A UK engineering and manufacturing apprenticeship provider is urging companies in the Black Country, Birmingham and Shropshire to continue tapping into a 200-strong talent pool to help ease recruitment worries. In-Comm Training, which operates two technical academies in Aldridge and Telford, had the biggest collection of young people looking for vocational learning placements in its 43-year history during the summer. The firm has already placed 125 individuals with employers and is now seeking to find positions for a further 75 for the October/November intake.

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