We would like to pay tribute to Peter Hatchard, owner of Thomas Hatchard & Sons (precision engineering company) for over 50 years, based in Portslade, who sadly passed away in April 2026, at the remarkable age of 90! Peter was a Director of SIGTA for almost 9 years. He will be remembered for the true gentleman he was. Our thoughts go out to his family. RIP Peter.

We make a short video promoting every apprenticeship vacancy. This really helps with recruitment, giving the potential apprentices a chance to look around the workplace. Here’s the mini studio where video is edited and original backing track composed. Our latest video here:

We also create a web page for each of our member companies on the SIGTA website.

Last night was a spent at a careers event in Eastbourne. Good interest in apprenticeships from the students and their parents at this busy show.

The Apprentice Bootcamp gives training providers an opportunity to share their insights as guest speakers. Given the popularity of careers in STEM-related industries this allows us to directly impact with the next generations career choices.

The video is a little under half hour long, as Carl and I discuss SIGTA apprenticeship programmes.

Huge congratulations to Lloyd Jourdain at the Brighton i360 for completing his Maintenance and Operations level 3 apprenticeship. He’s worked really hard throughout the programme, completing his college studies and an NVQ in the workplace. Overall he achieved a distinction! Lloyd is one of the skilled engineers behind the scenes keeping all the complex systems running at the Brighton i360. Well done Lloyd and all the best from the team at SIGTA!

Massive Congratulations to Darryl Kingshott, our Training Officer, who has completed twenty years service with SIGTA. What an amazing achievement! 🎉👏
Darryl started his career as a SIGTA Engineering Apprentice and ended up working here! Thank you Darryl for your dedication and commitment to our Team.

Darryl is pictured here with With Mick Jones (SIGTA Chairman).

SIGTA apprentice James Clark of Felcon, Newhaven has been shortlisted for the apprentice awards next month. Well done James and wishing you best of luck from the SIGTA team!

Come and meet us at the De La Warr to find out about the fantastic apprenticeships that we offer in your area.