More apprentices
11th February 2020

CORNWALL GLASS MANUFACTURING is to create six new apprenticeships before the end of this year.

The IGU manufacturer and glass processor already employs 12 apprentices, in addition to those who have already graduated from its apprenticeship programme.

Joint managing director Mark Knight said: “We want people to share in our culture and values. While we operate across three fairly substantial sites, we remain at heart, a family business and with that we’re absolutely committed to quality and service.

“If we can recruit colleagues, right at the start of their careers we make sure that they share those values and strengthen them within our organisation – that means a better level of service to our customers.

“There is a challenge in recruitment of young people into the industry and that makes it very important that we as businesses go out and engage with them to show them the opportunities that a career in the glass industry can offer them.”

The Building Our Skills Campaign continues to promote apprenticeships within the glass and glazing industries, however, recruitment remains a challenge for businesses at large, with nationally 72,400 fewer young people starting apprenticeships last year compared to 2017/18.

Cornwall Glass Manufacturing has also reaffirmed its commitment made by the Cornwall Group that 20% of all of its colleagues should be drawn from among current or former apprentices.

www.cornwallglass.co.uk