’s WorldSkills competition which is taking place in August in San Paolo, Brazil Team UK is going for Gold, competing against 1,000 of the most talented apprentices and learners from around the world in more than 35 skills at [...]
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  • Is JCC’s Ryan Jones World class?

    • 22 May 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The 43rd WorldSkills competition will take place at Anhembi Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil from 11 to 16 August 2015 Occurring every two years, it is the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in the world Competitors represent the best of their peers and are selected from WorldSkill’s Member [...]
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