Rated UK’s no 1 for apprenticeships!

Virgin Media has been named as the best UK employer for young apprentices, according to ratemyapprenticeship.co.uk – the employee-generated review site providing information about apprenticeships and school leaver programmes.

The report reveals the UK’s top 30 employers based on 1,200 reviews from school leavers, who undertook schemes such as apprenticeships, work experience and gap year programmes. After rating their organisations on factors such as the skills they have developed, the support they have received, how valued they felt within the organisation and their salary, Virgin Media scored an average rating of 8.83/10.

The official top 10 for young apprentices:

1. Virgin Media
2. PSA Peugeot Citroen
3. M&G Investments
4. Capgemini
5. Barclays
6. Jaguar Land Rover
7. Boots
8. Deloitte
9. EY
10. Grant Thornton

As Head of Apprenticeships at Virgin Media, I’m so proud that our Apprenticeship programme has been recognised for providing the most valuable overall experience for school leavers. Apprentices have become a key part of our talent pool, whilst allowing us to give young people the skills they need to succeed in the work environment and it’s fantastic to hear from our apprentices what they really think. 758 young people have benefitted from our Apprentice programme since its launch in 2008, and we look forward to continue supporting young people get into qualified positions.