Is the Apprenticeship Levy resulting in a sinking (apprentice)ship?

Posted on 15 May 2018 by The Manufacturer

Twelve months on from the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy and unfortunately the figures don’t make for a positive reading experience. Mike Rigby, head of Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics at Barclays, explains.

The mounting evidence suggests that the current Apprenticeship Levy simply isn’t working. According to year-on-year figures from the Department of Education, there was an almost 60% drop in the number of people starting an apprenticeship in the three months immediately following the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in April 2017. That…

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