Now that some of the dust has settled from 2017's major apprenticeship reforms, at OneFile, we wanted to bring together providers, employers, employer-providers, sector experts and sector businesses to discuss the state of the sector – so we did! At OneCon 2018, we invited all our customers to join us for a day of debate, developments and delicious pastries at the Etihad stadium – here's how the day went down.

To millennials, jobs like Blacksmithing, Wax-Chandling, and Coachmaking may seem left in the darkened ginnels of Victorian Britain, or reserved for the realm of fairy tales and Game of Thrones. To the apprentices learning the trades with the Livery Companies, however, they contribute to today's society more than ever.