Next Gen Makers News
Engineering skills shortage: why collaboration will provide the solution
We know UK manufacturing and engineering has a big skills shortage. According to a government study, 186,000 skilled Engineers are needed annually until 2024 to plug the skills gap, and almost 20% of the current workforce is due to retire by 2026 according to the...
Apprentices playing their part at PP Control and Automation
With a number of apprentices joining PP Control and Automation year on year, the electronics manufacturer can take pride in the robust training and development plan put in place for each individual. It is a plan that has seen apprentices trained by Walsall College...
IPP Stainless Steel Fasteners: Our Apprenticeship journey
IPP Stainless Steel Fasteners are a specialist UK manufacturer of fully-certified and fully traceable bolting to customer specifications. Here Lee Parry, Joint Managing Director tells us all about their journey investing in Apprentices so far. Why did you decide to...
Impressive apprentice engineering a promising career with Renishaw
Whether it’s inspiring future engineers or helping his employer to improve efficiency and diagnose and fix faults, Ryan Harris has proved to be an “impressive” apprentice. Ryan, 21, from Hawthorn, Pontypridd, is a process development technician improver based at...
Engineering firm KMF hands permanent jobs to group of newly-qualified apprentices
Seven advanced year apprentices at KMF have landed permanent positions with the company following their graduation. The cohort, who all started together in August 2016, have all completed a four-year advanced apprenticeship at the Newcastle-unrder-Lyme engineering...
Apprentice leads project saving company £29k per month
When Emma Sisman joined Niftylift two years ago she had ‘little to no experience or knowledge’ of engineering and manufacturing. She’s now the second highest skilled person in her department heading up a waste reduction project that cuts the cost of lost-in-production...
