The best butchers in Wales are being encouraged to enter two competitions at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Wells next month. The popular annual Welsh Young Butcher Competition is joined on the show programme this year by the Welsh Pork Butcher Competition, which is being held for the first time. Both competitions will… Read more »
TUESDAY, 2ND FEBRUARY 2016 CENTRAL CARDIFF THIS EVENT IS CPD CERTIFIED Guest of Honour: Michael Davis, Chief Executive, UK Commission for Employment and Skills Timed to follow the Welsh Government’s response to their ongoing consultation on reforming the Apprenticeship model in Wales, this seminar will bring together key policymakers and stakeholders to discuss the future… Read more »
Award-winning learning provider Cambrian Training Company has demonstrated successful partnership working to get butchery adopted as a WorldSkills UK National Competition for the first time this year. Now the innovative Welshpool-based company is in contention to win a major award at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2015. The company is one of two finalists in the… Read more »
CHRIS RILEY and PETER RUSHFORTH representing the United Kingdom (UK) at the International Young Butcher Competition (IYBC) raised their game and reputation against stronger than ever opposition in Utrecht, Holland earlier this week. Recognised as the leading competition for 18 – 24 year old European butchery apprentices the six categories, two day event held in… Read more »
A unique approach to employment and training by an award winning company, which runs a successful waste and recycling site in North Wales, has been described by a training provider as “inspirational”. Now Thorncliffe Abergele, a family owned company established in Abergele 1987, is in contention to win a major award at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2015.… Read more »
Apprenticeships in Wales generate more than £1 billion a year for the country’s economy and represent excellent value for money for Welsh Government investment, reveals an important new report. Foundation Apprenticeships (Level 2) generate around £510 million a year and Apprenticeships (Level 3) contribute £500 million to the Welsh economy, says ‘The Value of Apprenticeship… Read more »
A Mid Wales abattoir business, which is using Apprenticeships to help develop and grow a confident, skilled and committed workforce, is in contention to win a major award at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2015. Randall Parker Foods at Dolwen, Llanidloes, is one of three finalists shortlisted in the Medium-sized Employer of the Year category at… Read more »
A man who has grabbed his second chance with both hands after turning his life around to set the foundations for a career to support his family, is in contention to win a major award at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2015. Sean Williams, 27, who lives in St Asaph, is one of three finalists shortlisted… Read more »
CHRIS RILEY and PETER RUSHFORTH have been selected to represent the United Kingdom (UK) at the International Young Butcher Competition (IYBC) taking place in Holland later this month. Both twenty two year old Assistant Manager Chris working for WALTER SMITH at the Wyevale Centre in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire and twenty year old Peter from SWANS FARM… Read more »
