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A £1m project has been created to help women succeed in the workplace in York and North Yorkshire. Aspire2lead is being launched to coincide with International Women s Day today, Monday, and is a new programme designed to support existing and emerging female talent. The project aims to help 80 small and medium-sized enterprises and more than 1,000 individuals in employment or self-employment. It will offer support such as leadership and entrepreneurial training, return-to-work advice, careers guidance, networking and opportunities for successful businesswomen to guide others. A key focus will be its work with young women to enable them to aim higher in their career aspirations, with more experienced women championing and encouraging them onto boards, governing bodies and into senior roles.
Northallerton town square WORK on a new £2.57m scheme to upgrade the centre of Northallerton is set to start early next month. Contractor Galliford Try is due to move on to the site on March 8. Work will initially begin outside Barkers Arcade where the area will be repaved and tree pits installed. The pedestrian crossing will be temporarily moved during the work. This first phase will also see the kerbstone edging along town square replaced. Concerns have been expressed by Northallerton town council over moves to instal planters instead of trees as part of the scheme, they have asked for a rethink on part of the plan.
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A giant mine project in North Yorkshire is looking to recruit 10 apprentices Anglo American, the owner of the Woodsmith Project on the coast, has announced the launch of its 2021 apprenticeship programme during this year s National Apprenticeship week. The company wants to take on 10 engineering apprentices to add to the 14 already on its team, part of a pledge to hire 50 apprentices in the coming years for its state-of-the-art mine and transport infrastructure currently under construction near Whitby and on Teesside. The four-year apprenticeship to train Advanced Engineering Technicians will be run in partnership with TTE, part of Middlesbrough College. It will focus on developing a sound knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and instrumentation engineering skills needed to maintain the mining equipment and infrastructure when the mine enters production later in the decade.