Redditch firms in the mix for county apprenticeship awards night - The Redditch Standard

Redditch firms in the mix for county apprenticeship awards night

Redditch Editorial 13th Aug, 2017   0

THREE Redditch-based businesses have been shortlisted as finalists for the Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards 2017.

They are AW Computers of Moons Moat North industrial estate, Heller Machine Tools from Ravensbank Business Park and Midland Group Training Service of Arrow Road North.

All 10 categories in the awards received a large amount of nominations and a record number of entries have progressed through to this year’s awards finals.

Eleanor McIntyre of AW Computers, which has been shortlisted in the Newcomer Apprenticeship Employer category said: “We were looking to start some apprentices and the employer liaison manager at LMPQ Apprenticeships approached us and we got on really well.




“We explained how we really wanted to embrace the idea of having some younger employees working for us and it went from there.”

Since then AW Computers, which specialises in IT support services for companies and professional organisation have taken on one apprentice and supports a second.


Heller Machine Tools was founded in 1894 and now employees close to 2,500 people worldwide.

Specialising in CNC machining for a number of industries, It has a state-of-the-art production centre in Redditch.

It has been shortlisted in the Medium Apprenticeship Employer of the year category.

MGTS, which recently opened its new based in Arrow Road North, is a National Centre of Excellence for Education, Training, Development and Assessment, supporting both young people and adults in the development of competences associated with engineering.

The winners will be announced at a glittering awards evening on Thursday, November 16.

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