New academy set to improve the skills of thousands of 5,000 Midlands’ workers

At least 5,000 people a year are set to benefit from a new Midlands Training Academy, officially opened this month in Aston by John Healey MP, minister of state for local government and communities.

National Express, one of the region’s biggest employers, has invested £235,000 in redeveloping the building that now homes the new academy in Miller Street, Aston. It is the third of its type to be opened by the UK’s leading coach and bus company in the last two years, joining...

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