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		<title>Construction Futures provides evidence to BIS Select Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction Futures has given evidence to the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee, highlighting the national potential of the scheme.]]></description>
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		<title>Work placement lays the foundations for a dream career</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A graduate from Northampton is one of the many apprentises to have benefitted from the Construction Futures scheme recently. Mavis Quainoo spent a month working at Taylor Wimpey’s Buttercup Meadow development in Duston, Northamptonshire, after graduating with a Bsc degree in civil engineering from the University of Northampton in 2011. Her work placement was part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction apprenticeships set a national example</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pioneering way of creating construction apprenticeships was praised during national apprenticeships week recently.  The Construction Futures scheme, which is the first of its kind in the UK, makes the delivery of apprenticeships a legal requirement for developers that receive planning permission. Established by WNDC, the scheme is helping local planning authorities create new jobs for their communities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vince Cable praises construction futures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Secretary Vince Cable has endorsed the Construction Futures scheme on a recent visit to Northampton.]]></description>
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		<title>Free seminars for the development industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting a development project off the ground is hard enough already, but today’s industry has additional pressures. Whether you’re submitting a planning application or bidding for a public sector contract, there’s a growing need to show how your proposals will benefit the local community. Fortunately, help is at hand Construction Futures has developed a ground-breaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Infrastructure Levy can boost local employment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities preparing a Community Infrastructure Levy have a timely opportunity to help tackle youth unemployment, according to a government regeneration body. West Northamptonshire Development Corporation has just published a revised version of its Planning Obligations Strategy. It is believed to be the first strategy in the UK to have a formal link with a training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Construction Futures Seminars Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local authorities across the country could be missing a great opportunity to tackle unemployment in their area. By simply using their planning and procurement powers in the right way, they are able to secure construction apprenticeships for local people on new developments. Most surprisingly, this doesn’t require any major expenditure, just the right processes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction apprentices are a UK first</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only construction training scheme of its kind has secured its first ever long-term apprentices. Construction Futures is a ground breaking scheme that directly links construction training with the determination of planning applications. Its unique approach, which is attracting interest from across the UK, involves forecasting the training opportunities on a new development and enshrining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students made to feel at home on construction site</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students from Northampton Academy have built on their skills with a visit to a construction site in the town. The 14 and 15-year-olds have been learning skills used in the construction industry and were invited to visit a development by Lagan Homes at the former Pearce Leatherworks. Mark Swainson, head of design and technology at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local students get a head start in their career</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students from Northampton are taking their first steps into work through a groundbreaking training scheme. Construction Futures is the first scheme in the UK to directly link construction training with the determination of planning applications. It does this by embedding construction training requirements in the section106 agreements tied to planning permissions. Anthony Knight and Lee [...]]]></description>
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