Here come the girls at the In-Comm Training Awards 2021

Female learners stole the show at the In-Comm Training Annual Awards, taking the two main titles and winning six of the nine honours. Shiftec engineering apprentice Tia Till beat off competition from more than 100 young people and mature workers to win both Engineering & Manufacturing Technologies and the Outstanding Learner of the Year awards, impressing judges with her manufacturing...

Black Country Business Festival events now taking bookings

Tickets can now be booked for events in the Black Country Business Festival (BCBF) as the brochure is now live. BCBF kicks off in just under a month, starting on October 4. It contains about 80 events which are a mixture of in-person and digital events.The full programme is now on the website blackcountrybusinessfestival.com where tickets can also be booked. Events include an exclusive tour of...

Estate agency staff to walk 30 miles for 30 years

Staff from a north Cotswolds estate agency are walking 30 miles to mark their 30 years in business and raise funds for a local food bank. On Wednesday, September 15, the team from Hayman-Joyce, based in Moreton-in-Marsh, will be walking 30 miles in tranches in aid of the North Cotswold Food Bank. Starting at 7am, the three routes will be: Shipston to AdlestropAdlestrop to Bourton on the...

The Apprenticeship Works to play major part in school leavers’ event in Birmingham

A leading Midlands apprenticeship training agency has helped to organise a major event in Birmingham next month to promote career opportunities to school leavers. The Apprenticeship Works is an event partner at the Inspire My Future day which will take place from 9.30am to 4pm on Friday, October 1, at Millennium Point, in Birmingham city centre. The event has been designed for school leavers to...

Sigma celebrates Pure Planet contract win following vulnerable customer pilot

A Worcestershire business outsourcing specialist has won a new contract to support a 100% renewable energy supplier to manage its most vulnerable or financially challenged customers through ground-breaking new service Reach:Out. Sigma Connected, which has offices in Redditch and provides customer contact services for some of Britain’s biggest energy suppliers, has won the contract with Pure...