Brend Hotels


An Apprenticeship Academy owned by the hotel group means that you could experience a smooth path from education to employment


The Brend Hotel Group was the first hotel company in the south west to launch its own Apprenticeship Academy. The group, which has 11 luxury hotels


throughout Devon and Cornwall, has been offering vocational training to its staff since 2004. Apprentices used to attend local colleges, but now all training takes place at Brend Group’s Training Academy and on the job at its hotel sites. There are more than 60 apprentices


on the scheme, learning a variety of skills connected with the hotel industry, including front of house, bar, waiting, administration, housekeeping, concierge and portering. We also have a group of 16- to


18-year-old commis chefs working towards their end-point assessment under the new standards and supported by the HIT Training Chef Academies, which offer practical workshops. We are confident they will become the first to achieve this new qualification. Andrew Mosedale, Brend Hotel


Group’s HR manager and academy principal, says: “We have spent the past


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12 years building up expertise and are delighted with the progress. It is certainly a positive aid to grow and develop skills vital to our industry, along with staff retention and reduced staff turnover, given that Brexit is around the corner.” Director Peter Brend Snr says


apprenticeships have proved a very important way of ‘growing your own’ staff. “We are a family business that values its employees and encourages them to stay long-term,” he explains. “Apprenticeships have proved to be an excellent way of developing and enhancing the skill levels in our establishments. Having our own academy means we can offer the very best level 2, 3 and higher apprenticeships on site. Our aim is to become an employer of industry excellence in all senses of the term.”


“Our aim is to become an employer of industry excellence in all senses of the term”


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