West Midlands, United Kingdom Jan 24, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - Owner of Fortel, Mr. Surinder Nijjer was alongside the Home Secretary and West Midlands Mayors visit to the development site which will host new state of the art offices and training academy.
Amidst the busiest political weeks, Fortel was delighted to host Home Secretary, Priti Patel, and Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, at the Darlaston Enterprise Zone site to showcase the group’s new HQ and Training Academy under construction aiming to drive down local unemployment.
Along with other guests, business owner and dignitaries, the Home Secretary was accompanied around the site by Directors and delegates from the West Midlands Training Academy. Discussing local employment issues, the new Fortel facilities are a key enabler for our plans to provide inclusive opportunities for upskilling, training and placing people into work from the local community and beyond.
The new HQ will enable Fortel Group to expand its operations across hundreds of major infrastructure projects in the UK, but more critically doing so through addressing skills shortages and ensuring opportunities are socially all-encompassing.
Working in conjunction with The Skills Centre and West Midlands Combined Authority with the support of Walsall Council, Fortel has started to deliver training. The academy vision is to reduce youth unemployment, upskilling candidates through the provision of classroom and on-site practical learning and ultimately placing them into employment in the construction and other aligned industrial sectors.
Mayor of West Midlands, Andy Street, met with the owner of Fortel to discuss future development plans to improve infrastructure in the region.
The newly elected Mayor of West Midlands, Andy Street, visited Fortel on the campaign trail in the run-up to the May 4 election. During his visit, he met Fortel Director and Chairman, Mr Surinder Nijjer and Mr. Sat Nijjer for a presentation of our capabilities and a discussion of his development plans to improve infrastructure in the region. Fortel also supported his campaign during April’s Vaisakhi parades in the Birmingham and surrounding area and Shinda said: ‘Andy Street’s infrastructure proposals offer us significant potential opportunities, and we look forward to working on bringing the public and private sectors together for the benefit of the West Midlands.’
To drive an apprenticeship programme in our local community, we are collaborating with Walsall College in a partnership designed to provide young people with a head start in our dynamic and rapidly growing business. During 2018, we will offer all apprenticeships through the college.
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