Sunday, September 17, 2006
Ex-MG Rover workers taken on at BMW plant
A number of ex-MG Rover car plant workers have taken up jobs with the BMW engine plant near Birmingham this week.
This 15 workers completed the Automotive Academy's re-employment training programme and were awarded their skills passport earlier this year. According to Alan Begg, chief executive of the Automotive Academy, the programme’s aim was to raise the skills of workers seeking re-employment and retain essential expertise within the industry.
He said: “That so many candidates have already returned to employment shows the commitment by the industry to programmes such as this.”
DATED: 17.09.06
FEED: MT
This 15 workers completed the Automotive Academy's re-employment training programme and were awarded their skills passport earlier this year. According to Alan Begg, chief executive of the Automotive Academy, the programme’s aim was to raise the skills of workers seeking re-employment and retain essential expertise within the industry.
He said: “That so many candidates have already returned to employment shows the commitment by the industry to programmes such as this.”
DATED: 17.09.06
FEED: MT
