Thompsons UK aiming to launch apprenticeship programme in 2019

June 28, 2018 Emma Shone


 

Thompsons UK is to launch an apprenticeship scheme next year, which will aim to bring in four new body builders every year. The Croydon branch of the body builder is currently  in the process of designing the programme, and is in talks with nearby Croydon College. Works manager Neil Butler is heading up the programme, and told MT he’s happy to be involved having started out at the business as an apprentice himself. “I started here as an apprentice 12 […]




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