apprentice

While an apprentice, Ms James said she had built up contacts by meeting funeral directors across Somerset and now ran her own business.

Engineering apprentices Charlotte Harber, 18, and Dane Glenn, 21, are among young people building careers at the plant.

The separate apprentice rate which applies to eligible people under 19 - or those over 19 in the first year of an apprenticeship – will also increase from £6.40 an hour, to £7.55.

Being an apprentice means you usually spend four days a week working, and one day studying for a qualification at work, college, university or online.

Employees aged 18 to 20 and apprentices will also see their minimum hourly pay increase.