Shropshire apprentice lands major training award
An apprentice from Shropshire has claimed one of the main prizes at the In-Comm Training Awards.
Caterpillar Shrewsbury's Lauren Ball, who is one of the first apprentices in the country to be trained at the Marches Centre of Manufacturing & Technology in Bridgnorth, was named as 'Learner of the Year for In-Comm Academies Engineering.
Despite being the only female in her first cohort, judges were impressed with her appetite for new challenges and the way she often leads from the front, carrying out every job to the best of her ability.
She has also played a prominent role in promoting apprenticeships, having been interviewed by national newspapers, radio and the TV.
