Celebrating by hiring apprentices
A LOCAL engineering firm is celebrating eighty years in business by recruiting the highest number of apprentices in its history.
JJ Churchill Ltd, based in Market Bosworth, makes high-precision gas turbine components for the aerospace industry, as well as high-horsepower diesel engine components and assemblies.
The firm recruits new apprentices most years and the majority of its workforce has an apprenticeship background.
Taking on four new engineering apprentices, following the largest recruitment drive in the company’s history, chief executive Andrew Churchill said: “We couldn’t have been so successful for the past eight decades without the hundreds of apprentices who’ve come through our doors and gone on to be great engineers.
“Most are local - we’re part of the community in Leicestershire and we’re proud that we could invest in the region and give people a great career in engineering.
“We could bring people in with the skills already, but giving young people those opportunities instead is important to us.
“Without our fantastic workforce – almost all of whom have been apprentices – we couldn’t have been in business for eight decades now and still be going strong.
“We train the best engineers and they stay with us, meaning we can plan for the long term, unlike some other companies where the turnover is much higher.”
For more information on the scheme, http:// www.jjchurchill.com/