Northern Ireland set to scrap food craft apprenticeships

Bill Jermey, FTC chief executive

The Food and Drink Training and Education Council (FTC) says it is concerned by Northern Ireland's proposed plans to scrap specific apprenticeships for butchers, brewers, bakers and fishmongers and replace them with a single, cluster qualification. The organisation told Meat Management it sees the move as a very regressive step. ...

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