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Open Day To Join The Council’s Apprenticeship Pool

May 1, 2013
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East Riding Local Plan

Are you aged 16 years or over and looking for an apprenticeship? Then let East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Employment and Skills Team boost your chances of finding an apprenticeship. The team is looking for suitably-motivated people to join their apprenticeship pool. The apprenticeship pool is for people who are applying for apprenticeships now, but struggling to get interviews. The team works with local employers who have apprentice vacancies and prepare people for the opportunities that they find. They currently have vacancies with local organisations for apprenticeships to start during May 2013. To apply for the apprenticeship pool you must come along with a current CV to the Employment and Skills Team Apprenticeship Pool Open Day on Tuesday, 7 May, 10am-2.30pm, at the Treasure House, in Champney Road, Beverley. Councillor Jane Evison, cabinet portfolio holder for economic development, tourism and rural issues at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “This open day is a great opportunity for local people who are looking for apprenticeships to come along and get more help with finding vacancies. We are also working with local employers who have apprentice vacancies now, so we’ll be keen to find candidates who are suitable to fill these posts…

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Agriweld Limited Benefit From Business Grants To Employ Apprentice

March 15, 2013
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Agriweld Limited Benefit From Business Grants To Employ Apprentice

Businesses and organisations that employ up to 1,000 employees could be eligible for a grants to help take on an apprentice. Until March 2014, the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) will provide up to 40,000 apprenticeship grants, with a value of £1,500 each, to eligible employers who commit to employ one or more 16-to-24-year-old apprentices. Businesses and organisations can apply for these grants via a training provider such as East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s employment and skills team. Eligible employers are those who have never employed an apprentice before or who have not employed an apprentice within the last 12 months. The £1,500 grant is in addition to the Government funding already available for the training costs of the apprenticeship framework. For more information or to check eligibility, call the employment and skills team on (01482) 887670. One organisation already working with the council is Agriweld Ltd. Agriweld is based in Driffield and designs, develops and manufactures specialist equipment for agriculture, forestry and renewable energy and other commercial industries. Agriweld offers apprenticeships to school leavers who show that they have the desire, commitment and potential to join the team, and those who demonstrate this are progressing well with the company. Agriweld’s…

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Age Grants Available For Businesses To Take On An Apprentice

March 12, 2013
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Age Grants Available For Businesses To Take On An Apprentice

Businesses and organisations that employ up to 1,000 employees could be eligible for grants to help take on an apprentice. Until March 2014, the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) will provide up to 40,000 apprenticeship grants, with a value of £1,500 each, to eligible employers who commit to employ one or more 16-to-24-year-old apprentices. Businesses and organisations can apply for these grants via a training provider such as East Riding of Yorkshire Council employment and skills team. Eligible employers are those who have never employed an apprentice before or who have not employed an apprentice within the last 12 months. The £1,500 grant is in addition to the Government funding already available for the training costs of the apprenticeship framework. For more information or to check eligibility, call the employment and skills team on (01482) 887670. One organisation already working with East Riding of Yorkshire Council is Fisher Security Limited, based in Goole. Fisher Security specialises in the installation, maintenance and monitoring of CCTV, access control and intruder and fire alarm systems for customers across the Yorkshire region. The company has recently employed an apprentice from the council and has taken advantage of the apprenticeship AGE 16-24 to do this. Fisher…

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Economic Development Strategy Launched

March 7, 2013
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Economic Development Strategy Launched

A strategy has been launched to promote sustainable economic development over the next four years in the East Riding. The East Riding of Yorkshire Economic Development Strategy was launched by the East Riding of Yorkshire Local Strategic Partnership’s Economy and Skills Action Group at Brough Business Centre. The strategy sets out a long-term vision, strategic framework and an overview of the activities the Local Strategic Partnership will seek to promote between 2012 and 2016. The impact of the global financial crisis during 2007-2008 had wide ranging implications for the East Riding’s economy. Many businesses have seen trading conditions become more difficult, with demand falling and access to funding becoming more constrained. Delivery of economic development activity has also changed with a greater focus on local priority setting through Local Enterprise Partnerships, a removal of regional structures and competitive funding replacing programmed public sector funds. This strategy is sensitive to the current difficult market conditions and advocates activity to build the economic resilience of the East Riding and its businesses and workforce. Councillor Jane Evison, cabinet portfolio holder for economic development, tourism and rural issues at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “In spite of the uncertain economic climate, there are…

