Author: Manon Rosser
Ten finalists have been shortlisted for this year’s Vocational Qualification (VQ) awards, which celebrate the achievements of both learners and employers across Wales. After considering entries from across Wales, the panel of judges had the difficult task of selecting three finalists each for the VQ Higher Learner of the Year and VQ Employer of the… Read more »
An award-winning training company is looking for new business opportunities on both sides of the Welsh border after moving to impressive new headquarters in Welshpool. Cambrian Training Company has centralised its business operations at the 1,100 square feet Ty Cambrian, Unit 10, Offa’s Dyke Business Park where it has plenty of room to grow in… Read more »
James Henshaw of Taylor’s Farm Shop in Lathom, Lancashire is Britain’s best Young Butcher, winning the title of PREMIER YOUNG BUTCHER 2016 by beating seven other elite butcher apprentices at the finals of the PREMIER YOUNG BUTCHER COMPETITION organised by the National Federation of Meat and Food Traders (NFMFT) at FOODEX at the National Exhibition… Read more »
Former cabin assistant Darren Brown from Stena Line ferry company in Holyhead is living proof that one of the key themes of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week – “an apprenticeship can take you anywhere” – is true. Since dedicating himself to growing in the business in 1999 with a level three Apprenticeship in Customer Services,… Read more »
The search to find the UK’s most talented butcher is back. Now in its second year, the Butchery WorldSkills UK competition hopes to find the best of British butchers in the industry. The butchery competition focuses on all the essential skills required for a successful career as a multi-skilled butcher within the food manufacturing industry,… Read more »
The hospitality industry is in crisis because too few young people are choosing a career as a chef, the Culinary Association of Wales president has warned. Arwyn Watkins is concerned not only about a shortage of people entering the industry but also about the high dropout rate after learners have completed their further education courses.… Read more »
The first winner of the new Welsh Pork Butcher contest has dedicated his victory to his late mother who died three weeks ago. Experienced Clinton Roberts, who owns Ponty Butchers, Pontardawe, held off a strong challenge by the defending and former Welsh Young Butcher champions Peter Rushforth, 20, from Swans Farm Shop, Treuddyn, Mold and… Read more »
Champion Welsh Young Butcher Peter Rushforth successfully defended his title after a closely fought final where the high standard of butchery was praised by the judges. Rushforth, 20, from Swans Farm Shop, Treuddyn, Mold, went into the final at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Wells on Monday fresh from winning a bronze medal… Read more »
Defending Welsh Young Butcher champion Peter Rushforth will be up against three times former winner Tomos Hopkin in this year’s final at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Wells on Monday. Rushforth, 20, from Swans Farm Shop, Treuddyn, Mold, goes into the competition fresh from winning a bronze medal at the Butchery WorldSkills UK… Read more »
Talented North Wales butcher Matthew Edwards celebrated his greatest achievement to date by winning the Butchery WorldSkills UK National Competition on Saturday. Matthew, 23, who works for Vaughan’s Family Butchers, Penyffordd, near Chester, was awarded the gold medal after two days of tough competition at The Skills Show, held at the NEC Birmingham. He was… Read more »
