Rochdale-based Holroyd Precision Rotors (www.holroyd.com) recently had cause to celebrate, when 20-year-old Joe Butler won the Advanced Engineering Apprentice of the Year (Level 3) award at Rochdale Training’s 48th Annual Awards Evening.

Joe, who began his apprenticeship with Holroyd in 2013, also received a certificate to mark his completion of an Advanced Modern Apprenticeship in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering.

Other Holroyd apprentices to be recognised for their achievements included Matthew Lockyer (who also completed an HNC course), David Wall, Matthew Humphries and business administration apprentice Jordan Gray.

All have now begun full-time employment with either Holroyd Precision or Holroyd Precision Rotors.

Holroyd Precision’s HR manager, Mary Mcgrath, said: “I am delighted to congratulate Joe and our other apprentices on their achievements; they have all worked extremely hard.

“For almost 30 years, we have invested in recruiting and training young people, as part of our apprenticeship and graduate training programmes.

“With expert support from Rochdale Training, we are seeing our young apprentices mature and — in many cases — take on senior roles in our organisation.”