Modern Apprenticeship

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Taking a modern look at training

Staff at John Nike Leisuresport, Swadlincote, are proof that John Nike Leisuresport Limited deserves the Investors in People accreditation that it was awarded at the end of last year.
Four employees are currently undertaking modern apprenticeships. Kate Humphries, Receptionist, is working towards an administration
qualification and her colleagues Philip Wilkinson, Ski Technician Team Leader, Lee Frost, Ski Technician and Bar Worker, and Claire Jones, General Assistant, are all in the process of studying for a customer service apprenticeship.
Both Modern Apprenticeship courses last 12-months and involve assessors coming into the centre to watch the candidates doing tasks, so that they can be evaluated in their working environment. They will also have to complete tests on key skills like maths, English and IT.
This is the first time that the centre has embarked on a training project of this kind. Vince Whitewood, Manager, said: "It will help
raise the profile of John Nike Leisuresport, Swadlincote. We are showing that we invest in our staff to enable them to improve their
skills."

Continued>> Mix business with pleasure

the renovation work, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2003.The roofing repairs have already been carried out and next on the programme is the replacement and repair of the timber work to the outside of the building.
The final part of the external work will see the hotel and the Magdalene College Barge conference facility totally redecorated. The phased repainting of the function suites and bedrooms is expected to start at the end of the summer.
For details about what The Swan at Streatley and its sister hotel,The Coppid Beech, in Bracknell, have to offer over the summer and what is planned for Christmas,turn to pages five and six.

European-style family houses are constructed at Braeside

After the successful sale of the Braeside apartments, in Bracknell, work has started on 18, three and four bedroom houses an the same
site.
Nike Construction is building the houses, which should be available for purchase by the end of 2002. Each home will be individually designed and built in the same `Alpine' style as the apartments and will have high-quality interiors, designed by Nike Design.
Further details will be published in the next issue of Connections. Alternatively, call in to the existing show home on the site at Amen
Corner, Bracknell, for more information - just follow the signs for `Braeside Development'.

Nike XI ready to face challenge

John Nike's XI cricket team is, once again, competing in the Bracknell & District Evening Cricket League over the summer, so why not go along and cheer the players on?
Here are the team's fixtures for the competition. Matches start at 6pm.

Wednesday 3 July - John Nike XI v Chesterton at Sandhurst Cricket Club
Wednesday 10 July - ICL v John Nike X I at Great Hollands Cricket Club

And, on Sunday 8 September, the President's XI (John Nike is President of Bracknell Cricket Club) will play BCC in the annual showdown between the two teams.

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