article_snippet.sent: Costa Coffee and supermarket chain Morrisons have signed agreements to train thousands of apprentices each.
article_snippet.sent: Ministers will visited firms across the country to welcome fresh commitments from companies including Morrisons, who will train 9,000 apprentices; Crest Nicholson, who will take on 200 and announce a new training academy; and the National Grid, who will take on 500 new apprentices.
article_snippet.sent: ‘They’ve become more rigorous and respected too: we’ve got young people building engines for jet planes, working on massive engineering projects, innovating in science labs.
article_snippet.sent: The star of the BBC show The Apprentice said: ‘I remember that feeling of being 18, 19, 20 years old, hungry to get on and desperate for someone to give me an opportunity so I could prove The Apprentice.
article_snippet.sent: I’ve met many apprentices (apart from the Lord Sugar hopefuls) and you can see the pride written across many apprentices faces.
article_snippet.sent: most prestigious employers hiring apprentices.
highlights_snippet.sent: Pair were announcing 16,000 more training positions for young people .