GWA Apprenticeships 2025
Each year we support National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2025 that takes place in February. As part of this, we caught up with Richard Ayre and Roseanne Bennett, both Partners and training leads at Greaves West & Ayre.
Currently we have five of our Apprentices working on the AAT [Association of Accounting Technicians] qualification, two Apprentices working on ATT [Association of Tax Technicians] qualification, and five Apprentices working on ICAEW ACA [Association of Chartered Accountants] qualification. This is approximately 10% of our workforce, which lets you see that training within Apprenticeships builds our future.
Richard and Roseanne explained, “At Greaves West & Ayre we regularly search for talented individuals to join our Apprenticeship training programme. This could be internally for colleagues who wish to continue their professional development within their role or through external recruitment and expansion of the firm.
Our training includes spending time at college or live online learning and working within small teams within our Accounts and Tax Departments, where our Apprentices work hands and are supported by their colleagues. We work within teams of mixed ability colleagues, which allows them to gain coaching and support, whilst being supervised to a high standard. This collective and ongoing mentoring develops both the practical tools and softer skills through knowledge, skills, and behavioural training, which supports growth and provides them with confidence. Thus, allowing them to develop the professional technical and soft skills required to deliver quality client service.
By equipping our Apprentices with a wide range of skills and experiences from across our workplace provides us with well-rounded individuals ready to progress in their career and work towards achieving Chartered status. Investing in our Apprenticeship training programme is fundamental to Greaves West & Ayre’s future.”
Apprentices commented, “The courses provided compliment the training we receive from our mentors here at Greaves West & Ayre. In house we are taught how to prepare accounts and tax computations to the GWA standard; this allows us to provide our clients with the highest quality work that they are used to receiving from us. Training off site gives a different experience and a greater in depth understanding of Tax and Accounting. Our knowledge is evaluated in every session through different scenarios and knowledge tests. Most of the training is provided in Newcastle, which gives us the opportunity to meet and interact with other apprentices. We can complete this training live online or attend the sessions in person which ever style suits your learning best.
You can read more about our apprenticeship opportunities on our website or get in touch with us to find out more.
