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To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2024 (5 to 11 February), we have decided to share the stories of some of the team who started their journeys at UMi as apprentices. Kate Buckle joined UMi in January 2020 and completed an apprenticeship in digital marketing before becoming a Digital Campaign Executive in November. Here, she reveals how the mix of classroom learning and on-the-job experience gave her the skills and the confidence to develop her career.

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2024 (5 to 11 February), we are sharing the stories of some of the team who started their journeys as apprentices. After realising A-levels weren’t for her, Bethany Ward began an apprenticeship in Business Administration at UMi in March 2019, attracted by the prospect of learning new skills in an office environment while earning a wage. She has since been promoted to HR and Office Assistant and thrives on being part of the UMi family.

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2024 (5 to 11 February), we are sharing the stories of some of the team who started their journeys as apprentices. Shereen started at UMi in different department in 2021 and after realising she has a passion for events joined the team as a events apprentice, she has completed her apprenticeship journey with UMi recently and received her qualification of completion at the end of 2022.

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2024 (5 to 11 February), we are sharing the stories of some of the team who started their journeys as apprentices. Megan started her career in the Travel Industry and after growing a passion for social media marketing and website design, she has began her digital marketing apprenticeship journey with UMi in January 2023. 

We’re often guilty of moving on to the next challenge, without really celebrating our achievements. So, we’ve taken the time to pause and be thankful for 2022 – here’s some of our best bits.

Exporters from across the North of England are invited to nominate their business for the UMi Northern Powerhouse Export Awards 2022.

On Tuesday 22 November, we gathered more than 100 small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) at the Raddison Blu Stansted for the London Stansted Airport Meet the Buyers event to meet and sell to major buyers from the airport and its tier 1 supply chain. 

Over half of small businesses feeling less confident about the future