The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Dr Vince Cable MP paid a visit to Nestlé York on Thursday to meet apprentices and see for himself the investment and transformation the site has undertaken in recent years.

The Nestlé York site is one of the World’s largest confectionery factories and over recent years been transformed in a world class facility producing up to 6 million chocolate bars a day. Nestlé has invested over £200 million into the site, £50 million in the last five years including a new AERO factory and upgraded KIT KAT wafer facility.

The Business Secretary Vince Cable was shown the Aero and Kit Kat factories where he met with Ed Wilson, and Jordan Phillips, engineering apprentices and Quintan Thornton who recently completed his apprenticeship and now a full time engineer. The apprentice programme is only one part of the Nestlé Academy launched nine months ago. Through the Academy, Nestlé UK & Ireland committed to double the number of graduates, apprentices and internships and supporting the economy through the training of skilled workers.

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City of York Council’s Eng-AGE 50+ Games will be kicking off next week and getting the ball rolling for a whole week of sporting opportunities for people over 50 years old.

The games aim to promote sporting opportunities across the city that are available for people aged over 50 to take part in, linked to the York 50+ Festival and supporting Move Week, an annual European-wide campaign which promotes wider participation in sport and physical activity by The International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) and its partners.

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