Skills News

 

Over the next few months 50 Kirklees businesses will take on a young apprentice, thanks to a new incentive scheme announced today by Kirklees Council

 

Senior managers from across Kirklees Council have taken a challenge to ‘get with apprenticeships’ by work shadowing apprentices from across the authority.

Kirklees Council is working on a new pilot with Yorkshire & Humberside Apprenticeship Training Agency (YHATA) to support local people onto customer service apprenticeships and into employment.  The YHATA will employ apprentices and offer in-work support and we need local employers who might want to host an apprentice.

 

The Skills Enhancement Fund has today released a range of Frameworks which have a geographical focus and will support training specifically for different parts of the region.

13,000 small and medium sized businesses and social enterprises that demonstrate a potential for growth will benefit from the Leadership and Management development grant

From 4th April, Kirklees Council will undertake its largest ever employer survey, to develop a clear picture of the local economy and identify where it best needs to focus its support for businesses.

39 local employers who take on apprentices attended our “THANK YOU” event at the Galpharm Stadium yesterday and received their National Apprenticeship Service Employer Certificate.

Huddersfield butcher and pie-maker, Andrew Jones, also became Kirklees' first employer ambassador. 

It’s National Apprenticeship Week (7-11 February) and we want to shout about the benefits that apprenticeships bring to young people and organisations across Kirklees.

Watch a video case study of what Building Services have been doing to help redundant construction apprentices in our area.

West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network is on the hunt for this year’s most inspirational employees. The West Yorkshire Work-Based Learning Awards recognises the achievements of employees who have succeeded in progressing onto a higher education course while continuing to work.

Kirklees Council is launching a new project during National Apprenticeship Week which aims to increase the number of apprentices in the private sector in Kirklees.

Businesses in Kirklees have the opportunity to apply for an Innovation Voucher to help them develop innovative solutions to business issues.

The latest edition of the Kirklees Economic Bulletin (edition no. 14 – January 2011) has just been published

Proskills UK, has secured a £3.47 million funding deal

In a letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills the Government stated that there would be a cut in university funding from £4.9 billion to £4.6 billion from April next year.

A Survey carried out by Institute of Directors reveals growth problems for business.

The Government’s strategy for skills, Skills for Sustainable Growth, was launched on the 16^th November by the Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable and Skills Minister John Hayes.

CWDC have announced they will be opening the Increasing Skills in Social Care Fund on Monday 20 September 2010.

How many times have you heard young workers say: “I can’t spell”; “I’m no good at answering the phone”; “I don’t have enough time to iron my shirt”; “I’m not bothered”.

 

Over the next few months 50 Kirklees businesses will take on a young apprentice, thanks to a new...