B-Skill Blog
B-Skill: An Ofsted Good Training Provider – Thank You for Helping Us Achieve This Milestone
B-Skill is proud to announce that we have been officially rated “Good” across all provisions by Ofsted (2025). This recognition marks a significant moment in our journey as a national training provider, and it would not have been possible without the trust and support...
Staff Retention Challenges — How Safeguarding Training Keeps Your Teams Loyal
High Turnover Threatens Productivity Employee turnover is a major challenge across UK workplaces. Replacing staff is costly, time-consuming, and disruptive. Many organisations underestimate the impact of workplace culture and employee confidence on retention. When...
The Hidden Risk in Every Workplace — Why Employers Can’t Ignore Safeguarding
Safeguarding Is Often Overlooked Many UK workplaces treat safeguarding as a checkbox exercise. Policies exist, handbooks are updated, and staff are expected to follow rules—but without proper training, risks remain. Across sectors—schools, healthcare, housing,...
Safeguarding in Action: Real-Life Impact That Matters
When Every Second Counts – Why Real-World Safeguarding Training Saves Lives Safeguarding isn’t just a compliance task or an HR policy that gets filed and forgotten. In the real world, safeguarding is about protecting lives, dignity, and wellbeing. It requires people...
Safeguarding Skills for Life: More Than Just a Job Requirement
Empower Your Team with the Level 3 Safeguarding Support Officer Apprenticeship In today’s world, safeguarding doesn’t stop at the workplace door. It follows employees home—to their families, communities, and personal lives. That’s why the Level 3 Safeguarding Support...
Safeguarding Skills That Empower UK Workplaces: Why the Level 3 Apprenticeship Matters
In today’s dynamic and often unpredictable work environments, safeguarding is more than just a policy — it's a core element of organisational culture. It reflects a collective commitment to respect, safety, and the wellbeing of every employee, client, and community...
Why Safeguarding Should Be a Priority in Every UK Workplace: The Power of the Level 3 Apprenticeship
In today’s fast-moving, diverse, and digitally connected working environments, safeguarding is no longer confined to a handful of sectors. While traditionally associated with education, healthcare, and social care, the reality is that safeguarding is now an essential...
Celebrating Collaboration and Opportunity at the Tees Valley Learning Provider Network Event
On Tuesday, June 3rd, the B-Skill team had the pleasure of attending the Tees Valley Learning Provider Network Event — and what a day it was! From the moment the doors opened, the venue buzzed with energy, ideas, and inspiring conversations that reminded us all why we...
How B-Skill Helps Employers Build Future-Ready Teams: Apprenticeship Feedback from The Boathouse Youth
At B-Skill, we believe in delivering training that makes a real difference — not just for individual learners, but for entire organisations. That’s why feedback from our employer partners is so important to us. One of our valued...
The B-Skill & Aptem partnership
About B-Skill Since its conception in 2020, the B-Skill team has been passionate about engaging employers and using work-based learning programmes to develop teams, raise the aspirations and achievements of learners, and in so doing to improve the performance of their...
How to prevent burnout
Burnout is considered a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion caused by long-term involvement in emotionally demanding situations. It is likely that many of us will experience some form of burnout in our lives whether that be work, education or home...
Our Top 5 Reasons to do an Apprenticeship!
Considering doing an Apprenticeship? Check out our Top 5 Reasons to take the plunge! 1. You can earn whilst you learn Learners are granted the opportunity to work alongside experienced staff who will help with their job role development, whilst earning a wage...
Employee Spotlight: Kai Raynard
Each month we would like to introduce you to a new member of staff that has joined the B-Skill team. In this month’s Employee Spotlight interview, we would like to introduce you all to Kai Raynard! Let’s find out more about Kai… NAME: KAI RAYNARD JOB ROLE:...
Well done to Karolis Saulys who recently completed his L3 Team Leader or Supervisor Apprenticeship at Culina!
Well done to Karolis who recently completed his Level 3 Team Leader or Supervisor apprenticeship at Culina. Since completing the apprenticeship, Karolis has been able to apply the skills and wider knowledge in his job at Culina. This has helped Karolis in managing...
Employee Spotlight: Lora Cartwright
Each month we would like to introduce you to a new member of staff that has joined the B-Skill team. In this month's Employee Spotlight interview, we would like to introduce you all to Lora Cartwright! Let’s find out more about Lora….Name: Lora Cartwright Job Role:...
