Committee visits Northampton as part of its inquiry into apprenticeships

• Inquiry: Apprenticeships
• Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

During the visit, members of the cross-party Committee - which is tasked with scrutinising the work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills -will undertake visits to Church & Co (Footwear) Ltd, GE Precision Engineering Ltd and Cosworth Ltd.  The Committee will also be holding a formal evidence session in the afternoon at The Guildhall, Northampton.

Witnesses

The schedule of witnesses for the formal evidence session is as follows:

2pm

• Professor Nick Petford, Vice Chancellor of Northampton University
• Len Closs, Principal of Northampton College of Further Education
• Mike Griffith, Head Teacher of Northampton School for Boys
• Dr Ann Limb OBE DL, Chair of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership
• Councillor David Mackintosh, Leader of Northampton Borough Council
• Councillor Jim Harker, Leader of Northampton County Council

3.00 pm

• Peter Mawson, Chief Executive of West Northamptonshire Development Corporation
• Paul Southworth, Chairman, Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership
• David Rolton, Director, Rolton Group
• Milan Shah, Chair of the Governing Council for the University of Northampton and Board member of the Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership
• Mike Conway, Head of Employee Relations, Barclaycard

Location

This session will be held in the Jeffery Room at the Guildhall, Northampton. The Guildhall's address is as follows:

The Guildhall
St Giles Square
Northampton
NN2  1DE

The session will be open to the public on a first come, first served basis. There is no system for the prior reservation of seats.

Further Information

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