What a week it has been with National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2019 and the great publicity that has been generated around hospitality apprenticeships in particular. It was great to have the opportunity to finish the week celebrating apprenticeships with Umbrella Training. National Apprenticeship Week ran from 4th to 8th March this year and is the annual […]
To highlight the Apprentice and career opportunities available in the hospitality industry, a Virtual Reality Hotel pops up at Skills London. This is the UK’s biggest job and careers event and is being held today and tomorrow at Excel London. I was invited to come along for the VIP opening of the event this morning. Hosted by Umbrella […]
The Institute of Hospitality run regular webinars for their members to take part in which contributes to their continuing professional development. The latest webinar was run by Pete Fullard who is the Managing Director for Upskill People and he spoke about ‘Truly changing behaviour with e-learning’. During the questions at the end he explained how Star Quality Hospitality […]
The 6th April 2017 is the milestone date that should be on everyone’s mind who is involved in Apprenticeships. This is when employers need to have registered for their Apprenticeship Levy in readiness for the new apprenticeship standards that come in to effect on the 1st May 2017. As with any change there is often […]
This week is National Apprenticeship Week. There is no better way to be celebrating apprenticeships than by having an award ceremony. That is exactly what Umbrella Training did last night to celebrate their Apprentice graduates and winner of their inaugrual Purple Umbrella Apprentice of the Year Award. The award recognises apprentices that have really gone […]
