B&Q

Developing home-grown talent and maintaining a 13% lower turnover rate with apprenticeships.

Career-defining apprenticeships that mean people stay and progress

B&Q is the UK’s leading home improvement and garden living retailer, helping customers have smarter homes since 1969. We have been partnered since 2017 and deliver their retail, management, coaching and trade supplier programmes. 

Since the start of the partnership B&Q have seen cost savings close to £300,000 due to lower turnover and lower sickness rates in their level 2 apprentices.

They have promoted 50% of colleagues that have achieved, with 18% being promoted twice, and 86% of apprentices who have achieved have been retained after 12 months of achieving.

Inspiring results

Opening opportunities for new talent and supporting wider priorities such as increasing social mobility, diversity and inclusion are the future focus areas for the partnership. Together, we're shaping the future of B&Q’s training.

13%
lower turnover rates for L2 apprentices
£97,188
estimated saving on re-hiring per year
£196,412
estimated saving per year due to improved sickness rates
1.7%
lower absence rate for L2 apprentices
70%
of colleagues say that apprenticeships have helped their career
77%
of B&Q stores engaged in apprenticeships

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We’ve established a fantastic partnership; one we will continue to grow and extend. We work together to make sure our apprentices receive the best learning experience and are committed to supporting them develop.

Jo Vincent, L&D Apprenticeship Team, B&Q

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