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APPRENTICESHIPS
Apprentice Ajay
Are you
ready?
For the fifth year running,
a ‘100-in-100’ campaign
run by the council’s Ealing
Apprenticeship Network
has been achieving pledges
from local businesses to
create job placements.
Could you fill one of the
roles, like Ajay did last year?
T
he idea is to see 100
apprenticeships pledged over
a 100-day period between
September and December.
Now the network is looking for people
interested in applying to fill the positions
that are available. The placements
combine a job with training and each
take a minimum of a year to complete.
See the information box on these pages
to find out how to get in touch
Councillor Peter Mason, the council’s
cabinet member for prosperity, skills,
employment and transformation, said:
“Ensuring people have the chance to get
well-paid jobs is one of our top priorities.
Since the campaign launched in 2012,
more than 200 businesses have benefited
from joining the network and more than
550 apprenticeship vacancies have been
created because we’ve exceeded our
target of 100 placements every year.
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“Apprenticeships work for everyone. Local
businesses can expect to receive full support around
the process of hiring, employing and training.
Apprentices, in turn, get unrivalled, on-the-job training
and a route into a career with decent pay.”
You can see a running total of the businesses that
have signed up at www.ealing.gov.uk/apprenticeships
MASALA CREATIONS
One of these businesses, Masala Creations, a catering
company in Southall, has taken on apprentices through
the 100-in-100 campaign in previous years and has
pledged to take on more this year.
In fact, Masala is in its third year of running
apprenticeships in the hospitality and business
administration areas of its company.
Director Hardeep Ram said: “Having apprentices