BWF launches ‘Our industry’s next generation’ apprenticeship campaign
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) has today (11 Apr) launched a campaign to champion the role of apprentices in woodworking and joinery manufacturing and highlight…
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British Woodworking Federation to champion apprenticeships in new campaign
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) will be championing the role of apprenticeships in the woodworking and joinery manufacturing industry in an upcoming campaign. Encouraging the…
Award-winning apprentice helps Middlesbrough firm plug the skills gap
British Woodworking Federation member ERW Joinery champions #NationalApprenticeshipWeek #NAW2020 Since he decided to undertake a woodworking apprenticeship, Bailey Donkin of Middlesbrough-based firm ERW Joinery, has…
Woodworking apprenticeship sets joiner on path to bright career
Holmesfield-based British Woodworking Federation member, Tom Pearson & Sons, champions #NationalApprenticeshipWeek Nearly two years ago, William Wragg took the plunge and left sixth form to…
Woodworking apprenticeship was the right route for talented designer
British Woodworking Federation @BritWoodFed member Building Crafts College @thebcc_london, and #apprentice Indira Esser-Dunbar, champion #NationalApprenticeshipWeek As a highly-talented product design student at school, Indira Esser-Dunbar…
The Value Of #Apprenticeships – A Foundation For Success #NAW2019
Amarjit Binji, managing director of Corby-based joinery firm AJB Group, started his career as a woodworking apprentice, which gave him the drive and enthusiasm to…
#BlazeATrail From School Leaver To Workshop Foreman
Joinery workshop foreman, Beau Hewlett, started at Oxfordshire firm Gelder Joinery at an early age after leaving school before finishing his GCSEs. He soon found…
Family business overcomes skills shortage thanks to tenacious apprentice #NAW19
J Dixon & Sons is a small family-owned business that, until a few years ago, had no plans to employ an apprentice. But that all…
Gowercroft apprentices seize the window of opportunity #NAW2019
Alfreton-based Gowercroft Joinery is recognised by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) as one of its many members who are champions of National Apprentice Week (March…
BRITISH WOODWORKING FEDERATION AND ITS MEMBERS CHAMPION NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK
The construction industry accounts for 7% of all apprenticeships in the UK, and the woodworking sector has one of the highest ratios of apprentices in…