Fast-growing electronic waste specialist Intelligent Waste Management Ltd (iWaste) has made three strategic new hires as business demand increases.
Shane blazes apprenticeship trail at Barnbrook Systems
Young engineer Shane Hutton is leading the way for a new wave of apprentices at a Hampshire manufacturing firm. He has become the first trainee from Fareham-based Barnbrook Systems Ltd to attend the Centre of Excellence in Engineering, Manufacturing and Advanced Skills Training (CEMAST). Fareham College runs the purpose-built facility in the Solent Enterprise Zone at the Daedalus airfield, … Read More
Lights! Camera! Action! Yellow Buses’ duo star in campaign
Two apprentices at Yellow Buses were chosen by the Educational Development Trust to take part in a national campaign. Charlie Seymour and Ryan Pestell star in promotional videos that were launched during National Apprenticeship Week. Ryan joined the Bournemouth-based operator in 2015 as an HGV technician apprentice and Charlie is a first year mechanical apprentice. Both describe the advantages of … Read More
Plugging the construction industry skills gap
Skills shortages are set to hit the construction industry over the next few years. A 1.7 % sector growth forecast for five years until 2021 means youth is desperately needed, but the number of workers retiring is outstripping new blood. Dorset-based SMD, which designs, manufactures and installs metal decking systems and associated concrete work, is acutely aware of the problem. … Read More
Apprentice Abi blazes trail at DCCI
Dorset Chamber of Commerce has appointed Abigail Chapman as its first events and marketing apprentice