Apprenticeship News

Defining Art We want to celebrate one of our Trainees for her amazing artistic talent . Bea's fantastic artwork and also her commitment to her traineeship. We work in partnership with The British Heart Foundation to deliver Traineeship programmes to 16-18 year olds...

Minimum apprentice wage updates 2020 What is the current national minimum wage and what date will it increase? The rise is more than four times the rate of inflation and takes hourly pay for people over 25 to £8.72 from April. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "For...

Congratulations to Vera Martins who is our first winner of the Christmas Hamper competition. We have 3 more to give away so don't forget to enter by clicking on the below link. Click here to enter The winners will be chosen on 6th, 13th, 18th and 19th of December...

We are excited to say that we are the GDPR Association's featured member in their newsletter for December 2019. The GDPR Association fits our objectives, we are looking forward to being able to share good practice and keep up to date with standardisation of...

As a nation, we don’t expect anyone to be left hungry or destitute. Illness, disability, family breakdown or the loss of a job can happen to any of us. Our network of food banks provides the best possible emergency food to people locked into poverty. Our employees...

We are happy to announce we have recently become a member of the GDPR Association. The GDPR Association exists to help improve, extend and rationalise standards of businesses carrying out GDPR compliance and to improve and protect the status and position of such firms...

We are excited to discuss what we can offer to people visiting the fair. We have some quizzes for people to do to see what type of characteristics they have and what career could be right for them. We also have a guess how many sweets game available. Come along and...

We love receiving feedback from our Learners. We are proud of our Training Advisor Lindsey who was praised by a recent achiever, Ben Gilbert I would like to pass on some feedback in relation to my recently completed Level 4 in Management but mostly in relation to my...

Congratulations to our recent achievers One of the biggest changes in the new Apprenticeship reforms is the inclusion of End-point assessment. All Apprentices on a new Apprenticeship standard now have to complete and End-point assessment (EPA) to complete their...

Congratulations to our North & Mids Smart Stars for September 2019. Here at Smart, we are passionate about our employee recognition. Well done to you...

Mark seemed to have a lot of fun while he was visiting Georgia, our new apprentice who started her placement at Hug A Mug recently. #Mrtumble was visiting to help support the toddlers early years learning and development. Hug A Mug is an independent coffee shop and...

We are so proud to announce that Ash Cuttress & Debby Seiles have been nominated for Inspirational Women on the Year 2019.  We had a catch up with Debby and Ash to ask for their feedback on their nomination. Such Inspirational Women! Debby Seiles commented “I am so...

The ultimate Smart Success By Smart Training & Recruitment With the support from her Training Advisor, Tara completed her Traineeship and has progressed onto an Apprenticeship with us. This is just another reason why we are proud of the people who work for...

Congratulations to Sian Woods who has been awarded the National Learner of the Month for her outstanding commitment to her Apprenticeship!