Every day over the last year someone has started a new Apprenticeship in Northamptonshire thanks to a pioneering project from Northampton College.

1037 50492New figures released today, in the lead-up to next week's high profile National Apprenticeship Week, reveal that Northampton College has secured 369 apprenticeships in the last year and also trained more than 550 local businesses to ensure the success of each placement. This is up 29 per cent up on the previous year.

To mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week a team from Northampton College will be attending next week's National Apprenticeship Show in Milton Keynes, promoting apprenticeships and the College to primary and secondary school children across the UK.