National Apprenticeship Awards Winner 2017
Ginger Nut was one of the winners at the east of England regional final of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2017. The Awards, now in their fourteenth year, are run by the National Apprenticeship Service and recognise excellence in two areas: businesses that grow...
read moreHiring an Apprentice – It’s not all about Grades
When taking on an apprentice, the process of recruiting them and making sure you find the right person can be a daunting challenge. With many (but certainly not all) apprentices coming straight out of school, college or university, grades are going to be something...
read moreSafeguarding: How to respond to issues
When you first start at a new company it can all be very overwhelming not knowing much about who they are. One of the most difficult things to learn when you first start would be where to turn when you have an issue within the workplace. When you first start issues...
read moreInterview Tips!
We’ve all been an applicant for something at some point in our lives. Whether it be a job, a university or even a GYM membership (You probably forgot about your GYM membership, we all did). Nevertheless being an applicant is very important, it is the stage where you...
read moreMy Tech Story – Jack Alexander
Jack Alexander is from Colchester, Essex - Britain’s oldest recorded town. He is currently working as an IT apprentice at Ginger Nut Media… that’s the end of his Tech story. But now let’s take a look at how he got here… Jack has had an interest in Tech for as long as...
read moreWhat we’ve been doing – After school at Friar’s Grove
As a part of our Live to code, code to live program we’ve been going into local schools to help students learn how to code, use computers and generally how computers work. This week, I’m here to update you on what we’ve been up to with some year 5 pupils after school...
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Job Centre Plus & GNT launch readiness to work programme
Ginger Nut Training and The Jobcentre Plus are launching a new innovative programme entitled ‘Readiness to Work’. The programme combines work experience and employability workshops with the aim to help you expand your knowledge and approach to finding a job. The...
read moreGinger Nut Media
Since commencing trading in 2011 Ginger Nut Media has grown from strength to strength and has excelled across the last 4 years. The company itself started out with just one single member of staff, and has now grown to a team of 30 people. Ginger Nut Media is a digital...
read moreWhat is WordPress?
According to https://ithemes.com/tutorials/what-is-wordpress/ "WordPress is an online, open source website creation tool written in PHP. But in non-geek speak, it's probably the easiest and most powerful blogging and website content management system (or...
read moreDay 1 of Ginger Nut Training
On Wednesday we kicked off Ginger Nut Training and made our first steps into St. Helenas Secondary School to embark on teaching their bright students the fundementals of web languages. Fortunately the students had spent some months already on learning HTML and CSS, so...
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