Manufacturing apprentices head to Westminster

In-Comm Training, which operates training academies in Aldridge and Shrewsbury, arranged the visit to coincide with the culmination of the National Apprenticeship Week and to highlight the need for continued investment in generating the talent of the future.

The company arranged for the young people and 20 of their employers to debate the subject with Business Minister Margot James, the hosting MP Wendy Morton and fellow MPs Amanda Milling and Daniel Kawczynski.

Gareth Jones, managing director of In-Comm Training, said: “The Government has finally woken up to apprenticeships being real jobs and the recent reforms will help engage employers to raise the quality and provide a faster route to competence. We want to showcase the talent we are developing in the West Midlands to the people that make decisions and the conversations we had were very positive, building on the introduction of T-Levels in the recent Budget.”

He continued: “Raising parity of esteem between apprenticeships and other forms of higher and further education is paramount to making sure we get young people considering this as a viable career path. It was also important to express the business viewpoint and we had some fantastic employers join us from professional services and industry.”

In-Comm Training www.in-comm.co.uk