Business Elite Awards 2025 / 20 Since its inception in 2015, The Education and Skills Partnership (ESP) has aspired to become the preferred choice of learning and skills development for all, delivering outstanding quality and results in alignment with individual aspirations and abilities. Whether a client is looking to upskill their workforce, needing support setting up progression plans, or is struggling to embed internal learning, the ESP team is there to create impactful training solutions tailored to their unique business goals. Providing a mix of pre-workplace courses, apprenticeships, and leadership and management courses, ESP aids staff across a wide range of experience levels to reach their full potential. These services are extended to a variety of critical sectors currently experiencing skills shortages, including telecoms, logistics, digital, retail, and construction. ESP has been instrumental in these fields, delivering superior solutions to ensure the continued growth and development of such vital areas. Recent developments in the apprenticeship sector have included an increased governmental focus on skills shortages, particularly within the digital, construction, and telecoms sectors, along with the rise of AI-driven learning solutions. Facing adversity with agility, investment into training, and client collaboration, ESP strives to remain a trusted partner in a rapidly evolving sector. As a result, the company has embraced such emerging shifts by expanding its Level 4 Cellular Network Field Engineer Apprenticeship to meet 5G demands, ensuring that its curriculum aligns with national priorities. “We were proud to be the first UK training provider approved to deliver the Level 4 Cellular Network Field Engineer Apprenticeship!” Jason stated. “This programme – crafted by industry experts to revolutionise telecom operations – tackles operational challenges head-on, delivering exceptional customer service experiences while equipping businesses with elite, multi-skilled engineers to dominate the future.” Having trained over 6,000 apprentices to date, ESP has established itself as a preferred partner to the top giants in the UK’s telecoms, retail, and healthcare sectors. The company is renowned for its ability to adapt; no delivered programme has ever been off the shelf but personally tailored to the client’s unique requirements. To ensure that each solution is sector-specific, ESP employs specialist industry coaches who love their work and work with every learner, living the company’s ethos of “No Learner Left Behind.” Championing this ethos, ESP is also a proud supporter of the UK Armed Forces Covenant. Through its Veterans Support Group service, the company provides specialist course input from its own veteran and reservist staff members to help integrate the country’s heroes into the workplace. Its highly skilled and professionally qualified coaches and trainers care about each and every one of ESP’s learners and want to see them reach their full potential and exceed their individual career development goals. At ESP, no learner is ever left behind. Looking to the future, ESP is eagerly anticipating the launch of a new Level 3 Logistics Operative Apprenticeship in 2026, designed to address the skills shortage currently impacting the UK’s logistics sector. This programme will equip learners with practical skills in supply chain management, tailored to clients that include retail giants facing post-Brexit and eCommerce challenges. Alongside this, ESP is also developing an AI-Enhanced Leadership Programme, blending virtual simulations with live coaching to train managers in decision-making and team dynamics. These projects build upon ESP’s sustained success, leveraging the company’s expertise in bespoke training. By collaborating with industry partners, ESP can ensure that these programmes meet real-world needs, helping learners and businesses to thrive in high-demand sectors. And with 98% of its learners reporting that their course has helped them to progress in their career or employment journey, ESP certainly proven itself to be a trusted partner for countless employers and learners alike, earning the rightful recognition of Best National Apprenticeship and Workforce Development Provider 2025. Contact: Jason Hargreaves Company: The Education and Skills Partnership Web Address: www.esp-ac.uk It is a common misconception that education ends with school, but in reality, it begins the moment we are born and continues throughout our entire lives. Many companies around the world emphasise the importance of continued learning, recognising it to be an essential element of industry advancement. The Education and Skills Partnership is a company positioned at the forefront of continued education, empowering UK employers and learners to supercharge their skills through dynamic training and cutting-edge skill strategies. We heard more from Managing Director Jason Hargreaves below, following the company’s recent success in the Business Elite Awards 2025. The ESP Method: No Learner Left Behind
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