End of an Era
After 18 years we say goodbye to Bank House, our headquarters in Newtown St Boswells. The move to the new training centre/offices in Tweedbank has gone very smoothly and work to kit it out continues apace. Watch this space for progress reports and news of the official opening.
Training Centre Progress
Work on our new training centre in Tweedbank continues apace as we build internal offices and workrooms. Please see below!
Scottish Apprenticeship Week
To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week Rachel Hamilton MSP took time from her busy schedule to visit the apprentices at Plexus UK in Kelso last week. Present were all six Modern Apprentices managed by BTTA Ltd and one of Plexus’ three Graduate Apprentices. Rachel, the MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, took time to speak with each […]
KELSO EMPLOYMENT EVENT
BTTA will be exhibiting at an event organised by DYW Borders on Saturday 1 March in Kelso. The venue is Tait Hall, Edenside Rd, Kelso, TD5 7BS, opening times 10.00 – 14.00. The aim of the event is to showcase apprenticeship and employment opportunities for young people. Alongside BTTA will be local employers and organisations. […]
Apprenticeship Vacancies
We are in talks with a number of companies across the Borders region who are considering taking Modern Apprentices in the following areas: Interested? Please complete MA form and submit to bttta@btinternet.com
NEW PREMISES
We are delighted to announce that we now have the keys to our new training premises in Tweedbank. Now the hard works starts to turn it into a leading edge engineering and industrial training centre. The 390m2 premises will be fitted out with offices, classrooms, training equipment and machinery over the coming months. The centre […]
Congratulations Bruce!
Our congratulations go to Bruce Spence , a manufacture and maintenance Modern Apprentice at ESG Drysdale. Bruce has completed his MA nine months early. He has been praised for excellent examples of work and evidence (portfolio).
BTTA Mentioned in Scottish Parliament
BTTA was mentioned recently in the Scottish Parliament in a motion raised by Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire. Here is the text of the motion: That the Parliament celebrates the achievements of Kyle Newman and Robbie Johnston, from Turnbull & Scott Ltd, and Elliot Brown, from Simpsons Malt Ltd, in recently completing […]
Celebrating MA Success
We had a wonderful lunch at the Buccleuch Arms in St Boswells on 25 October to celebrate those completing this year’s BTT Modern Apprenticeship programme (Elliot Brown, Kyle Newman, Robbie Johnston) with our special guest Rachael Hamilton MSP, who did us the honour of presenting the recently qualified engineering apprentices with their certificates and completion […]
Jedburgh Careers Fair
We had a very successful day at the Jedburgh Grammar Campus on Thursday 10 October at their all-day school careers fair. It was great to meet with so many pupils and explain the benefits of a Modern Apprenticeship. Our thanks to the school and DYW Borders for organising the event so efficiently.