Meet the Apprentices Discover! Creative Careers Week Creative, Digital and Marketing Apprentices What do they do? What do they learn? Why did they choose an apprenticeship? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions then this is the event for you. This event is FREE and is suitable for students in years 10,11,12 &...
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Introduction We are looking for ‘Skill Builders’. Software or Web Developer companies in the Birmingham and surrounding areas, who are concerned about the future of their industry, company and career. All companies are built on the skills and talents of their employers. Understanding trends, technology, systems, processes and the pure...
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Click the image to download the full interactive PDF and register your tickets for the Festival of Enterprise.
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There are not too many businesses at the moment who don’t need someone to create, edit and share video, graphics, images and text for their website, social media, print, presentations and general communications. There are also not too many businesses who already have someone with those skills on the payroll....
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Apprenticeship Funding - How we can help. This is one of the first questions any employer new to apprenticeships understandably asks us. There are two forms of costs to an employer: the salary costs and the training costs. However, many of the training costs are actually met by various forms...
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Trainer / Assessor in Creative Venue Technician Technical Theatre Apprenticeships: role now called Development Coach Freelance and Fixed Term (12 months) part-time hours available (potentially 2 days / week) 28k per annum (pro rata) with assessor / training qualifications & experience Potential Start Date: Immediately and certainly need someone to...
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Sharpening the Saw – why improving your staff benefits your business in lots of ways. Years ago I attended a training session where I was told a story about 'sharpening the saw'. In summary, the story was centred around a woodsman who is sawing away at a tree with a...
Read More Recruitment & Apprenticeship Coordinator Job Description Creative Alliance are a small but growing team who believe passionately in making a difference to the lives of talented young people across the Midlands. The primary purpose of the company is to enable talented young people to get into learning, training and working...
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Birmingham’s very own festival of Social Enterprise CITYDRIVE! Social enterprise development organisation ISE dreamt up CITYDRIVE five years ago. As a result, they showcase company's that do business for good in the City. Therefore, they aim to inspire citizens to start up, buy from, invest in, work for or volunteer with social businesses. [caption id="attachment_6842" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Creative Alliance attending the social enterprise event at the Council buildings in the centre...
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Take advantage of the lower employer contributions In May 2017 there were significant policy changes regarding how apprenticeships were funded. Firstly, there was the apprenticeship levy. The apprenticeship levy is a tax on large corporations. Anyone with a payroll bill of over £3,000,000 had to put a small percentage of...
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