21 March 2013

BPIF celebrates print apprentices on London Eye

Seven apprentices were invited on the ‘flight’ including BPIF training administrator Jack Steel, Robert Radford at PWC in-house printers, Richard Wood and Sam Blown from Tapestry, Elle Lou Roffey from Linklaters, Vanessa Forsyth from Aquatint BSC and Optichrome’s Jack Moorhead.

Joining the apprentices were leaders from BPIF partners Proskills, Two Sides and the Skills Funding Agency that work together to help boost apprenticeship delivery in the print industry

The day was an opportunity for the apprentices to mix with others from the industry and to hear from those who themselves had started with an apprenticeship and have since risen through the print world, such as BPIF president Tony Garnish, also chief executive of ASG Europe.

Following on from the success of last years campaign, the BPIF will again strive to raise awareness of the printing industry's 300 apprentices with MPs in all constituencies where apprentices are employed, encouraging them to get behind apprenticeships and to visit print apprentices in their constituencies.