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| 19 Dec 07 New learning opportunities for food and drink manufacturing employees Employers across five food and drink manufacturing sectors are set to benefit from the launch of a set of new industry standards...more... |
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11 Dec 07 Ambitious targets for food and drink apprenticeships in Scotland A revamped Modern Apprenticeship for food and drink manufacturing is being rolled out across Scotland, promising the £7.4 billion industry a fresh injection of new talent...more... |
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28 Nov 07 Barnsley bakery praised for promoting diversity in the workplace A Barnsley bakery has scooped a top award for a pioneering training and recruitment programme that helps give a second chance to ex-offenders in South Yorkshire...more... |
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27 Nov 07 Food companies urged to sign skills pledge Skills Minister David Lammy MP has welcomed the decision of Northern Foods’ chief executive Stefan Barden to become one of the first food and drink manufacturing employers to sign the Skills Pledge...more... |
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21 Nov 07 Students urged to discover the glamour in food science As far as prospective careers go, working as a food scientist or technologist certainly has its attractions for today’s teenagers...more... |
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15 Nov 07 Improve strengthens with new recruits The food and drink sector skills council, Improve, has strengthened its team with the appointment of three new recruits...more... |
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31 Oct 07 Family business sees apprenticeships as good value Apprenticeships help companies turn raw young recruits into professional, confident members of staff who have a vital role to play in the workplace, according to the operations manager of a family-run bakery in Derbyshire...more... |
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31 Oct 07 Ambitious targets for new food and drink apprenticeships Revamped apprenticeships in food and drink manufacture are being rolled out across England and Wales, promising the £65 billion industry a fresh injection of new talent...more... |
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23 Oct 07 South Yorkshire schools pioneer new initiative Primary school pupils in South Yorkshire are taking the lead in a major new drive to promote better understanding of food manufacturing among young people...more... |
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2 Oct 07 Improve welcomes leading industry figures to its board Improve, the sector skills council for food and drink, has announced the appointment of four leading industry figures to its board...more... |
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26 Sept 07 Food and drink chiefs back skills drive Leading industry figures have issued a rallying cry to the UK’s food and drinks manufacturers, calling on them to lend their full support to the drive to improve skills across the sector’s workforce...more... |
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18 Sept 07 Employers urged to go to universities As hundreds of thousands of students return to university this month, food and drink manufacturers are being urged to make their presence felt on campuses in order to tap into the UK’s blossoming undergraduate talent pool and plug crucial skills gaps in the industry...more... |
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6 Sept 07 Top companies lead drive to boost women managers in food and drink More than 60 food and drink manufacturing companies, including Tate & Lyle, Northern Foods and Young’s Seafood, are leading a drive to boost the number of women managers in the sector...more... |
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09 Aug 07 Adult apprenticeships launched for food and drink industry England’s food and drink manufacturing industry is on course to benefit from a significant leap in apprentice numbers after the government this month scrapped the upper age limit on funding...more... |
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07 Aug 07 More power to employers in qualifications overhaul Food and drink manufacturers could soon be able to offer employees the chance to gain universally recognised qualifications through their own tailor-made in-house training programmes – and attract new government funding in the process...more... |
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11 Jul 07 Teenagers taste food manufacturing careers in school Four teenage girls have earned an award for devising a new food product, as part of a pioneering initiative to promote better understanding of food manufacturing in schools... more... |
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10 Jul 07 New skills academy means more training for less money Employers in the food and drink sector can now achieve more training for less money through the new National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing, said Jack Matthews, chief executive of Improve, the food and drink sector skills council...more... |
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03 Jul 07 New ways for food workers to boost earnings through skills Workers in the food and drink manufacturing sector will have new opportunities to increase their skills and their earnings, thanks to a ground-breaking scheme to revamp work-related qualifications...more... |
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02 Jul 07 New qualifications to boost careers People seeking to start or develop their careers in food manufacturing can boost their chances of getting ahead through new vocationally linked qualifications launching in September...more... |
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21 Jun 07 Pizza maker is Apprentice of the Year A pizza maker from Leyland in Lancashire has won the prestigious Apprentice of the Year Award, beating entrants from all industries and trades throughout England...more... |
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18 Jun 07 Skills Academy for food and drink goes live online The new National Skills Academy (NSA) for food and drink manufacturing will go live online at an official launch event at Young’s Seafood in Grimsby on 28 June...more... |
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7 Jun 07 Top food manufacturers in Scotland sign sector agreements to boost skills Leading food and drink manufacturers in Scotland have joined together in a common cause to boost skills across the sector...more... |
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29 May 07 Leeds youngsters to pioneer food and drink apprenticeships Leeds has become one of the first areas of the country to offer school pupils the opportunity to complete a new qualification - a Young Apprenticeship in Food and Drink Manufacturing, while still at school...more... |
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17 May 07 Sir Digby Jones backs scheme to attract more people into food-science UK skills envoy Sir Digby Jones has given his backing to a new scheme that aims to solve an acute shortage of young people entering a career in food science and technology... more... |
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5 Apr 07 Jam maker leads drive for more women managers An award-winning jam and chutney maker based in Stroud is spearheading a drive that will help small producers in particular to increase the number of women managers in food and drink manufacturing... more... |
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20 Mar 07 North-west companies urged to claim free skills passports for staff Food and drink manufacturers in the North West have until the end of March to take advantage of free skills passports for their staff... more... |
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2 Mar 07 Wales struggles to fill food scientist training places College places and good jobs in food science and technology are going begging in Wales because there aren’t enough young people leaving school with science qualifications.. more.... |
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20 Feb 07 Drive to revamp food and drink apprenticeships A major drive to revitalise apprenticeships in food and drink manufacturing has been launched by Improve, the sector skills council...more... |
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8 Feb 07 Industry chiefs urge manufacturers to work with schools Industry chiefs will today (Thursday 8 February) urge in particular manufacturers to step up their work with schools in a bid to close a widening skills gap...more... |
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5 Feb 07 Shortage of food scientists hits employers A shortage of food scientists and technologists is hitting food and drink companies with increased costs and reduced productivity, according to new research published this month, and the problem is getting worse...more... |
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31 Jan 07 £4.4m Skills Academy for Food and Drink to open in April The National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing will open in April after receiving the go-ahead by the government...more... |
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22 Jan 07 Food and drink companies urged to sign up for cut-price training Food and drink manufacturers in England are being urged not to miss out on an opportunity to gain heavily subsidised training for their female employees... more... |
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