Cliff Dickenson & Son in Winsford has taken on 17-year old school-leaver Oliver Waring as a vehicle sales apprentice specialising in new cars for Ford.
The continued decline in the uptake of apprenticeships has prompted business chiefs to suggest that the Government’s target of creating three million new apprenticeships by 2020 “does not look possible”.
Bosch has opened a new £1.5 million purpose-built apprenticeship training centre in Doncaster.
The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that employers will be able to spread up to 10% of apprenticeship levy funds to multiple businesses from July.
It is now possible to get a Masters-level qualification in using Apprenticeship Levy funding
Inchcape Technician Charlie Mason was named Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Technician Apprentice of the Year as the Gereman premium brand recognised its top apprentices at an annual awards ceremony.
The Institute for the Motor Industry has called for a more pragmatic approach to apprenticeships after concluding that the Government’s Apprenticeship Levy remains “too complex, restrictive and inflexible”.
Jardine Motors Group HR director Clare Martin has warned that the issue of automotive skills shortage “will widen” with the increasing demands of technical expertise in dealership workshops.
Dame Judith Hackitt has called the Apprenticeship Levy a ‘lose-lose’ and urged the Government to rethink its strategy, ahead of National Apprenticeship Week.
The Kia apprenticeship programme has placed at least one apprentice in 95% of its dealer network, after 13 years of running.
Cap HPI has launched its own automotive apprenticeship scheme to support emerging automotive talent and mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week (March 5-9).
Almost a year on from the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, motor retailers are struggling to reap the full benefits of their own funds.
TrustFord is hoping to attract 78 talented workers to share its “business success” with the opening of the application process for its largest ever intake of apprentices.
The IMI has claimed that a combination of confusion surrounding the Apprenticeship Levy and the “increased administrative burden” it placed on employers could be to blame for a 26.5% decline in new apprentices.
Former skills minister Nick Boles MP called at Donalds Mazda to discuss apprentices and Brexit with Danny Stone, CEO of parent group Central Garage (Uppingham)
Lookers became the only national motor retailer in the UK to be entered into Centrica’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers listings as it was recognised for “making a difference to the lives of their apprentices”.
A campaign by the National Franchised Retailers to promote a greater understanding of automotive retail saw the Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP step into the showroom at Inchcape Volkswagen in Twickenham.
Volvo has opened a new £6 million training and development centre in Daventry to help support its ambitions to become a leading premium brand competitor in the UK.
Jardine Motors Group has launched an new apprenticeship scheme which will see the next-generation of talented technicians receive £10,000 worth of tools.
The Stoneacre Motor Group has celebrated the graduation of a further 48 aspiring automotive operators from its Ofsted-accredited Acasdemy.
