The Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship programme has revealed the locations in the UK where the project will be running.
The apprenticeship programme is open to a range of people, including school leavers, second career applicants and existing civil servants.
Locations for the Fast Track business scheme include Airdrie; Motherwell; Hamilton; Liverpool; Bootle; Netherton; Bathgate; London; Birmingham; Manchester and Salford; Blackpool; Newcastle; Bradford; Nottingham; Bristol; Shipley; Cardiff; Southend; Coventry; Springburn and Newlands and Govan; Darlington; St Austell; East; Kilbride; Stockport; Edinburgh; Telford; Glasgow; Torquay; Hastings; Warrington; Leeds/Sheffield; and Worthing.
Locations have also been announced for the commercial scheme, digital and technology scheme, the finance scheme and the project delivery scheme.
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