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Public Health Transfers To East Riding Of Yorkshire Council

February 20, 2013
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East Riding Local Plan

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is taking over responsibility for public health from 1 April 2013, when NHS East Riding of Yorkshire will cease to exist. The move follows the Health and Social Care Act 2012, which returned a large number of public health responsibilities from the NHS to local authorities nationwide. Public health is about helping people to stay healthy and avoid getting ill, so services that will come under the council’s responsibility will include sexual health, drug and alcohol services, the national childhood measurement programme, school nursing, smoking cessation and health checks for people aged from 40 to 74 years. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is already taking a leading role in the development of health strategy, with the establishment of a Health and Wellbeing Board, which will be the forum to discuss performance with local partners, including Clinical Commissioning Groups, GPs, the NHS Commissioning Board and Healthwatch, the new consumer champion for health and social care. From 1 April, local authorities will have a duty to improve the health of the people in their area, and a responsibility for commissioning appropriat e public health services. Contracts for these services will transfer to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council…

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Businesses Enjoy Sucessful Social Media Event At Bishop Burton

February 1, 2013
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Businesses

More than 120 local businesses and representatives attended the second in a series of four events organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Federation of Small Businesses to help support and boost the local economy. The event at Bishop Burton College covered social media and apprenticeships, with Chris Middleton, principal director of marketing agency, Eskimosoup, providing a straight-talking presentation on social media and how businesses can take advantage of it, while avoiding the pitfalls, and East Riding company, Grays & Co Estate Agency highlighted the benefits of employing an apprentice. As well as presentations, the event provided local training providers with the opportunity to talk about the apprenticeship training programmes they offer and half a dozen young people on the council’s Fast forward to Apprenticeship scheme also had the chance to pitch themselves as prospective employees to local businesses. Councillor Jane Evison, cabinet portfolio holder for economic development, tourism and rural issues at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “The event was well-attended and a huge success in terms of providing businesses with practical advice and help on how they can take advantage of new technologies and benefit from employing an apprentice. “The council works closely with the…

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Humber LEP Chairman Hails First Year Achievements

January 23, 2013
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Humber LEP

The chairman of the Humber LEP (Humber Local Enterprise Partnership) today acknowledged the strides made by the organisation in its first year and called for continued cohesive action to help build the Humber into the UKs ‘Energy Estuary’. Lord Haskins was speaking a year since the board of directors was formally appointed, with the LEP revealing an impressive list of achievements as part of an annual review which is published today. He said: “In our first year we have really started to build up a head of steam. We have helped secure the largest Enterprise Zone in the country along with £65m of Regional Growth Funding. We have also helped secure a reduction in Humber Bridge tolls and received national recognition for our renewable-energy potential. “This momentum will now be carried forward through the delivery of our five-year plan along with our work on Lord Heseltine’s pathfinder proposal for new pioneering ways of economic development and the application for City Deal status, which would see powers devolved to the region. “The progress made so far is a result of businesses, councils and education working together to achieve common goals. We must continue to develop those close bonds for the Humber to reach…

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East Riding of Yorkshire : Fast Forward to Apprenticeship Programme

January 16, 2013
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East Riding Local Plan

East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Employment and Skills Team has launched its Fast Forward to Apprenticeship Programme to boost people’s chances of finding work in the area. The programme, funded by Jobcentre Plus flexible support, will support unemployed people aged 16 and over who want to become an apprentice, and ultimately get a job. The team will work closely with its own apprenticeship training provider, East Riding Training Services, as well as other local colleges and providers to train and support local unemployed people to apply for apprentice opportunities. The programme will be run in Goole, Beverley and Bridlington. The idea of the programme is that it matches the employability skills gap between an apprenticeship provider and employer. Sara Arnold, employment and skills manager, said: “Often people fail when applying for an apprenticeship vacancy because they haven’t known where to look for apprenticeships on offer, are unsure what is out there and don’t understand how an employer expects them to perform at interview. Fast Forward to Apprenticeship aims to address this problem by working closely with suitable, motivated candidates.” Councillor Jane Evison, cabinet portfolio holder for economic development, tourism and rural issues at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “The current economic climate is challenging both the…

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