OMBs slow to embrace apprenticeships
Owner Managed Businesses (OMB) are failing to hire a sufficient amount of apprentices, finds a study conducted by the Bank of Cyprus UK.
How to standardise assessments
Now that employers are leading the development of standards for their apprentices, Trailblazer groups will set the industry standards then develop an assessment approach designed to confirm that standards are being met.
Employer levy should fund UK apprenticeships, states skills adviser
The government’s skills adviser has hit out at the Conservative party, claiming that its pledge to create three million apprenticeships by 2020 ‘‘simply cannot be done’’, adding that a levy should be imposed against all businesses to fund the initiative.
Government surpasses apprenticeship target
The government has beaten its own apprenticeship target with 22,000 apprenticeships being created between 2013 and 2014.
Scottish SMEs are suffering a skills drought
Scottish Conservatives have said that the reduction of college places and low apprenticeship figures could be the reason for one out of three small businesses reporting a skills drought.
Print SMEs win at apprentice recruitment
Of the print firms that hire apprentices, 57% say it gives them access to the best young talent, while 29% say that apprentices improve business productivity.
Teens opting for revision over Saturday jobs
According to a new report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, young people are choosing to revise for their exams over earning money in a Saturday job.
Half of young Brits worry about money most of the time
Research from Mintel reveals that half of UK consumers born between 1980 and 1999 worry about money most of the time, rising to almost three in five women.
North West SMEs falling behind with apprentice recruitment
According to new research from the Close Brothers Business Barometer, only a quarter of SMEs across the North West currently offer apprenticeships.
OECD report highlights biggest skills gap in UK
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, UK nations have the biggest skills gaps between young people who are not in education, employment or training and those in work.
