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Article: AWM funding boost for pupils entering business.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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Byline: HANNA HWALDRAM
A programme to help school-leavers enter the world of business has been given a funding boost to support it over the next two years.
Advantage West Midlands will sponsor CBI West Midlands' Business in the Classroom initiative with a pounds 110,000 support package.
Introduced in September 2008, the scheme creates partnerships between businesses and local schools to promote knowledge of the workplace and teach young people skills to increase their employability.
In its first phase, seven CBI member companies and ...