We are delighted to announce the appointment of a Managing Director and Operations Director to the business to support our existing high performing teams and enable further business growth and innovation.

Andy Palmer will join us on the 9^th September as MD. He was formerly the head of learning and development for BT in the UK and latterly the MD of a training business of similar size to ourselves. He is also a board member of OFSTED and has significant relationships with Government and other bodies. He is fully conversant with Apprenticeships, both operationally and strategically and he will be working with us to take overall direction of the business and support us with further innovation and growth.

Anthony Bromirski will join us on the 2^nd September as our Operations Director. He was previously  Operations Director at another training provider which focussed on  large automotive Apprenticeship with some provision in hospitality and IT. Anthony will work closely with Andy and our regional and head office teams to take the business to its next level.

Di and I will continue to be totally responsible for overall performance of the business but these appointments will allow us more time to work on other innovative ideas and new sectors for the business to enable the business to grow even more quickly; whilst maintaining high quality delivery at the heart of everything we do.

Peter and Di jointly said ‘We are both excited by these appointments and I am sure our staff, clients and other stakeholders you will join us in welcoming Andy and Anthony to the business and working with them in the months and years ahead. These appointments provide further opportunity for existing staff in the business to grow. We are one of the few training providers in the sector of any size which is debt free, has strong existing trading performance and we have real ambition to take our business to the next level in our chosen sectors. We have some exciting new developments to launch in the next few months, including our level iv programme for IT, our recruitment social media apprenticeships, developments in the hospitality sector and also working with some large employers and colleges to look at further modernisation of the curriculum to meet their business needs. With four new academies opening in the next four weeks, and a strong pipeline of Apprenticeship applicants and job vacancies, we are confident of the future success of the business’

Andy and Anthony commented ‘ we are delighted to be joining Di and Pete and cannot wait to get going. We were inspired by Pete and Di’s energy and vision for the business which really made the difference for us. They are prepared to invest and listen to new ideas, although they are not short of ideas themselves and we can really see the opportunity to grow the business to the next level’

For any press or PR enquiries, contact Peter Marples on 07979 857438 in the first instance

3AAA is delighted to announce that from the 5th August, our HQ will be relocating to Derby at Sitwell House in the centre of the city. We will also be opening a new Academy for IT in Derby in September. The new offices, which allow for significant further expansion provide for much needed office space for the HQ team and is long overdue. There will be some telephone disruption on the 5 /6 August for external callers.

Peter Marples said ‘ we have developed our business progressively and now believe the time is right to move. Our new HQ, which will also combine a training facility for both our Recruitment and IT Academies will launch in September will also be utilised as a training facility for new staff. We are delighted with this new facility and hope to have a local celebrity to officially open the facility in September’

With our GOLD STANDARD project, we are delighted to announce we have achieved another milestone in this important sector wide project. We have now enrolled over 450 Apprentices onto the programme, found them employment and most importantly identified a pipeline of a further 125 job opportunities to be filled in the next six weeks. We are delighted with this achievement which means we have met every target set as this project now draws to a close.

Peter Marples commented ‘ we have worked hard on this project and have met all of our targets. It is pleasing we have found so many young people job opportunities and Apprenticeship opportunities and the programme is delivering significantly more than the Apprenticeship framework requires. The feedback from employers has been fantastic with our pipeline of opportunities growing by the day. Upmost thanks most go to all of our teams across the country who have worked hard to make this project such a success’

3As are currently working with specialists from the Recruitment sector to offer a new apprenticeship bringing together the exciting elements of social media and recruitment. Our recruitment experts will deliver this unique apprenticeship to create new opportunities for employers in this sector.

Recruitment employers are looking for people with the skills and knowledge of social media as well as the Recruitment experience. We are adding our own unique touch to this by combining The Certificate in the Principles of Recruitment with the Social Medial and Digital Marketing Apprenticeship, offering the most comprehensive recruitment apprenticeship around.

With over 500 million active users on Facebook, 105 million registered uses on Twitter and 75 million professionals on LinkedIn. Recruitment Businesses need the support of a skilled workforce to enable them to make the best use of social media for the success of the business.

Social media and recruitment experts recently told Recruiter magazine they have seen increasing concrete proof and action around what social recruiting can actually achieve. Both digital strategist Matt Alder and sourcing specialist.

David Henry, VP of Marketing for Monster UK & Ireland, recognises the industry’s embrace of the potential of social media, saying: “We’re now starting to see more organisations tapping into the opportunities and advantages that social channels present. For most businesses, the rising popularity of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media websites presents a great opportunity.”

If you are interested in this exciting apprenticeship opportunity or would like to recruit a Recruitment/Social Media Apprentice contact applyderby@3aaa.co.uk or call 01332880515.