Supermarket retailer Budgens is sending all its management trainees into
schools to help them build people and communication skills.
The group has added a creative element to its Retail Management Training
Programme, designed to increase the skillset of its fast-track candidates.
Staff on the latest course have built a sensory garden and creative play
area for pupils at a Derbyshire school, and have founded strong links with the
local community.
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Julianne Osborne, HR manager at the firm, said the initiative has given
trainees the opportunity to get out of the stores and develop leadership,
teamwork and creative skills.
