We selected Business Impact to deliver our SPC training because they were easy to deal with, very flexible and had a clear customer focus. All our training supports our benchmark process, and having a training partner who can deliver a high quality consistently, but also looks at ways in which our benchmarking process can be monitored, was essential. Business Impact have achieved solid results, and the training delivered is having a notable effect on the individuals and the companies they work with. Creating a world class set of organisations in the region will increase the productivity, profitability and long term security of the whole aerospace industry, which is vital to the North West region.

We are delighted to have our first cohort of learners on site. The programme has been designed by a number of employers across the South East and their support and encouragement has been great. We are confident the course will ensure employers and individuals will gain the skills they need to work productively within the rail sector. There is significant investment planned in the rail network now and in the future, and this course offers the first stage in building a workforce of the future to handle the multi-billion pound investment programme.”

We wanted to get our message out in a quirky and interesting way, and knowing that our audience is both employers and potential apprentices, we chose a medium which would engage everyone.

We are committed to the continuous improvement process and have used Business Impact effectively to develop our internal teams through BIT Level 2 / 3. Our sector is driven by innovation, quality and high level compliance. These are all enhanced when your internal team are highly proficient in BIT, as they work more closely in a collaborative process to find the best solutions for the customer.

I like to push myself to try new challenges and thought that this expedition would be an excellent way for me to expand my horizons, experience a completely different culture, and put my best efforts into helping the local community. I think opportunities like this don’t come along very often and thanks to Business Impact this world challenge will become a reality

We first selected Business Impact because they were approved by SEMTA, the sector skills body for our industry, and we wanted to find a robust and recognised partner for training. Business Impact have always delivered an excellent service, and their concise training programmes suit our business very well. We set a minimum standard for BIT techniques and felt it was important that everyone in the business was qualified to the minimum standard. This is used as a real measure of the quality of our workforce and as a significant USP to our customers, who rely on our expertise and our long experience.

National Apprenticeship Week will be a celebration of all that has been achieved in recent years to develop high quality apprenticeships, and bringing the apprenticeship agenda to all parts of the business community. For many employers who traditionally don’t see the potential of apprenticeships, a week long programme of events like this will help identify opportunities, and best practice in the development of high quality young people through a robust and well developed scheme. This week also acknowledges many of the fantastic young people who are achieving real career development through their participation in apprenticeships.

We like to build a close working relationship with all our apprentices, and IPL were excellent in facilitating us with Emma. It is a great show of confidence that Val Fitzgibbon, who Office Manager at IPL, allowed us to work together so intensely to see her through her NVQ. The benefits to everyone when we deliver a great apprenticeship programme are obvious. IPL embraced the apprenticeship and supported Emma throughout, and as a result they have a great asset, who is extremely loyal and committed to the business and sees her long term future and progression with the company

Business Impact have offered an excellent challenge and opportunity for me to continue developing high quality apprenticeship programmes and bespoke training for organisations across the region. The way in which we work at Business Impact offers real incentives to candidates and employers, and we pride ourselves on delivering excellent results.

Business Impact have the drive and ambition required in the current economic climate to really make a difference to employers and young people across the country. The business offers a fantastic range of opportunities and delivers unique training programmes, and a completely free recruitment service for apprenticeship schemes. It is great to be flying the flag in the region, and with a territory stretching from Nottingham and Stoke to Northampton and Gloucester, I have a huge opportunity to impact on the business community with the outstanding service and solutions from Business Impact.

Working with Business Impact has been really straight forward. They are proactive and professional and we have genuinely benefitted through their support. Finding the right young people for a company like ours could be quite a challenge, but the strength and quality of the candidates they provided has been recognised by our increased intake and the speed at which our apprenticeship programme has taken off.

When we were first invited to support James Burrell, it was obvious there was real scope to build a great programme. James Burrell have a great team and we knew they only wanted to see select candidates who would fit into the ethos of the company. We worked hard to find high quality candidates for the position, and the results are obvious, as the programme has expanded rapidly. The day to day management of the apprentices through the in-house Logistics Manager, combined with the development on a structured Intermediate Apprenticeship means they are all setting out on a real career path, with great long term prospects.

Our employer partners understand completely the benefits of having a great IAG service, and this report highlights a number of ways we are leading the way with best practice and innovation in service accessibility. It is our guarantee to employers that we can find the best candidates. We also have a commitment to continuous improvement across the business, and this is supporting the development of our IAG service.

Business Impact were able to take on our challenge quickly and proactively. Finding young people of the right calibre, personality and with the skills to take on direct marketing and telesales is a real challenge. The recruitment service and on-going support from Business Impact has been invaluable, and we are extending our use of their services to find a marketing/design apprentice.

We have been impressed with the range of services available from Business Impact and the one stop shop approach for all our training and apprenticeship needs has made them a very effective partner, as our business grows

‘Business Impact were delighted to be invited to the event as one of the leading providers of Lean in the UK. Lean has always been a business tactic employed in the private sector, and is well known in the manufacturing and design environment. For the public sector, the current and future economic climate and funding structure will make Lean an essential tool in developing services.

For many businesses, and especially professional practices, it is a significant challenge and very time consuming to recruit and develop an apprentice. Each practice has its own specific character and personality, so even choosing candidates can be a major obstacle to success.

It was the ease of working with Business Impact which made a real difference. We would have struggled to identify candidates so quickly, and finding an apprentice with the right personality, skills and ability to fit in was key to our decision. Business Impact have a unique approach in the sector, and we are looking forward to building an ongoing relationship as Becky completes her apprenticeship with the support and guidance from Business Impact. This end to end service, and with no fee is a really solid proposition for small businesses in the current climate

We’ve proven how effective our no cost apprentice recruitment service is and how valuable the apprentices become to the organisation so we are looking at replicating this success with businesses across the country and especially the North East. Being able to recruit and train an apprentice without any risk or recruitment costs can only be a good thing and we are there every step of the way to offer advice, training and our expertise.

The process was seamless and painless, I was involved at the final interview stage and I am really pleased at the progress the two girls are making within the business. Business Impact has helped us to recruit local people from our area and they are currently helping us to find an additional apprentice too.