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We’ve always believed that work experience is a great way to connect business with the brightest young talent. One way to make sure this connection works well, is through offering placements for apprentices, whilst they are studying.

Very few young people really know what they want to do when they finish their conventional schooling. Most follow in the footsteps of…

In our role as Enterprise Advisers for Liverpool City Region Grace Roberts and Matt Breakwell have been working with Prenton High School for Girls to dispel some of the myths about working in construction, and in Grace’s case, talk candidly about her life in engineering, as a young female apprentice.

In our company CSR strategy, launched in…

As part of Industry Week, organised by Wirral Met College and in conjunction with Morgan Sindall Construction, this week we delivered two sessions with current students, talking about life and progress within the Building Services industry.

Greg Percival, Kimpton Electrical Contracts Supervisor, talked about his career path. Working through an apprenticeship to explaining…

Matt joins the Kimpton Contracts team having completed a three year level four apprenticeship in Project management and Building Services with Unilever. Matt, 21 from Upton is looking forward to the challenges that his new role presents.

“When I met the team at Kimpton’s I felt like they wanted to buy into me as much as I did…

Kimpton’s have been delighted to welcome the talented youngster, Josh Anderson, 15 from Wirral Grammar on a work placement. He’s been working closely with the on-site teams to understand what life would be like in the world of mechanical engineering.

Josh, who is studying for GCSE’s, describes himself as reasonably practical but interested in how…

An Interview with Phil Morgan – Air Conditioning Account Manager and Site Supervisor

In the third and final of our interviews with Kimpton apprentices, we meet Phil Morgan. Phil is another Kimpton apprentice to have won the National Apprentice of the year award,…

In the second of our series of interviews with Kimpton apprentices we meet Chris Colville. Chris is aged 19 and lives with parents in Bebington. He’s just finishing the second year of his apprenticeship, so in Kimpton terms, is relatively new to the business….

In the first of our series of interviews with Kimpton apprentices who have progressed through their apprenticeships and into the Kimpton Business. We meet Chris Tolley. Chris is married with two kids age 35, lives in Little Sutton…

Apprenticeships have always been a vital source of talent for the Kimpton Energy Solutions Group. In…