Issue 26, December 2010 (PDF, 8Mb) - Knowsley Council

Knowsley News
Windtex blows away the
competition
Kirkby based Windtex Limited service and maintain wind
turbines in the UK and overseas.
Expert technicians work in extreme
conditions with trained abseilers,
handling difficult heights and
access problems.
Directors, Brad Hickman and Phil Turner,
received support and funding from
Knowsley Council’s Fresh Start project
and ELECT to help them successfully bid
for a NWDA small business loan fund.
Brad and Phil said,
“
Attila Olah works for Merseyside’s Glacier
Art making ice sculptures for events and
bars. He describes his apprenticeship as
“the greatest achievement of my life”.
Their company now employs eight
people including three local people
from Kirkby.
You can contact Fresh Start
on 477 4000 or visit
www.myfreshstart.co.uk
You can email Windtex on
info@windtex.co.uk or visit
www.windtex.co.uk
It’s been an exciting year for Windtex. We’ve invested our expertise,
hard work and hard cash in our company and things are going really
well. The help and support we’ve received has been crucial in paving
the way to a successful future for ourselves and our employees.
Cool job for creative Attila
A trainee ice sculptor is one of 100 recruits in this year’s
Knowsley Apprentice programme.
Cllr Lonergan congratulates
Attila on his apprenticeship.
”
“
I’ve always wanted to be
involved in the creative industry,
said Attila.
I’ve looked for opportunities that
relate to this and I’m delighted to
get this post.
I’m extremely grateful to everyone
who has made this possible.
”
Cllr Dave Lonergan, Knowsley
Council’s Cabinet Member for
Regeneration, Economy and Skills,
commented,
“
It’s great to see what
apprenticeships can do for these
young people.
Attila is just one of the many
young people who have proven
themselves to be hungry for work
and new opportunities, and it’s
great to be able to help them.
”
Brad carrying out maintenance work
Phil Turner and Brad Hickman
Jaguar Land Rover
trainees
New recruits have started work at
Jaguar Land Rover in Halewood.
120 trainees will join production teams,
gaining invaluable experience of
manufacturing processes and working
towards an NVQ Level 2 qualification in
Manufacturing Processes.
When the six-month programme is
completed, the trainees will potentially
secure longer term employment.
The placements were created with funding
through the Future Jobs Fund.
Cllr Dave Lonergan, Knowsley Council’s
Cabinet Member for Regeneration,
Economy and Skills, said, “Only with the
support and funding of the Future Jobs
Fund has it been possible to get so many
people into work with such a prestigious
organisation like Jaguar Land Rover.
The Jaguar programme will provide 120
people with an opportunity that might
otherwise have passed them by.”
See the area pages for the neighbourhood
improvement work the trainees carried out.
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