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Team UK announced for WorldSkills Calgary 2009
26 skilled young people from across the country have been chosen to represent the UK in Canada at the biggest skills competition in the world. Visit the site - www.worldskillsteamuk.org
Training is key to surviving recession
Leading Employers Recognised at New Workforce Development Awards
WorldSkills Pastry Chef Will Torrent wins 'Young Chef of the Year'
Talented Pastry Chef Will Torrent, who works for Bachmann's Patisserie in Thames Ditton, was awarded 'Young Chef of the Year' by the Craft Guild of Chef's. The glittering award ceremony, held at the Hilton Hotel on London's Park Lane on the 1 June, saw 13 chefs receive an award, including Celebrity Chef Heston Blumenthal.
Flowering Tale of Success in Newcastle-under-Lyme
It is an exciting time for Natalie Stanyer because on Saturday 6 June she officially takes ownership of the local florist Elizabeth Floral Art and will be re-launching it as Natalie at Elizabeth’s.
WorldSkills hopeful named RHS Young Chelsea Florist of the Year
Joe Massie, 21, from Huyton, Liverpool, who works at Fishlocks Florist and is training for WorldSkills Calgary 2009, has today been awarded the title ‘RHS Young Chelsea Florist of the Year’ at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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WorldSkills UK Aeronuatical Engineering Final 2009
WorldSkills UK Aeronautical Engineering final, 4th to 5th June 2009 Newcastle Academy of Aviation
WorldSkills UK Mobile Robotics Final 2009
WorldSkills UK Mobile Robotics competition, 11th to 12th June 2009 Middlesex University
