Arco teams up with Hull KR charity to fund apprenticeship

Hull-based safety specialist Arco has teamed up with the Hull KR Foundation to fund an apprenticeship at the official charity of the Super League club. Arco has agreed to transfer levy funding to the foundation to pay for a Level 5 operations manager apprenticeship. As well as having its own strong apprenticeship programme, Arco regularly makes funding available to local organisations who want...

Arco celebrates success at East Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards

Arco’s Chelsea Baxter has been named Advanced Apprentice of the Year at the inaugural East Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards, with Arco runner-up in the Large Employer of the Year category. The awards, which celebrate apprentices, employers, colleges, trainers, and supporters across the region, were held last week at the MKM Stadium in Hull. Chelsea, an e-procurement analyst at Arco, picked up the...

Arco experts teach Ron Dearing UTC students all about safety

Engineering students at Hull’s Ron Dearing UTC have been learning all about workplace safety, thanks to Arco’s experts. As part of the city centre school’s Engineering Safety Week (September 9-13), the Hull-based safety specialist held workshops for students, including an interactive display area based around virtual reality and a competition focused on working at height safety. Arco’s Brian...

Ron Dearing UTC students ring up impressive A-level and Level 3 technical results following school expansion

Students at Hull’s university technical college (UTC) are once again celebrating impressive results, following the expansion of the employer-led school. Sixth form students at Ron Dearing UTC recorded excellent A-level and Level 3 technical results. More than half of the Year 13 cohort of 143 students are moving on to university, including to prestigious Russell Group universities and the UTC’s...

Hull maintains top 10 ranking for children’s cycle training

Hull has maintained its status as one of the country’s top locations for the delivery of cycle training to children, according to new figures from The Bikeability Trust. Between April 2023 and March 2024, 92% of Year 6 pupils in the city received either Level 1 and 2 or Level 2 Bikeability training (3,212 children, in total), putting Hull in the top 10 alongside Solihull Metropolitan Borough...