Ford invests in training centre

The site will merge the capabilities of two existing Ford colleges – the Technical Training Centre in Daventry and the Henry Ford College in Loughborough, which provides training for technicians, sales staff and management throughout Ford's national dealer network. The new building forms an extension to the existing 150,000 sq m parts distribution centre on the Daventry site. It will deliver courses to adult learners up to diploma and Masters degree level, as well as students taking the Ford Masters apprenticeship programmes. The building will include classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium and a vehicle showroom area well as a lounge and restaurant. Ford has also announced a series of engineering and business apprenticeship programmes, including a newly-established higher apprenticeship in IT, in addition to the Masters apprenticeship programme, which recruits 450 new apprentices into the Ford dealer network every year. Construction on the new site is scheduled to open in early 2015.