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Career success for mum courtesy of free employment scheme open to Rhondda residents

...is urging anyone whose career development may have stalled in recent years to take advantage of the free scheme with ACT Training. Tina, Action for Children Service Co-ordinator, said: “For...
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Cardiff Life – The One to Watch

...How did you end up working in this position? I have a varied background, from working in the Careers Service, being a Police Officer, working in sales and marketing, running...
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I’ll never forget my days as a Painter Decorator

...simply paying lip service to the cause and that the true benefits of this route to employment are recognised. Encouraging more employers to get on board will be key to...
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Wales’ largest training provider named among Best 100 Companies in the UK

...“As an organisation our business depends on our ability to focus on the individual needs of each and every learner involved in the services we offer, and we can only...
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Wessex helps trainee mechanic gear up for success

...the outlet organised by ACT Training. Eighteen-year-old Liam Hutchings from Fairwater will now start his apprenticeship with us. Steve Grinter, Service Manager at the dealership, said: “Liam has been really...
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This young barber is cutting homeless people’s hair for free on the streets of Cardiff

...services free of charge. Jamie, who works at Lynx Hairdressers and Barbers, Aberdare and is undertaking an Apprenticeship with ACT Training, decided to volunteer after seeing so many homeless people...
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Are you ready for the Levy?

...training? Once you have declared the Levy to HMRC you will be able to access funding for Apprenticeships through a new digital Apprenticeship service account (DASA), which will allow payment...
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Cardiff and Vale College and ACT join forces to form skills powerhouse

...Government Sector Panel for Financial and Professional Services and a member of the Cardiff Central Enterprise Zone Board said “To support successful and growing businesses across the capital region and...
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Welsh businesses urged to ‘think apprentice’ to aid expansion in 2017

...the benefits for themselves first hand.” Businesses seeking all kinds of support with administrative, leisure, hospitality, manual, finance, data, childcare and a wide variety of other service offerings are invited...