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Skills Bootcamps in Lancashire supporting local businesses

It was an epiphany – we thought, why haven’t we done this before?” Those are the words of a woman helped by the Lancashire Skills Bootcamp while retraining as a...

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Lancashire businesses hailed for upskilling and hiring local people

A host of Lancashire businesses have stepped into the spotlight at the glittering Lancashire Skills Pledge event. Businesses from sectors ranging from recycling to construction, and from navigation to sales...

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The Final Countdown a celebration of the achievements of the Multiply programme

  The Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub recently hosted the Multiply: The Final Countdown event to celebrate the achievements of the Multiply programme. This event provided a platform for sharing...

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County Council to provide £300,000 to incentivise further apprenticeships

  The council’s innovative Young Apprenticeship Grant scheme was introduced in 2022 and has already led to no less than 126 young people getting off to a flying start. Offered...

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“Young people will have been failed if action is not taken”: Major new report on Digital Skills presented to Government by cross-sector partnership

Every school and college should appoint an individual responsible for digital education, create a new modular and continually updated digital qualification, and introduce an independent, cross-sector Digital Education Council, according...

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