Well Done To Our VTCT Level 3 Diploma In Make Up Students
A huge well done to our beauty students in Hull who have recently completed their VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Make Up! Check out some of their amazing work below:
Nicola Blake, of CDS, Achieves a Distinction in Level 3 Team Leader and Supervisor Apprenticeship
Nicola Blake, Mobile Fleet Coordinator for CDS, has recently qualified from a Level 3 Team Leader and Supervisor apprenticeship at The B-Skill Apprenticeship Academy. Now in her 25th year with CDS, Nicola began her career as a Dental Nurse. She is currently...
Well Done to Dipa Munna for Achieving A Distinction In Her Level 3 Team Leader or Supervisor Apprenticeship!
Dipa Munna, Dental Referrals Manager for CDS, has recently achieved a distinction in her Level 3 Team Leader and Supervisor apprenticeship at The B-Skill Apprenticeship Academy. Dipa has worked with CDS for 4 years and previously worked for another company who also...
Success at the B-Skill Beauty Academy – Well Done Kirsti Pearson!
A huge well done to Kirsti Pearson who has been nominated for the B-Skill Learner of the Month award. Sarah Jowett, Make Up Tutor for B-Skill at Hull, said: "Kristi first attended Brown Sugar Academy in 2019, where she successfully completed a Level 3 in Nail...
Celebrating Great Achievements at The B-Skill Apprenticeship Academy for Adult Learners Week 2021
Adult Learners Week is a great opportunity for us to reflect on all the hard work and success of our learners. This Adult Learners Week, we are celebrating one of our latest apprenticeship success stories. Connor Ingram was enrolled onto a Level 3 Business...
B-Skill are delighted to announce the acquisition of Picassos Beauty and Training Academy
At B-Skill we are proud to announce that we have acquired Picasso’s Beauty and Training Academy. Picassos, based in Ossett, was founded in 2004 and has been working in partnership with B-Skill to deliver beauty courses for six years. Photograph: Emma Ward, Vice...
AMAZING OPPORTUNITY – FLEET ADMINISTRATION APPRENTICE IN SHEFFIELD
We are looking to recruit a Fleet Administrator Apprentice. This is a brand new role within the business and the successful candidate will join an industry-leading company on a brand new site based in Sheffield.This is an amazing opportunity to develop your skills and...
Meet the apprentice: Vilija Mozuraite
For National Apprenticeship Week 2021, we’re celebrating the achievements of our learners. Today we’re reflecting on Vilija Mozuraite’s time as an apprentice at the B-Skill Apprenticeship Academy. Since qualifying from a Level 5 Departmental and Operations Manager...
National Apprenticeship Week 2021
It’s National Apprenticeship Week 2021! This week at B-Skill, we’ll be celebrating the success of our learners and reflecting on some of the great opportunities that the B-Skill Apprenticeship Academy is proud to offer.Our Apprenticeship Academy has an opportunity for...
AMAZING OPPORTUNITY – WAREHOUSING APPRENTICESHIPS YORK
We are looking to recruit a number of Warehousing Apprentices to join a fantastic employer based in York (YO42). Warehousing is one of the biggest growing sectors in the UK at the moment so this is an amazing opportunity to develop your skills and gain a real career...
New Employability Course: Online Scale Up
We are now offering our Level 2 Scale Up qualification as an online course. This course is designed to get you workplace-ready. Scale Up is a fully-funded employability qualification that is accredited by City & Guilds. The course is a 3 week online masterclass designed to help you build confidence and conquer the job market.
Good News From The B-Skill Apprenticeship Academy
Olivia Stayte is currently preparing for her end-point-assessment to complete her Business Administrator Apprenticeship with Karndean Evesham. Though Olivia isn’t set to complete her apprenticeship until 29 November 2020, she has already been offered a contract...
World Literacy Day 2020
BLOG World Literacy Day 2020 world literacy day 2020 To celebrate World Literacy Day 2020, B-Skill would like to invite all our learners to join our competition and write a poem! We would love you to use your creative flare to write a short poem - it doesn't need to...
App Vacancy – Newcastle
BLOG Recruitment Opportunityjob vacancy! apply today...In the midset of uncertainty due to the recent outbreak of Covid-19, we are thrilled to be working with a North East employer that is still recruiting for various positions. If you are a professional currently...
First Class Degree
BLOG Degree Apprenticeships launch at Culina GroupB-Skill launch MBA Degree Apprenticeship at Culina Group B-Skill are excited to start a new partnership with Arden University to deliver our first cohort of Degree Apprenticeships at Culina Group. B-Skill have been the...