London was once awash with apprentices. They poured into the city from across the country: at Elizabeth I’s death, they made ...

Conversations about applying international work-based learning models to the American context can only go so far before veering into wishful thinking. American business leaders are enchanted by German ...

It is a charge that businesses with annual payrolls over £3m must pay, calculated at 0.5 per cent of their wage bill. It affects 2-3 per cent of employers. Levy payers are meant to use the levy to ...

Despite the majority of senior managers citing cybersecurity as a high priority, only 10% of UK firms have an incident management plan. What’s more, only 29% of firms surveyed in last year’s ...

The 'broken' Apprenticeship Levy had little support from fmcg bosses. How does its replacement differ - and will it make an ...

The George Osborne era apprenticeship levy has failed to deliver for the communities it was supposed to support. Entry-level apprenticeships have plummeted by three-quarters since it was introduced.

Hundreds of business owners say they won't take on apprentices or will train fewer young people if the Government pushes a controversial new levy through. Sign up for the top news stories every day to ...

The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) is calling for the government urgently to review the basis of charging of the apprenticeship levy, following evidence that it disproportionately ...

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The new report also highlights the wider decline in employer investment in training despite a significant rise in skill shortage vacancies, prompting calls for levy reform The number of apprentices ...

Every week there is a news item where someone is saying something about the importance of apprenticeships. The National Skills Academy for Financial Services has been working for more than nine years ...