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Are you ready for the Levy?
...impact this will have on your business. To help you, our Business Development Assistant, Marta Wyrostek, has answered some of the most commonly asked questions around the Apprenticeship Levy and...
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The importance of implementing Welsh into your business
...who is currently working towards her Digital Marketing apprenticeship with ACT. Rachel is a single parent living in Whitchurch and working as a marketing coordinator after almost a decade as...
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Packaging giant gains new focus on sustainability with help from work-based learning
...learning journey began when Bev Fowler, DS Smith’s Head of Business Services, Global Master Data, began chatting with ACT’s Management & Business Services Route Manager, Kelly Harry, about sustainability. ACT...
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‘I’m a 24-year-old team manager thanks to my apprenticeship’
...at any one time. For us it’s a viable business choice and it ensures we’re up today with the bespoke skills needed for our business.” Minister for Welsh Language and...
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A Parent’s Guide to Traineeships
...an Essential Skills Tutor to develop key literacy, numeracy and digital literacy skills, experience a wide variety of inspirational guest speakers and have the opportunity to go on educational trips....
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I’ll never forget my days as a Painter Decorator
...employers about ‘work readiness’ and ‘basic’ or ‘soft skills’ needed for the workplace. Such soft skills include attitude, time-management, discipline, punctuality and workplace awareness. My role as skills ambassador for...
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ACT launch new skills centre in Caerphilly centre
Wales’ leading training provider, ACT Training has opened a new skills centre in Caerphilly town centre, to give local unemployed youths a new resource to help them succeed. Located on...
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“My Apprenticeship has dramatically improved my professional skills”
...feedback for new apprentices. Since starting my apprenticeship my professional skills have improved dramatically – one notable skill is my people skills and how to interact with different characters.” Chillie’s...
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Learners gain numeracy skills with Multiply
...UK’s numeracy skills particularly in practical settings such as household finances and budgeting. Its mission is to transform people’s work and home lives by increasing their confidence in applied maths....