Spirit Pub Company is one step closer to achieving 1,000 candidates on its apprenticeship programme after a further 90 apprentices were recognised for their success at a celebration ceremony held at Alton Towers.
The apprentices were invited to the award ceremony to receive their apprenticeship certificates from Spirit’s HR Director for Operations, Ian Marchant, and Head of Learning & Development, Mark Peters.
Mark said: “It was an honour to meet some of the best and brightest of our pub teams and personally thank them for the hard work they have done. An apprenticeship is not something that can be taken on lightly and the commitment they have shown to earn their qualifications more than deserves some recognition.”
An apprentice in every pub
The company expects to hit the important 1,000 milestone in the next two months, which has been driven by the company’s ambition to have an apprentice in every pub on one of the five available programmes it has across all brands.
The apprenticeship programme, which is implemented through the Charnwood Training Group, was created to provide a clear career pathway for those working in the hospitality sector and offer an alternative to university for those keen to progress through a vocational route.
Charnwood Training Group managing partner Jeremy Scorer said: “These apprentices are the future of our industry; they’re the people who will be running our pubs, bars and restaurants in years to come and we believe they’ve had the best grounding possible to help them along the way to achieving great things.
“Spirit is exceptionally good at celebrating success and this is so important in nurturing talent, so I commend them for creating a platform for us all to give these apprentices a very public round of applause.”