City Times (Winter 2011/12) - City College
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<strong>City</strong> Business Providing training, skills & staff development programmes<br />
<strong>City</strong> Jobs celebrates<br />
success on its 1st birthday<br />
<strong>College</strong> scoops Sussex ‘Business<br />
in the Community’ award<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s commitment to making a<br />
positive difference in the local community<br />
was confirmed at the prestigious Sussex<br />
Business Awards which were recently<br />
held at Brighton’s Grand Hotel, with the<br />
<strong>College</strong> being named as the winner of the<br />
‘Business in the Community’ award. The<br />
ceremony was attended by over 400 of the<br />
county’s leading business figures including<br />
the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex Mr<br />
Peter Field, Mayor of Brighton and Hove<br />
Councillor Anne Meadows, John Barradell,<br />
Chief Executive of Brighton and Hove <strong>City</strong><br />
Council and Caroline Lucas MP. <strong>City</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
works in partnership with hundreds of local<br />
employers to improve staff development<br />
strategies for businesses and its partnership<br />
with Jobcentre Plus to provide unemployed<br />
Marcus named as Retail ‘Trainer of the Year’<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s Retail Trainer Marcus Pescod has been named as the National Skills<br />
Academy for Retail ‘Trainer of the Year’ at the prestigious Skillsmart Retail Rising<br />
Stars Awards, run by Retail Week. Marcus Pescod, who is a trainer for the <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
<strong>City</strong> Business Skills department, beat off tough competition to scoop the award. He<br />
received the accolade at a glitzy awards ceremony held at Grosvenor House Hotel<br />
in London’s Mayfair which was attended by top names in<br />
retail, including Dragons’ Den star and Chairman of Ryman,<br />
Theo Paphitis.<br />
Marcus’ work sees him deliver training to retail managers and<br />
their employees, as well as helping people get into retail. He<br />
impressed judges with his wealth of knowledge and consistent<br />
delivery of quality training. His passion and enthusiasm for<br />
retail comes across in his work and his approachable nature<br />
has made him an asset to both <strong>City</strong> <strong>College</strong> and the Central<br />
South East Retail Skills Shop partnership which provides<br />
a unique training experience for retailers, including two<br />
specialist training ‘shops’ which offer courses developed to<br />
meet the needs of retailers in the area.<br />
people with the skills and training they<br />
need to get back into work has attracted<br />
praise from national government. In<br />
the last year, the <strong>College</strong> has launched<br />
<strong>City</strong> Jobs, a new dedicated service to<br />
match local employers with local, workready<br />
employees. Judges also took into<br />
account the college’s contribution to the<br />
local apprenticeship recruitment drive,<br />
its Sports department’s creation of new<br />
opportunities for local youth sport as<br />
well as its projects to help impoverished<br />
communities in Kenya and Gambia.<br />
“Winning this particular award is especially<br />
satisfying because our partnerships in the<br />
community are fundamental to what we do<br />
when it comes to improving opportunities<br />
for local people”, said Principal Phil Frier.<br />
<strong>City</strong> Jobs, <strong>City</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s dedicated service<br />
that matches local employers with local,<br />
work-ready employees, recently celebrated<br />
a highly successful first year in partnership<br />
with brightonandhovejobs.com with a special<br />
business breakfast event at The Gallery<br />
restaurant. Since the service started, 29%<br />
of students coming through programmes for<br />
the unemployed have found employment<br />
since working with <strong>City</strong> Jobs and the service<br />
has been working with local businesses<br />
such as Sussex Cricket Club, Brighton Pier<br />
and Azure Catering at the Amex Stadium to<br />
help them with busy recruitment periods,<br />
thereby supporting local businesses and<br />
helping students find seasonal work. Also,<br />
the establishment of a weekly ‘work club’<br />
for local residents has been supporting<br />
local people to find work and improve their<br />
employability skills.<br />
Key to <strong>City</strong> Jobs success has been<br />
their strong working partnership with<br />
brightonandhovejobs.com in service<br />
promotion and supporting local residents<br />
into jobs. Gary Peters, Founder of<br />
brightonandhovejobs.com, said: “We’ve<br />
really enjoyed our partnership with <strong>City</strong><br />
Jobs; they’re a great team. They provide a<br />
great service for both students and local<br />
businesses alike and I recommend that<br />
students take the time to meet them to gain<br />
valuable advice on how to start a successful<br />
career in Brighton.”<br />
To find out more about <strong>City</strong> Jobs<br />
please contact Eddie or Alice<br />
Tel: 0<strong>12</strong>73 232642 / 0<strong>12</strong>73 232645<br />
www.ccb.ac.uk<br />
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