One hundred of the UK’s leading employers of apprentices were honoured at The Skills Show in Birmingham last night at the launch of the second Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list.
The list, compiled by the National Apprenticeship Service and City & Guilds, recognises excellence in businesses, large and small, that employ apprentices.
David Way, chief executive of the National Apprenticeship Service, congratulated the employers on their successes: “The breadth and depth of employers on our top 100 list just goes to show the huge impact apprenticeships have on companies of all sizes and the wider UK economy. Apprenticeships are the country’s gold standard for vocational training. As part of the new era for apprenticeships, we are introducing measures to ensure there has never been a better time for employers to hire apprentices.
“With more higher level apprenticeships (up to degree level), rigorous new standards for all apprenticeships and new financial incentives for small firms who hire their first apprentices, employers can be confident that apprenticeships will deliver for them.”
Commenting on its entry in the top 100, James Harding, managing director of TEC Group, a recruitment consultancy to the oil and gas engineering sector, said: “We only started our apprenticeship programme one year ago, but are really proud of how already TEC Group has created new employment in our community and the economy.”
Meanwhile, chief executive and director general of City & Guilds Chris Jones said: “Apprenticeships are integral to helping us achieve this; they develop the workforce of tomorrow, whilst giving people the skills they need to succeed in employment. To be named a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer is a sign of excellence and these companies should feel incredibly proud of what they’ve achieved.”
Top 100 apprentice employers, in alphabetical order |
1. A M Blatch Electrical Contractor 2. AgustaWestland 3. Alan Hair Designs 4. Amey 5. Astrium 6. AWE 7. BAM Nuttall 8. Barclays Bank 9. Barlows 10. Barratt Developments 11. Belgrade Theatre 12. Bentley Motors 13. Berthon Boat Company 14. Blue Flame (Cornwall) 15. Britplas 16. BT 17. Caffyns 18. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 19. Caterpillar 20. Caterpillar Peterlee 21. Coleman Bradshaw 22. Cooper and Taylor Hair and Beauty 23. Coreco 24. Coventry City Council 25. Cumbria County Council 26. DAF Trucks 27. Dale & Valley Homes 28. Dale Power Solutions 29. Damovo 30. David Youll Hair and Beauty 31. Doncaster Council 32. EDF Energy Nuclear Generation 33. Elements 34. FCO Services 35. Fennies Under 5s 36. Finmeccanica 37. Finning UK 38. Ford Motor Company 39. Forth Engineering – Cumbria 40. Gelder Group 41. Goodteeth Dental Surgeries 42. Harwin 43. Hays Travel 44. Hendra Healthcare Ludlow 45. Hycrome 46. IBM 47. Imperial Commercials 48. Jessup Build Develop 49. John Cliff Building Services 50. Josephs Hair Team |
51. KFC 52. Kwik-Fit 53. Love Food 54. MAN Truck & Bus 55. Matthews Brand Solutions 56. MBDA Missile Systems 57. Messier Bugatti Dowty MRO 58. Morleys Stores 59. Neopost 60. NHS Norfolk & Waveney 61. North Somerset Council 62. North York Moors National Park Authority 63. Northumberland County Council 64. Pailton Engineering 65. Pearson Engineering Services 66. Pendennis Shipyard 67. Persona HR 68. Plumbs 69. Power Logistics 70. Puffins of Exeter 71. Railcare 72. Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council 73. Resource Productions 74. Rolls-Royce 75. Royal Navy 76. Sanctuary Group 77. Sembcorp Utilities 78. Serco 79. SH & EM Electronics 80. Siemens 81. Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning 82. Spicerhaart 83. Staffordshire County Council 84. Stockport Council 85. Tata Steel Europe 86. Tata Steel 87. TEC Group International Recruitment 88. The Chartwell Practice 89. The Cornwall Foundation of Promise (Fifteen Cornwall) 90. The Style Guru 91. Tideswell Surgery 92. TMJ Interiors 93. TW Plumbing & Heating 94. Uden Sales & Lettings 95. Unilever 96. University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 97. Vertical Systems 98. WM Housing Group 99. Wm Morrison Supermarkets 100. Yorkshire Ambulance Service |
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