A local apprentice has been celebrated at Downing Street event this week.
Harry Pullan, a talented apprentice working at Keighley's Byworth Boilers, was nominated as the town's Skills Champion by local MP Robbie Moore following outstanding success at the WorldSkills UK welding competition earlier this year.
Accompanied by Byworth Production Director Rob Baldwin and Technical Director Jason Atkinson, the trio received a tour of Parliament from Mr Moore before making their way to Downing Street for the reception.
Hosted by Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and bringing together skills champions from across the UK, the reception celebrated the achievements of those who have excelled in apprenticeships across various sectors.
Speaking about their experiences:
Harry Pullan said: โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณโ
Rob Baldwin, Production Director at Byworth Boilers said: โ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ Robbie Moore MP for ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ
Jason Atiknson, Technical Director at Byworth Boilers, said: โO๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.โ
Robbie Moore, Keighley and Ilkley's MP, said:
"It is with immense pride that I nominated Harry as our local skills champion. He is an extremely talented young man with an extremely bright future ahead of him, and a reflection of the incredible talent we have across our community.
I hope that Harryโs achievements will serve as an inspiration to the many young men and women in Keighley who are considering embarking into the world of apprenticeships, and I think I speak for everyone across our town in wishing Harry the very best of luck as he advances to the final stage of the WorldSkills UK competition next month. Good luck Harry!โ
