Business Case Studies

Yorkshire Bank is represented on the Regional Board for Business in the Community and heard about the campaign via this route. The bank currently offers Work Experience placements and other work-related learning opportunities.

2009 was another successful year for the Barnsley Young Apprenticeship programme, with tremendous achievement rates for the four programmes. This has resulted in the progression of 97% of our Cohort 4 apprentices (2009 leavers) into further education, training or employment.

Kevin Parkin, Managing Director at DavyMarkham thanked 50 business leaders for giving their backing to a unique, locally developed programme, aimed at encouraging and supporting young people access job opportunities in manufacturing and engineering, at the launch of ‘work-wise’ at The Cutlers Hall on Friday 30th April.

A one-day seminar designed to provide young people with an insight into the skills and attitudes needed to work in the marketing industry. 

Make £5 Blossom is an initiative launched by Rotherham Ready through which thousands of South Yorkshire pupils have been notching up profits with enterprises set up with a loan of £150 from local businesses. 

Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership (HYEP) was set up to contribute to Hull’s target of creating 1,200 new businesses over the 15 years to 2016, and to encourage young people to become more enterprising

Make £5 Blossom is an initiative launched by Rotherham Ready through which thousands of South Yorkshire pupils have been notching up profits with enterprises set up with a loan of £150 from local businesses. 

The ‘Just the Job’ Scheme aims to introduce Year 6 pupils from inner city Leeds schools to the World of Work through experiencing a wide range of job opportunities and positive role models in employment. 

Yorkshire Forward aims to promote graduate retention across the region in all aspects of its work.