28.10.2025

VIVO Defence launches data and AI apprenticeships with Multiverse to future proof its team and meet the ever-increasing needs of the UK military

Facilities Management company VIVO Defence Services has joined forces with upskilling platform Multiverse to provide its employees data and AI apprenticeships.

VIVO is seeking to improve the skills of its employees in data analytics, AI, and predictive modelling to help future proof its workforce and meet the increasing and changing needs of the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

As one of the largest providers of estate services to the MOD, the data VIVO collects is very important to it.

This partnership with Multiverse will enable VIVO’s staff to fully explore and utilise the insight this data provides.

The training programmes include ‘Data and Insights for Business Decisions’ and ‘AI for Business Value’, designed to develop the technical skills required to utilise data and AI. This will enable the apprentices to make more informed operational business decisions.

This will inevitably play a part in ensuring VIVO has the resources in place to provide the best service possible for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and carry out its important work for many years.

Paul Roberts, VIVO’s Energy & Sustainability Director and Innovation Champion, said: “The data we collect across our organisation is a strategic asset that provides us with real-time insights into the work we do. Further enhancing the way we use this data and AI to influence our operational business decisions will benefit our customer - the UK military.

“This is all about our mission to improve the lived experience for service personnel and to play our part in enhancing the UK’s defence capability.”

Gary Eimerman, Chief Learning Officer at Multiverse, added: “VIVO Defence Services is demonstrating a clear commitment to its people and its mission by investing in these critical skills.

“By training its team in data and AI, it is not just future proofing its workforce: it is directly enhancing its ability to serve the UK military and make a real-world impact.

"We are incredibly proud to partner with them on this journey.”

These two new apprenticeship programmes with Multiverse will strengthen VIVO’s commitment to provide employees with career enhancing training and development opportunities.

Currently, VIVO has more than 85 employees on apprenticeship programmes, they range in age from 18 to 59, and are studying across a wide variety of disciplines.

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