manu4life1 "can you suggest any other secure apprentership schemes which give you b1 and b2?"
Just to set something straight in your mind...NO apprenticeship scheme "gives" you a B1 and B2. The Apprenticeship scheme, at the end of the day, gives you a National Craft Cert...i.e. the basic requirement to be called a Craft Worker. At that stage, you are just a mechanic etc.
Its up to yourself to then go and do the applicable EASA exams for the B1 or B2 licence (or both if you wish). Bug difference between a Craft Cert and an EASA B1 or B2 licence.
On another note...you might try
Shannon Aerospace Ltd as they do a shorter training than SRT did offer...its a traineeship. Also, keep an eye on Ryanair website. In all fairness they treat their Engineers well enough. You are basically sent to College alongside the SRT guys and whoever else. Its only the On the Job training where you will be back to your company