Wondering what it's like to be an apprentice at The Affinity Group? We sat down with recent accounts apprenticeship graduate and winner of the Affinity 'Rising Star' Award, Cara Bright, to hear her apprenticeship story. You’ve been with us for about a year and a half now. Think back to two years ago - what were you up to and was doing an apprenticeship always the plan?  Two years ago, I was working at a restaurant part time and didn’t really have a solid plan for the future. I went through two rounds of uni applications, firstly for forensic science and then for astrophysics (so it was clear I had no idea what [...]

Each year The Affinity Group’s social committee decide on a well deserving charity to support through the completion of a ‘bucket-list’ style challenge. So far, the team have completed the three peak’s challenge for McMillan Cancer Support, and a sky dive for Dorset Mind. So, as you can imagine, finding a challenge that tops jumping out of a plane and climbing the highest peaks in the UK was a challenge in itself! Bungee Jump The team seem to have a taste for jumping from great heights, so they decided to complete a bungee jump challenge (rather them then me!). [...]

Curious about what it’s like to be an apprentice? We sat down with our newest Affinity Academy graduate, Finley Turner, who has recently completed his Level 3 Digital Marketing Apprenticeship to find out more about Affinity Apprenticeships. Why did you choose to do an apprenticeship? After deciding that my course was not the direction I wanted to continue going in during my first year of university, I looked for other options. Whilst I did consider other degrees or going into employment straight away, doing an apprenticeship made the most sense. With an apprenticeship, I was able to gain real work [...]