The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating staff who have passed the cleaning industry’s Level 2 apprenticeship and also encouraging more sector businesses to take the opportunity to participate in the scheme. Two years on ...
Read More »National Apprenticeship Week: Tackling skills shortages in cleaning & FM
This National Apprenticeship Week, Jangro CEO, Jo Gilliard is urging the cleaning and hygiene sector and the wider FM industry to rethink outdated approaches to attracting talent and to back that up with meaningful action. With workforce pressures continuing and ...
Read More »Peartree Cleaning Services champions development through apprenticeships
Peartree Cleaning Services, one of the UK’s leading providers of professional cleaning and facilities solutions, has announced that two of its managers, Marta Lignicka and Ney Guzman, have successfully completed the Level 5 Industry Management Training Scheme apprenticeship. This achievement ...
Read More »The importance of apprenticeships at Peartree Cleaning Services
Established over 40 years ago, Peartree Cleaning Services is a family-owned and run business with over 1400 colleagues. We understand that our employees are the key to delivering service excellence and we’re committed to creating and maintaining a culture that ...
Read More »From Apprenticeship to Australia with Christeyns
When Joe Pearson joined Christeyns UK as an apprentice in 2017 he could not have known that a few years later he would have the opportunity to broaden his experience overseas. Earlier this year Pearson took on a short-term assignment ...
Read More »Northwood ups apprenticeship count
Northwood – a leading manufacturer of professional paper hygiene and wiping products – has expanded its apprenticeship programme with the recruitment of 16 new apprentices who are working at five sites across the UK. The apprentices, which are based at ...
Read More »Mitie enrols first learners on the new Cleaning Hygiene Level 2 apprenticeship
Facilities transformation company, Mitie has announced the enrolment of 20 learners for its new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Level 2 apprenticeship programme, helping to kick start their learning and development journey. The Cleaning Hygiene Operative apprenticeship offers specialised training and development ...
Read More »NIC becomes first Employer Provider for Apprenticeships in cleaning sector
The Department of Education has awarded NIC Group a place on the Apprentice Provider and Assessment Register, enabling the company to deliver, in-house, its own Apprenticeships. This pioneering initiative marks a significant milestone in the cleaning industry. As the first ...
Read More »Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship goes live on 1 January 2024
With the launch date for the Level 2 Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship confirmed as 1 January 2024, an appeal has been made to cleaning sector firms to take advantage of rules on gifting funds to allow more industry apprentices to ...
Read More »Sector employers urged to sign up to Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship information sessions
Employers and anyone else interested in finding out more about the new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship are being urged to sign up for one of a series of Zoom information sessions starting in October. The Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship (Level ...
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