For manufacturing apprentice James Kinnaird, the idea of earning while learning was appealing. That's one of the reasons why he is pursuing an apprenticeship at Mars Wrigley UK (that and getting to work with chocolate, of course).
According to the latest ONS figures, there are currently 78,000 manufacturing job vacancies. And while this number has come down since January 2022 (when it was a dizzying 97,000), it is still more than triple what it was in May 2020, highlighting how manufacturers are still finding it extremely difficult to recruit and retain the…
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