Showing posts with label Scottish Borders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scottish Borders. Show all posts

Friday, 26 April 2013

Engineering Apprenticeship Opportunities with Plexus


Plexus has a long and successful history in the Electronics Manufacturing Services Industry in the Scottish Borders and offers many services to our customers including product design and manufacturing.

At Plexus they recognise the contribution of their employees and encourage them to use their talents to achieve success. They also believe in providing a wide range of training and development to enable their employees to achieve their objectives.

Plexus are now looking for two bright, enthusiastic people who would be interested in undertaking an Engineering Apprenticeship with them commencing in August of this year. Apply now!

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

World is Chef Jonny’s Oyster after Apprentice Acolade


Borders chef Jonny Streets was named Scotland’s Adult Apprentice of the Year at Glasgow Science Centre last Wednesday.

“It was a total shock,” he told TheSouthern, adding: “I wasn’t expecting it at all. The amount of people who came afterwards to say ‘well done’ – it made the experience reward enough.”

Sarah Dalrymple, of Bowden, a hospitality consultant and SVQ assessor who entered Jonny in the competition run by Skills Development Scotland, paid tribute to the 27-year-old chef from Melrose: “I’m just so proud. He’s got something special. READ MORE

Thursday, 15 November 2012

SBC to Create 30 Apprenticeships as Part of Structure Review

A minimum of 30 new apprenticeships will be created over the next five years as part of the review of the local authority’s environment and infrastructure services.

At its last full session meeting, held at the end of October, members of Scottish Borders Council approved a series of recommendations which see the continued development of the new structures approved last year.

These changes have been organised as a three-stage review as part of the overall business transformation programme, first begun in 2010. READ MORE