With National Apprenticeship Week just around corner, this month we bring a series of articles outlining the huge benefits of apprenticeships to businesses and career-seekers. We also provide full information about the plentiful support available if you are considering taking on an apprentice.

New business support schemes from Warwickshire County Council and our partners are constantly coming down the track and this month we feature the launch of the new Manufacturing Growth Programme.

The business side of running Warwickshire's glorious country parks is considered in our Special Feature while Nuneaton, and all the exciting developments going on there, is in the spotlight in our popular Talk Up Our Towns section.