Next Gen Makers News

MSC Industrial Supply Co. UK (MSC), business partners of Next Gen Makers, has announced that it is a 2024 engineering partner for Warwick Moto – the student-led electric racing bike team at the...

ExxonMobil Fife has announced the launch of a new apprenticeship scheme to find region’s future talent.  The scheme aims to appeal to local school leavers with a passion for science and mathematics,...

An increasing number of young women are aiming for a career in industry, according to data from a trade body. A latest report from national manufacturing organisation and strategic partners of Next...

Benchmarking and insight organisation Next Gen Makers are set to launch a groundbreaking national platform on the 18th April to promote the best employers for engineering apprenticeships. The...

Schneider Electric UK has opened applications for its newly expanded 2024 apprenticeship scheme, with the cohort set to double in size. The company, a global leader in energy management and...

BGEN, one of the UK’s largest engineering firms driving energy transition, has pledged to expand its apprenticeship programme to 75 employees by the end of this year. Fifty apprentices already work...

Bakkavor Bourne, based near Peterborough, has launched a recruitment campaign to find a record number of apprentices. The company creates a range of prepared fruit, stir fry, noodle, salad and...

Approximately 700 apprentices and 300 graduates will be ready to start their career this September as part of an intake by BAE Systems Submarines across the UK. With 11,000 people already in its...

Next Gen Makers are pleased to welcome Joseph Poxon as Business Development Manager. The appointment is part of an ambitious growth strategy for Next Gen Makers as the company expands its’...

Leyland Trucks is recruiting 28 new apprentices across the business in roles ranging from engineering and operations to project management and administration roles, including degree level...

Northern Trains has launched an apprenticeship recruitment campaign to attract the engineers of the future to five locations across the north of England. Engineering apprentices are being sought to...

The first companies to achieve the Make UK Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Kitemark in 2024 have been announced. Festo, Marshall Aerospace , Collins Aerospace - HS Marston, thyssenkrupp...

AGGREGATE Industries have launched their 2024 apprenticeship scheme, seeking to recruit to 74 positions, building towards around 200 active roles across the business. Two types of qualification will...

The winners of the 2023 WorldSkills UK Industrial Robotics competition, which recognises the best of the UK’s rising robotics talent, have been announced. The competition, held in conjunction with...

Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer, is seeking to recruit more than 200 apprentices next year at its Broughton site. The site is holding an open doors event on December 9th 2023 to attract the next...

A record number of Hartlepool apprentices have been taken on at Sunderland Engineering firm Unipres UK. The company's Sunderland plant is the focal points of Unipres operations in Europe. As a...

Birkenhead based shipbuilding firm Cammell Laird have welcomed 50 first year apprentices following a successful recruitment campaign. Building on the success of previous years, this group of...

An online directory has been launched to recognise the best employers in the West Midlands for engineering apprenticeships. The ‘Engineering Apprenticeships: Excellent Employers’ online directory –...

CEMEX are celebrating the growth and success of their Technical Apprenticeship Programme, based at the company’s National Technical Centre in Southam, Warwickshire. Following the initial programme...

Walsall based Firsteel, the specialist coil metal coating company owned by What More UK, is undergoing a planned £1 million investment programme, part of which is an investment in apprentices and...

Latest research figures state that 20% of the current engineering workforce is set to retire by 2026. With so many skilled manufacturing professionals set to leave the industry in the coming years,...

Yorkshire based bus firm Transdev, which operates bus companies including York & County, Coastliner and the Harrogate Bus Company, is hoping to combat skills shortages with a new training...

Aggreko, the Dumbarton-based global leader in temporary power, temperature control and energy solutions, is reaffirming its commitment to development, skills and training as its successful...

A groundbreaking traineeship programme at Wigan's Kraft Heinz factory recently celebrated its successful end with new apprentices being taken on. The Heinz plant collaborated with Wigan & Leigh...

Bentley Motors has announced a record number of trainee positions for the 2024 intake, totalling 164 roles. Career opportunities across the company for Graduates and Industrial Placements are...

Sheffield Forgemasters has welcomed 24 new apprentices as it progresses development on one of the world’s most advanced manufacturing facilities. The new apprentices will start at a variety of...

Festo engineering apprentice Olivia Harrison-Hine was recently awarded apprentice of the year at the prestigious PPMA Group industry awards ceremony held in the National Conference Centre,...

Interest in engineering apprentices is booming in the West Midlands after In-Comm Trainingannounced a 35% increase in the number of starts this September. One of the UK’s leading training providers...

Gloucestershire engineering giant Renishaw has announced that it is expanding its leadership team with the appointment of a new non-executive director, with aspirations to continue to address...

BMet College has signed a first of a kind educational partnership with Next Gen Makers in an initiative that is set to help to future proof skills within engineering firms across the UK. BMet offer...