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Innovative business partnership boosts region's skills
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At an event held at BMW Plant at Hams Hall, regional Learning and Skills Council Chairman Mike Beasley congratulated the first Blue Arrow Managed Services' employees working at the plant to have gained new manufacturing qualifications.
The training course is the first stage of an innovative partnership between Blue Arrow, BMW Plant Hams Hall and Sutton Coldfield College, who have teamed up to address the problem of the skills shortage in the UK manufacturing sector by offering training opportunities to Blue Arrow employees.
To date, 18 Blue Arrow associates have gained national vocational qualifications at NVQ level 2 in performing manufacturing operations. This is only the first step in a longer-term partnership designed to see a further 80 Blue Arrow associates complete the course by December 2008.
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