Bristol automotive academy goes triple Platinum

Bristol based apprentice training provider, S&B Automotive Academy, has won a major industry accolade for the third successive year in recognition of its contribution to skills development in the UK automotive sector. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Jon Winter and HRH Prince Michael of KentPRLog (Press Release) - Mar 21, 2012 - In recognition of its success in training young people for a career in the the retail automotive, passenger and commercial transport sectors, Bristol based learning provider, S&B Automotive Academy, has won a major industry accolade for the third successive year http://publicsafetydegrees.blogspot.com/2012/03/general-tasks-of-overcoming-crisis.html.Presented at a prestigious event in London held by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), the Academy’s Chief Executive, Jon Winter, received the Platinum ‘Skillmiles’ trophy from His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent, Patron of the IMI, in front of an audience of over 400 senior automotive industry executives.Honoured for its consistently high success rates for Apprenticeships, the opportunities it provides for disadvantaged young people, pioneering use of technology and endeavours to promote careers within the sector, S&B took the top spot in the IMI’s ‘Skillmiles’ scheme for 2011 in the UK Training Provider category, making it a hat trick of wins.The IMI’s ‘Skillmiles’ scheme is designed to measure the contribution being made by companies in aiding skills development within the UK automotive sector.  To date, S&B has clocked up more ‘Skillmiles’ than any other UK training provider, in support of training the next generation of technicians and engineers. Now in its fourth year, the number of participants in the scheme has grown to over 250, generating an equivalent monetary value in ‘Skillmiles’ of more than £9 million. The Academy’s implementation of ‘virtual’ sch