"It's an aging population within our bakery industry and those skills are slowly dying." - Julie Eldridge from Geary's Bakery. Speaking at our Skills Heroes Celebration on 4 September 2024 Julie Eldridge from Geary's Bakery talked about the current skills gap in the bakery industry and the need to develop their workforce using apprentices. Geary's have worked closely with us to create a bespoke apprenticeship training program to train young people in these traditional skills. In the process we h