A YORKSHIRE MEP has praised a rise in apprenticeships across York and North Yorkshire.

Edward McMillan-Scott and York Liberal Democrat councillors Keith Aspden and Ann Reid, visited York College – one of Yorkshire’s major apprentice providers – to find out about their work and meet students who have already had apprenticeships in business administration.

He said more than 25,000 openings had been created in York and North Yorkshire since 2010.

He said: “I hope many more businesses will be encouraged to employ apprentices as a result of the success both employers and trainees locally are achieving.”