Having appeared on Victoria Derbyshire’s BBC programme last week championing Apprenticeships it made me realise that people are finally starting to listen to us! I’ve been very lucky with my…

The new Apprenticeship programmes and associated funding have caused some confusion recently with us amongst others who had misinterpreted the new funding rules. I thought I’d try and separate fact…

In mid-March I blogged about an invitation to a party for an ex-apprentice of ours who was celebrating 40 years in the industry & who, over a period of time,…

I haven’t written anything for a long time as the business is taking a slightly different route. It’s been pretty time-consuming organising new funding arrangements for our Apprenticeship program as…

I write this as the university-fees debate is in full flow again. Should fees be reduced, should they be scrapped, should they be limited etc etc. This debate always interests…

A NEW alliance at the start of 2018 between Central Training Group and Alan d Hairdressing Education means even better hairdressing and barbering training opportunities for apprentices in London and…

Well, it’s that time of year once again, you know, New Year resolutions; things we’ll never stick to but we try to resolve to be better at what we do…

I’m sad to say it’s my final blog as the Alan d Ambassador, as it’s time to hand over to someone new. I enjoyed so many great experiences whilst training…