Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships can bring fresh new ideas to your businesses and are a great way to train new or existing staff with skills tailored to your business. For apprenticeships to be successful in your organisation they need to be high quality opportunities but there is plenty of support available to help you. This includes help with finding the right standard and training provider, recruitment, funding and more.

Funding options:

• If you do not need to pay the levy; You pay 5% towards the cost of training and assessing your apprentice. If you employ fewer than 50 employees then the government will pay 100% of the costs of apprenticeship training up to the funding band maximum for apprentices aged: 16 to 18 or 19 to 24 with an education, health and care plan provided by their local authority or has been in the care of their local authority.

• If you pay the levy; You'll receive funds to spend on training and assessing your apprentices. The government will add 10%.

• Incentive payment of £1,000 for hiring an apprentice: aged 16 to 18 years old or aged 19 to 24 with an education, health and care plan or who has been in the care of their local authority

The team can support you with navigating the apprenticeship process, along with our partners. Get in touch today to find out if an apprenticeship is right for your organisation and take the first steps on your apprenticeship journey.