Careers

Architecture could generally be explained as both the art and the science of designing buildings. Are you the sort of person with the rights qualities and attributes to succeed?

As the brains behind an innovative local performing arts initiative, Josh Armstrong has already achieved a lot in his 21 years. We asked what inspired him!

The AA offers a wide range of apprenticeships across their business from Customer Service to Roadside Patrol. We hear from one of their Apprentices!

Within a decade of leaving college, Jack Brundle had set up his own practice as an Accountant. Here he tells us about his journey – so far.

Starting with a passion for drama and via the UK’s biggest greenhouse, Lee Fisher’s route into his current role hasn’t been a predictable one.

Whatever we feel about dentists, the fact is they are an essential part of our healthcare. Like other branches of medicine, there are also many specialisms within dentistry.

About 95% of all UK imports and exports are transported by sea, with our busy ports contributing around £7.7 billion value to our economy. And it takes a whole range of skills and people to keep it running.

From ‘playing host’ to family and friends as a child, Jeremy is now doing the job for real as the General Manager of a prestigious hotel.
He shares the amazing opportunities his career choice has given him.

Lucy Beck is a Chartered Legal Executive and Licensed Conveyancer who specialises in property law. We talked to her about how she trained and how she is now supporting a legal trainee and a colleague.

The UK landscape industry employs over 278,000 people and contributes £11.6 billion to our economy. We chat with one apprentice who tells us why she has decided to branch out.

The horticulture industry as a whole employs 568,700 and contributes £24.2 billion. “Hello, I’m Ann and I’m a Team Leader apprentice. I am studying for my Horticulture Supervisor qualification.

I don’t think many people realise quite how many roles there are in the NHS that don’t involve being a Doctor or Nurse. The NHS offers some great career paths, it’s worth checking some of them out.

Starting a business can be an exciting and terrifying prospect! It’s a leap into the unknown, and you have to have faith in yourself!

When you think about careers in construction, you probably think of bricklayer, roofer, or plasterer. However, this isn’t the case here.

Connor Dalton has been working in financial advice since 2013, having ‘fallen into’ the role after university. He tells us why it has become a job he feels very passionately about.

That’s what I love about history and archaeology, not just preserving old buildings as monuments but bringing them alive as places where real people lived and worked.

Estimates suggest maritime contributes £50 billion per year and we look at the range of careers available!

Berthon Boat Co Ltd has traded continuously since 1877 and is a family run international business based on the banks of Lymington River in Hampshire.

It’s not quite enough to say that a Quantity Surveyor ‘surveys quantities’. How would they do that? We take a look at what it actually means to be a Quantity Surveyor.

If you think of a typical farmer, you probably don’t picture somebody like Emma. That’s perhaps because her route to becoming a farmer wasn’t a typical one.

“Hi, I’m Travis. I got into landscaping after realising that being outdoors was an important aspect of my choice of career. I enjoy being outdoors and learning new skills.”

As human beings, we have become adept at using the resources around us to make life more comfortable and convenient. We look at the employment opportunities.

(SPIN) scheme is now open for applications and provides placement opportunities for those considering employment in the space sector

An Apprenticeship is a real job with relevant qualifications attached to it. In some ways, it’s a ‘best of both’ between working, so earning money and getting experience.