Scottish print industry apprentices honoured

Trade association Print Scotland has honoured five print industry apprentices in its fourth annual Scottish Print Apprentice of the Year awards. The winners are:

- Overall Apprentice of Year – James Taylor, Bell & Bain (Glasgow) - Level 3 Pre Press – Erin McCarthy, Amer Sports, (North Ayrshire) - Level 3 Post Press – James McCredie, Bell & Bain (Glasgow) - Level 3 Press Administration, Louise Docherty, Bell and Bain, (Glasgow) - Level 3 Press – Arran Rennie, Publicity Printing, (Glasgow)   Print Scotland’s president, Kevin Creechan - MD of J Thomson Colour Printers – said : “The print industry in Scotland has a real future across a range of skill-sets and needs a constant flow of high-quality and motivated apprentices in even greater numbers, and from an increasingly diverse range of backgrounds, to fulfil its potential. The high-calibre young people we have celebrated today is very much what our industry needs.”   Print Scotland provides training for Modern Apprentices through the Scottish Training Scheme, which provides a grant from the Scottish Government to cover the cost of the training. It also provides a range of Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) as well as Modern Apprenticeship (MA) certification.