Welcome to our new apprentices for 2024

This week we welcomed our new apprentices for 2024 into the business. Our apprenticeship programme continues to go from strength to strength and this year is no exception. We received over 2500 applications, and we were really impressed with the calibre of applicants, which made the task of selecting the right candidates very difficult.

Between them, these 63 talented individuals, who have been selected to begin their career journeys with us, will undertake various roles across the Group, which for the first time, includes all our divisions and their respective business units.

The first step on their journey is an induction, which gives our apprentices a greater insight into who we are, what we do, and what is expected of them. They also had the opportunity to meet their apprenticeship development partners and get to know their apprentice colleagues.

The induction was held at the Queens Hotel in Leeds where our apprentices undertook a variety of workshops and tasks and listened to some of our former apprentices and guest speakers from our senior management teams, as well as presentations from NG Bailey family members and Non-Executive Directors, Chris Bailey, and Claire East.

Chris and Claire said: "Our apprenticeship programme has been at the heart of NG Bailey for 90 years now and is the foundation upon which so many careers have been built. As we look to the future, it's great to see the inclusion of all our business units in our well-established programme portfolio this year.

“We, along with our wider family, wish all those apprentices joining the business good luck in their careers with us."

The next step will see our apprentices joining our teams to kickstart their apprenticeships in offices and on sites in locations spanning the length of the UK.

We wish them every success in their apprenticeship journeys.