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Two electrical apprentices from IAC in Newport, Wales, Alex Scott and Luke Elsmore, will represent their company in the industrial control category of the WorldSkills UK National Competitions at The Skills Show in Birmingham. Their employer, IAC managing director Peter Lewis, expressed confidence in their talents and the quality of apprentices produced by IAC. The article also summarizes plans for Newport, Wales to become a "Super Connected City" with ultrafast broadband, and how this will benefit local businesses and organizations like care homes.

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Two electrical apprentices from IAC in Newport, Wales, Alex Scott and Luke Elsmore, will represent their company in the industrial control category of the WorldSkills UK National Competitions at The Skills Show in Birmingham. Their employer, IAC managing director Peter Lewis, expressed confidence in their talents and the quality of apprentices produced by IAC. The article also summarizes plans for Newport, Wales to become a "Super Connected City" with ultrafast broadband, and how this will benefit local businesses and organizations like care homes.

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Business

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Argus

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Electrical apprentices switch on to compete on the national stage


A PAIR of switched-on electrical engineering apprentices from Gwent controls systems firm IAC will battle it out against the UKs most talented apprentices and learners in the finals of the WorldSkills UK National Competitions at this years The Skills Show this week. Alex Scott, aged 20, a fourthyear apprentice, from Newport and Luke Elsmore, aged 19, a third-year apprentice, from Blackwood, will jointly represent Newport-based IAC at The Skills Show. The two apprentices will compete in the Industrial Control Section of the show. The show, being held at the NEC Birmingham this week (14 16 November), is the UKs largest skills and careers event. Alex is a former pupil at Lliswerry High School, while Luke attended Blackwood School and joining IAC as an apprentice aged just 16 after doing well at his GCSEs. The two attend the University of South Wales in Newport as part of their apprenticeship training at IAC. Peter Lewis, managing director of Queensway Meadowsbased IAC, said: Alex and Luke are both very talented apprentices and excellent examples of the kind of apprentice engineers that we consistently produce here in Newport. Were confident that the two will perform well on the world stage in what is a very prestigious and highly-regarded competition. Mr Lewis said IAC, a multiaward winning company, are committed to supporting apprenticeships. The established firm currently has eight apprentices in its workforce and take on two a year. Turn to page 4

SKILLS SHOW: Apprentices Luke Elsmore, left, and Alex Scott are representing Gwent systems control rm IAC

City is soon to be super-connected to boost business


SUPERFAST and Ultrafast broadband are going to change everything we do from shopping to healthcare and its set to be coming to Newport in December. And Newports Super Connected City programme is starting to lead the way in delivering the change. With 6 million funding secured, the project, which is due to go live in December, is starting to make progress for example recently working with local small businesses involved in the Newport Food Festival, and discussing the plans for a Super-Connected Newport with local small businesses. Newport City Council leader Cllr Bob Bright said: To

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make the Super-Connected City project a success, we need to show the demand for the services in the city . To do this we need to show how exciting the project really is. Newport-based businesses are definitely leading the way . Newport-based UK Plumbing Supplies has recently dramatically changed the way it runs its business. Rather than coming to the store to find what they need, plumbers now order everything online even when

theyre on site, and a new mobile phone App allows customers to quickly order what they need. Supplies can then be delivered to site, or quickly picked up from the store selected, packed, invoiced and ready to go. Changes like this can completely transform the efficiency of all businesses. The next generation SuperConnected Newport is far more than just the internet but faster. It will change everything we do. Helen Hughes, from the Ashton Park care home in Newport, said: Increasingly, residents come to us expecting to use the internet and its an important part of keeping them connected with friends and family .

For example, residents can use video calls to keep in touch with family, even on the other side of the world. Developments like this are critical to providing the best care for our residents. Newport businesses can benefit directly with up to 3,000 available through a voucher scheme to connect to superfast or ultrafast broadband. There is 4 million of funding available for Newportbased small businesses to claim to join the SuperConnected Newport. lFor more information, follow on Twitter @ ConnectNewport and on the website newportunlimited. co.uk/superfast.

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