Top SME Apprenticeship Employer 2025
MCFT - Top Apprenticeship Employer!
We are proud to announce that we have been named the number 1 SME Apprenticeship Employer for 2025! We’re honoured to be recognised by the Department for Education with this prestigious award, which reflects our dedication and commitment to addressing the current and future skills shortage in commercial catering and refrigeration engineering.
Investing in the Future of Skills and Talent
At MCFT, we believe that investing in people is the key to long-term success. That’s why we have dedicated significant resources to developing our state-of-the-art training facility, expanding our quality and compliance teams, and supporting a talented group of in-house technical trainers. These trainers are continuously developing their skills as educators, enabling us to provide an outstanding learning environment.
Our focus is simple: to create the best place for apprentices to come, learn, and thrive. By offering hands-on experience and real-world skills, we are developing world-class, reliable engineers. Our earn-and-learn approach ensures they not only gain valuable knowledge but also build rewarding, long-term careers with us.
Hear from MCFT Founder, Chris Craggs:
"Being named the number one SME employer of apprentices is a tremendous honour and reflects our commitment to tackling the current and future skills shortage in commercial catering and refrigeration engineering.
Being an employer-provider was the only clear path to solving the issues, ensuring we were providing the best place where people wanted to come and learn, giving them hands on skills and experience to be the best in the industry, and the chance to earn-and-learn, leading to a long-term career. We’ve invested heavily in a national state of the art training facility, quality and compliance staff, and a team of in-house technical trainers who we support in developing as educators.
Our apprentices—whether field-based or office-based—gain real-world, hands-on experience from day one. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce, with local teams serving local customers and targeted initiatives to increase the number of female technicians. This recognition reinforces our belief in investing in long-term talent, not just meeting the needs of today. We couldn’t be prouder of all our apprentices and the positive impact they continue to make."
Looking Ahead: Committed to Developing the Next Generation of Talent
As a top Apprenticeship Employer, we remain dedicated to delivering world-class training and career development opportunities that will shape the future of the industry.
Thank you to our incredible training team and our apprentices for their commitment and hard work.
Visit our People site to find out more about our Technical Academy and training team:
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