by Chris | Sep 8, 2025 | News
Organised by the Express & Star in partnership with the Ladder Foundation, the Black Country Apprenticeship Awards 2025 are now in their fourth year. For more than 10 years, the Ladder Foundation has championed the creation of 10,000-plus apprentices through...
by Chris | Aug 19, 2025 | News
Staffordshire Jobs and Careers Service is offering anyone 18 and over fully funded expert support to explore study, training and jobs. With a website with more than 10,000 local jobs, apprenticeships, training opportunities and access to careers experts, young people...
by Chris | Aug 7, 2025 | News
Creative Upstarts, running from August 1 to November 16 at The New Art Gallery Walsall as part of this year’s MarkFest Fringe Festival, is a bold celebration of emerging local creatives supported by the Creative Upstarts Programme (CUSP). Developed by Urban Hax...
by Chris | Jul 24, 2025 | News
This year’s event, set to take place on Thursday, November 20 at the Copthorne Hotel at Merry Hill in Brierley Hill, will be a celebration of the region’s vibrant apprenticeship network. With 14 award categories, the event aims to recognise and celebrate...
by Chris | Jul 21, 2025 | News
The event at Stafford’s County Showground last week marked ten years since one of the West Midlands’s largest ceremonies began. In that time, over 1,000 apprentices have graduated at the events and 74,000 people started an apprenticeship in Staffordshire. Among...
by Chris | Jul 10, 2025 | News
Paul Alcorn, a retired Army Captain who served for 25 years, secured his new job with the authority’s Learning and Organisational Development department. After a military career that took him across the globe from Canada to Malaysia, Paul was looking for a change that...
