Thatcham Xtrac secures Princess Royal Training Award for third time
A company in Thatcham has received its third Princess Royal Training Award.
Xtrac, which provides specialist transmission technology for top-level motorsport, is the only one in the automotive and motorsport industry to win the apprenticeship training mark of recognition for a third time.
Currently in its ninth year, The Princess Royal Training Awards was created by City & Guilds to recognise outstanding training and skills development programmes.
“We’re delighted to receive this accolade again, because it recognises our long-standing investment in developing the proficiency of all our multi-skilled employees,” said Xtrac’s chief executive Adrian Moore, who began his career as an undergraduate sponsored by Rolls-Royce.
More than 30 per cent of Xtrac’s employees are under 30, so continual investment is crucial to ongoing business growth, as Mr Moore explains: “The hard work we put into our training schemes ensures the capability of our future workforce for the benefit of all stakeholders, including our customers, employees, investors and suppliers.”
Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, will present the award at a ceremony for 52 award winners in November.
The awards are open to all private, public and not-for-profit organisations in the UK and Ireland, regardless of size and sector, who can provide evidence of how their investment in learning and development initiatives has positively impacted their organisation and its people.
Xtrac was previously recognised in 2018 and 2021 for its apprenticeship programme.
Since then, it has opened its own in-house training academy and enhanced its mentoring network, resulting in a visit by Princess Anne to Xtrac’s global headquarters in Thatcham in 2022.
Chair of the City & Guilds of London Institute Dame Ann Limb and chief executive Kirstie Donnelly accompanied Her Royal Highness, who serves as president of the City and Guilds of London Institute.
Xtrac introduced its apprenticeship scheme in 1991.
It has worked with Newbury College since 2003 and University Centre Newbury since this opened in 2020 to deliver its apprenticeships in advanced manufacturing.
