Apprenticeships

The Green Jobs Delivery Group, with business, industry, union and academia involvement, has been tasked with supporting the delivery of up to 480,000 skilled green jobs by 2030.

The Future Skills Unit, announced in February’s levelling up white paper is set to be launched this month.

More than half of employers think the apprenticeship levy should be replaced with a broader training levy, the CIPD has found.

Nursery chain Bright Horizons has just announced a £10m investment in recruitment, retention and training. HR director Janine Leightley tells Personnel Today why this is important.

B&Q and Screwfix employees are to receive a pay rise in April, as their parent company seeks to attract and retain staff in a competitive labour market.

The Institute of Directors has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging the government to create tax incentives for...

Like many initiatives triggered by the Covid pandemic, Kickstart was rushed and has failed to deliver predicted benefits.

Apprenticeships can improve diversity of thought within an organisation and set up employees in early careers with the skills needed...

Mid-sized businesses say they will need to hire this year to support their growth objectives, but many are still struggling to find candidates with the right skills.

Prisoners will be able to access apprenticeships for the first time in a bid to tackle skills shortages and cut crime.

Entry-level apprenticeship starts in England have plummeted, while higher-level apprenticeships, often taken up by older people, have boomed.

The government is seeking views on the future skills needs of employers in the transport sector, and has launched a taskforce to help reduce barriers for certain groups.

Degree apprenticeships offer students the chance to earn while they learn without the debt of university, but is take-up where it should be?

REC says policies that did not address the apprenticeship levy's problems were ‘tinkering at the edges’; City & Guilds said vital sectors of the economy were in a state of collapse.

Amazon has announced it will offer 1,500 new apprenticeships across the UK.
The online retail giant will offer 40 schemes...