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Congratulations to Camilo – our latest Completer.

"I have always been quite focussed and knew that I wanted to get into Carpentry and potentially Site Management one day so I researched apprenticeships and approached K10. ... read more

Friday, 24th Oct 2014

Hats off to Humaira – the latest K10 Completer.

Humaira joined K10 just under a year ago and at that point was determined to enter the Business Administration profession but was being met with that all-too-common obstacle from potential employers; “you don’t have enough experience”. ... read more

Friday, 17th Oct 2014

Congratulations Simon On. The latest K10 Success Story.

"I decided to bring some focus to my job search and went to a K10 workshop to learn more about the scheme and the opportunities that were available to someone like me. From there I was invited to interview, to talk more about my career goals, passions and how ... read more

Friday, 10th Oct 2014

Doing it for the Girls

Their job doesn't require wearing a hard hat and steel toe capped boots, but these young women, business administration apprentices, are as embedded in the construction sites of Tower Hamlets as the workers digging the foundations and hoisting the steel beams.... read more

Tuesday, 12th Aug 2014

Another K10 Apprentice Award Winner

Sonny wins Apprentice of the Year in the Kent Housing Group Excellence Awards... read more

Wednesday, 23rd Jul 2014

Cabinet Office Meet K10 on Woodberry Down

Berkeley Homes kindly hosted an event for K10 and representatives from the Cabinet Office at Woodberry Down.... read more

Tuesday, 24th Jun 2014

Is behaviour change the key to achieving sustainable business?

CEO, Andrew Purvis was a keynote speaker at Greenmark's celebration event.... read more

Friday, 13th Jun 2014

K10 Congrats to our latest completer Musa Jallow

Musa’s can-do attitude meant that he was ready to meet any challenge: as he says himself, “Don’t ever run away from your problems”. Throughout his apprenticeship, Musa was appreciative of the support he got from his various supervisors and team colleag... read more

Friday, 6th Jun 2014

Barry’s hard graft pays off!

Barry had not even considered working in construction prior to starting his apprenticeship with K10. He had been desperately seeking work but remained trapped in unemployed for 18 months. This story highlights what can be achieved when an opportunity is presen... read more

Friday, 2nd May 2014

Impact Ventures UK makes first investment in construction apprenticeship business

Impact Ventures UK (IVUK) social impact fund has made its first investment of £800,000 in K10, an independent social enterprise that employs apprentices and places them in the London construction industry.... read more

Friday, 28th Mar 2014