UKFast's Jones: Apprentice schemes will cure the IT skills shortage

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Firm celebrates 170 per cent growth in its apprentice scheme as boss calls for a change in attitude to apprenticeships and extends his own scheme even further

A complete change of attitude towards apprenticeship schemes is needed to remove the stigma and encourage young people to consider it a real alternative to university. That is the claim of UKFas...

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