Month: December 2014

We were delighted to host a round table discussion at the beginning of December with Midlands Business Insider on the provision of training and apprenticeships to people across the Midlands.  We discussed a number of topics, such as, about how do we attract more students into apprenticeships and whether we are selling them in the right way. …

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Birmingham City Council Digital and Financial inclusion team won the 2014 Chamberlain Award for Innovation. The introduction of universal credit meant Birmingham City Council, the largest landlord in the country, had to rethink the way it delivered its services to tenants. As one of 12 local authority-led universal credit pilots, the team identified innovative approaches …

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