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Insight into Action – The 5% Club Launches Consultancy Service

The mainstream skills charity and ever-growing employer movement, The 5% Club continues to expand its offering and – with support from The ERA Foundation and Grant Thornton UK LLP – has now introduced an exciting new range of employer support,...

CCEP Head Announced as New Fellow of The 5% Club

[caption id="attachment_19718" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sharon Blyfield being presented with her Fellowship by Faheem Khan, Trustee of The 5% Club[/caption] Sharon Blyfield OBE, Head of Early Careers at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)...

Business Leaders Drive a Bright “Earn & Learn” Future

Last week The 5% Club used the iconic BT Tower in London – London’s tallest building when completed in July 1964 – to launch its new Business Leadership Council. The Council will advise The Club how best to optimise the impact that this...

Insights & Action from effective Benchmarking” - The 5% Club launches the 2024/25 Employer Audit

During an event hosted by Grant Thornton at their offices in London on 1 May 2024, The 5% Club launched the fourth year of the highly successful “Employer Audit” and coupled “UK Employer Earn & Learn Awards”. The event attended by...

QA Launches Apprenticeship Academy for Defence Sector to bridge skills gap, empower SMEs and champion workforce diversity

Training Provider and award-winning Gold Member of The 5% Club, QA Ltd are delivering a national portfolio of apprenticeships in Data & AI, Cyber Security, IT and Cloud, Network Engineering and Product Management specifically for the defence...

Landmark Achievement: The 5% Club Surpasses 1,000th Member Milestone, Spearheading Growth and Impact

Congratulations to Coventry Building Society on becoming the 1,000th member of The 5% Club by showcasing its commitment to developing its people through earn and learn initiatives. The 5% Club is an industry led initiative focussed on driving...

The 5% Club expands recognition for technical education

During the annual celebration of National Apprenticeship Week, The 5% Club has today (8th February 2024) announced that it will include T Level placements as part of its accreditation scheme, The Employer Audit and will continue to encourage...

Expert Opinion - Edition 8 Time to Sharpen our focus on Skills

For National Apprenticeship Week 2024, Mark Naysmith — President and CEO for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa at WSP (Patron and Double Gold Member) offers his perspective on the national need to “sharpen our focus on Skills”. “When we...

The 5% Club and BPP announce new partnership

The 5% Club is delighted to announce BPP as its latest Patron Member. With a pioneering role in shaping the future of apprenticeships, BPP Group, the UK’s largest apprenticeship training provider, will be the only training provider Patron on The...