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Association of Employment and Learning Providers
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), whose members train over 70% of apprentices in England, has been urging ministers not to be blown off course from their support for all-age apprenticeships. It says that more preparatory training is needed for young unemployed people who are not yet ready to start a full apprenticeship. rgmr handles AELP’s media relations and advises on its lobbying activities. The association receives regular coverage in the education and training sector press.
Avanta
Avanta, established following the merger of TNG and InBiz in 2006, is one of the UK's leading employment-focused training and enterprise companies. The company is one of the prime contractors delivering the government's Work Programme in three English regions. It is also a major apprenticeship training provider and has opened the Avanta Academy to help 16 to 19 year olds looking for work. rgmr is a strategic policy advisor to Avanta.
Hambleside Danelaw
Hambleside Danelaw is calling on conservation bodies to be more flexible in the advice that they give the owners of listed buildings whose roofs have been subject to the current epidemic of metal theft, often on a repeated basis. The British manufacturer of building products argues that modern alternative roofing materials such as GRP can look identical to lead, can cost 3 to 4 times less to install and are unattractive to thieves. rgmr handles both media and government relations for Hambleside Danelaw. The company's awards successes and innovative new product launches feature regularly in building and architecture publications.
Prospects Learning Foundation
Ed Miliband and Ed Balls have visited Futures Community College, the Southend school for 11 to 19 year olds that is pioneering a uniquely blended curriculum of academic and vocational learning, including apprenticeships. The trust school's leading partner is Prospects Learning Foundation which is growing its engineering and construction apprenticeship provision in centres across the Thames Gateway. Ed Miliband said of his visit: "The sad thing is that we do not have enough of these types of colleges. This is what we need to focus on". rgmr handles PR and is a strategic policy advisor for the Foundation.