The Millionaire Masterminding A Boost To Britain’s Economy

Laurie Stone
 
"We can all acquire the secrets of the rich," says Apprentice winner Joseph Valente
A FORMER winner of BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ says that apprenticeships are one of the ways that can help get Britain back on its feet again.
Joseph Valente reckons that training opportunities and a jobs bonanza are “a certainty” even as ministers and MPs haggle over the best way to achieve net-zero as they battle climate change, with the government recently promising to increase the grant to help homeowners install heat pumps to replace boilers.
“But they are missing the point,” says Peterborough-born Valente.
“All these arguments about how we heat our households in future. Whether it’s heat pumps or conventional boilers using greener fuels, plans must be in place for enough people to install, manage and repair them.
 
“And that means legislating for and encouraging more plumbing and heating apprenticeships and re-training the existing pool of specialists. In my view it’s a certain...