{"id":1828,"date":"2016-07-07T14:04:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2016-08-17T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T12:27:03","slug":"1828","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Employability and Training Jamie Hepburn spent the day yesterday with modern apprentices, who were showing off a wide variety of skills.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hepburn started the day at Screwfix in Edinburgh, where he helped to launch a new guide to help tradespeople understand how easy it is to hire an apprentice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scotgoveconomy\">@scotgoveconomy<\/a> for helping launch our Apprentice Guide today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8xfheV15y1\">https:\/\/t.co\/8xfheV15y1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Apprenticeships?src=hash\">#Apprenticeships<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6PRzq6ezfC\">pic.twitter.com\/6PRzq6ezfC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Screwfix (@Screwfix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Screwfix\/status\/750722324270346241\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can watch Mr Hepburn and some apprentices talk about how important modern apprentices are to our economy and businesses here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qIBz3HADDpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the guide on Screwfix&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.screwfix.com\/landingpage\/apprenticeguide\/\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later that day, he visited Young Scot&#8217;s headquarters in Edinburgh, where he took part in an &#8216;Ask Jamie&#8217; session hosted by Young Scot and their own digital apprentices.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fantastic live Q&amp;A with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamiehepburn\">@jamiehepburn<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoungScot\">@YoungScot<\/a> MAs &#8211; check out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskJamieSG?src=hash\">#AskJamieSG<\/a> for all his responses to yp&#8217;s Q&#8217;s! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4L2RbhNPAr\">pic.twitter.com\/4L2RbhNPAr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Louise Macdonald (@Louisemac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Louisemac\/status\/750675474905493505\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Questions were far reaching and certainly challenging to answer in under 30 seconds! You can look at the questions and watch Mr Hepburn&#8217;s responses on the Young Scot Twitter feed.<\/p>\n<p>The team produced this great Storify of the afternoon, where you can read a bit more about the day.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/storify.com\/youngscot\/live-twitter-q<\/p>\n<p>It was a fantastic day for the Minister to get out and about and realise the importance of apprentices across business and industry. Whether it is a apprentice learning a trade such as plumbing or someone learning how to produce digital content, the benefits to young people and companies are clear to see.<\/p>\n<p>Skills Development Scotland is a great place to start if you are looking for more information about apprentices. Check out their website here: https:\/\/www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Employability and Training Jamie Hepburn spent the day yesterday with modern apprentices, who were showing off a wide variety of skills. Mr Hepburn started the day at Screwfix in Edinburgh, where he helped to launch a new guide to help tradespeople understand how easy it is to hire an apprentice. Thank you @scotgoveconomy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-employment-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>- Scotland&#039;s Economy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Scotland&#039;s Economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister for Employability and Training Jamie Hepburn spent the day yesterday with modern apprentices, who were showing off a wide variety of skills. Mr Hepburn started the day at Screwfix in Edinburgh, where he helped to launch a new guide to help tradespeople understand how easy it is to hire an apprentice. Thank you @scotgoveconomy...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scotland&#039;s Economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-07T13:04:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-08-17T12:27:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Scottish Government\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Scottish Government\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Scottish Government\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/17ee114de38f9414f2e35843cab38d5a\"},\"headline\":\"No title\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-07T13:04:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-17T12:27:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/\"},\"wordCount\":304,\"articleSection\":[\"Economy\",\"Employment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/\",\"name\":\"- Scotland&#039;s Economy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-07T13:04:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-17T12:27:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/17ee114de38f9414f2e35843cab38d5a\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/\",\"name\":\"Scotland&#039;s Economy\",\"description\":\"Scottish Government Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/17ee114de38f9414f2e35843cab38d5a\",\"name\":\"The Scottish Government\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/c18\/c18937161b57dd86cb7228ebec313018x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/c18\/c18937161b57dd86cb7228ebec313018x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"The Scottish Government\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/author\/scottishgovernment\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"- Scotland&#039;s Economy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"- Scotland&#039;s Economy","og_description":"Minister for Employability and Training Jamie Hepburn spent the day yesterday with modern apprentices, who were showing off a wide variety of skills. Mr Hepburn started the day at Screwfix in Edinburgh, where he helped to launch a new guide to help tradespeople understand how easy it is to hire an apprentice. Thank you @scotgoveconomy...","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/","og_site_name":"Scotland&#039;s Economy","article_published_time":"2016-07-07T13:04:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-08-17T12:27:03+00:00","author":"The Scottish Government","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Scottish Government","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/"},"author":{"name":"The Scottish Government","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/17ee114de38f9414f2e35843cab38d5a"},"headline":"No title","datePublished":"2016-07-07T13:04:57+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-17T12:27:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/"},"wordCount":304,"articleSection":["Economy","Employment"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/","name":"- Scotland&#039;s Economy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-07-07T13:04:57+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-17T12:27:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/17ee114de38f9414f2e35843cab38d5a"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2016\/07\/07\/1828\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/","name":"Scotland&#039;s Economy","description":"Scottish Government Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/17ee114de38f9414f2e35843cab38d5a","name":"The Scottish Government","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/c18\/c18937161b57dd86cb7228ebec313018x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/c18\/c18937161b57dd86cb7228ebec313018x96.jpg","caption":"The Scottish Government"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/author\/scottishgovernment\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}