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South West Water welcomes 21 secondary school students for work experience

South West Water helped secondary school students discover new career options as part of its work experience programme.  

05/09/2023

South West Water signs Armed Forces Covenant to pledge continued support for veterans

South West Water, part of Pennon Group, has shown its direct support for veterans by signing the Armed Forces Covenant.

27/06/2023

South West Water expands graduate recruitment programme with up to 25 new places

South West Water is looking to attract more talented individuals to its graduate management programme for 2022, with up to 25 full-time, permanent places available in a range of roles across the business.

18/01/2022

South West Water welcomes new graduates as part of ambitious target to invest in new talent

One of the largest companies in the South West is boosting the region’s economy and investing in new talent, by welcoming its first intake of graduates as part of ambitious new targets.

10/09/2021

South West Water is building the future with record number of apprentices

South West Water is marking the start of National Apprenticeship Week with a commitment to offering 500 new apprenticeships in the next five years.

05/02/2021

South West Water to kick-start careers for region’s unemployed young people

South West Water is providing jobs for 50 unemployed young people across the region as part of the Government’s new Kickstart scheme.

02/12/2020

South Devon UTC students turn into engineers for the week

  Pictured: work experience students Alex Martin, 18, Charlie Ford, 18, Shaun Adams, 16, and George West, 17   Students from South Devon University Technology College (UTC) swapped textbooks for hard hats during their engineering based work experience with South West Water this week.

27/04/2018

Double success for South West Water at apprenticeship awards

  Celebrating success: Scott Ackland (left) and Tammy Deakin (right)   A talented young apprentice from South West Water was crowned Engineering Apprentice of the Year at South Devon College’s apprenticeship awards in Paignton last night (8 March).   South West Water’s parent company Pennon Group was also awarded Large Apprentice...

09/03/2018

South West Water recruits first apprentices from the South Devon UTC partnership

South West Water welcomed its latest two apprentices this week, the first to join from the new South Devon University Technical College (UTC) in Newton Abbot.

07/03/2018