Local entrepreneurs share experiences at College - 11/16/2011
Local entrepreneurs recently gathered at Norton Radstock College to learn from each other and share ideas to help develop their businesses. The successful event was part of the B&NES Entrepreneur’s Club which holds free weekly meetings at locations throughout the area. Among the entrepreneurs speaking   ... read more ---->

Local women entrepreneurs offered training - 9/21/2011
Bath & Area Self Catering Association is working with Norton Radstock College to help its members develop their business skills. Women entrepreneurs from the Association took part in research to find out which skills they need to develop. Top of the list was using the internet to market their businesses   ... read more ---->

'More apprentices needed to maintain area's skills base' - 4/26/2011
Staff at Norton Radstock College are urging businesses in Bath and north-east Somerset to increase their employment of apprentices in order to maintain the skills base of the area. The College's engineering workplace assessor Mike Brain said: "Whichever way you look at it, local businesses cannot   ... read more ---->

College delighted by success of apprentice 'speed dating' - 3/24/2011
Staff at Norton Radstock College have expressed their delight at the large number of young people who attended the B&NES area's first-ever apprenticeship "speed dating" event, held at the Bath City Football Club. The organisers, which included both Norton Radstock College and the City Of Bath College,   ... read more ---->

Care firm turns to 'speed dating'’ to find new staff - 3/8/2011
Barely three years after it was launched, rapidly expanding care firm Butterfly Home Help is hoping the first-ever B&NES "speed dating" event for employers will help it to find the three new apprentices it needs. The firm's partners, Anne Wicks and Eric Pelling, will be among 40 local employers taking   ... read more ---->

Apprenticeship 'secret' of care worker Mark - 2/23/2011
One of the best-kept "secrets" about apprenticeships is that they are not just for school leavers and young people. Care worker Mark Woodford, who grew up in Camerton and now lives in Odd Down, Bath, is 39 and has just completed an apprenticeship in Health & Social Care for Adults. He had been   ... read more ---->

Firms give campaign a thumbs-up - 2/23/2011
Businesses of all sizes have given a strong thumbs-up to the 100 in 100 Apprenticeship Challenge, which is now entering its third week. The Challenge, which is being spearheaded in the Midsomer Norton-Radstock area by Norton Radstock College, aims to boost the number of apprentices in the B&NES area   ... read more ---->

College joins UK drive to boost local apprentices - 2/17/2011
Staff at Norton Radstock College have spent past week putting the finishing touches to plans for an initiative which aims to see the number of apprentices in the B&NES area boosted by 100 in the space of 100 days. The 100 in One Hundred Apprenticeship Challenge is being launched on Thursday, February   ... read more ---->

College signs historic skills and jobs agreement - 10/11/2010
Norton Radstock College has become one of the first further education colleges in England to sign a Joint Skills and Training Agreement. The agreement, signed jointly with four other FE colleges and the West of England Skills and Competitiveness Board, aims to target economic sectors and locations   ... read more ---->

Ofsted inspectors praise 'safe and friendly' college - 6/9/2010
Ofsted inspectors have completed a week-long assessment of Norton Radstock College, declaring it "a satisfactory college" where "learners enjoy their studies and feel safe in the friendly and supportive environment". Principal and chief executive Shirley Arayan said: "This inspection was very positive   ... read more ---->

Local firms urged to seize Olympics opportunities - 3/12/2010
Tourist businesses and visitor attractions in the area are being urged to seize the major opportunities presented by the London 2012 Olympic Games and the training of the GB Paralympics team in Bath. Jenifer Littman MBE, chief executive of Tourism for All, told an accessibility awareness workshop   ... read more ---->

Apprentices praised for helping local firms - 2/11/2010
Staff at Norton Radstock College are full of praise for apprentices whose efforts are helping firms all over the area to weather the deepest economic recession since the 1930s. In a special promotion, the College has highlighted the apprenticeship links its engineering students enjoy with local firms. Engineering   ... read more ---->

College helps firms to target huge "invisible" local market - 10/14/2009
Businesses all over the area are missing out on a huge and growing number of customers because they are unaware that they exist, or do not know how to attract them. Marny Thompson, a lecturer in business and employment solutions at Norton Radstock College, near Bath, said: "It's estimated that about   ... read more ---->

College to join new disabled tourist project - 7/9/2009
Norton Radstock College is to join the network of the newly-launched OpenBritain initiative, which aims to make the UK one of the world's top destinations for travellers with disabilities. Joining the network follows on from the College's involvement in the European Union-funded TACTALL project promoting   ... read more ---->

Welton Vale residents qualify as "silver surfers" - 5/20/2009
Residents at Somer Community Housing Trust's sheltered housing scheme in Welton Vale, Midsomer Norton have qualified as "silver surfers" - and they have certificates from Norton Radstock College to prove it. In an Adult Learners' Week ceremony held at Welton Vale Community Hall, Welton Vale residents   ... read more ---->

College plays key role in boosting Colliers Way - 3/27/2009
Norton Radstock College is playing a key role in helping businesses along the Colliers Way multi-user recreational path to boost their income. Owners and managers of businesses near the path are being urged to seize the golden opportunity presented by the estimated 200,000 people who are already using   ... read more ---->

Small firms set up first innovation support group - 3/23/2009
Business people who took part in a European Union-supported pilot project at Norton Radstock College are setting up the area's first support group for small firms interested in innovation. The participants are all self-employed and will be meeting initially at the Positive Living Centre in Midsomer   ... read more ---->