Thousands of SMEs denied chance to recruit apprentices as a result of levy shortage
Two-fifths of training providers are having to turn away smaller businesses wanting to recruit apprentices because of the growing shortfall in funding from the £2.8bn #apprenticeship #levy The levy is designed to fund the entire apprenticeship programme for large and...
UK may be left behind in skill development race says research.
New research from City & Guilds Group has suggested that the UK risks being left behind as employers across the world race to upskill their workers. As digitalisation and fluctuating economies transform the skills needed in the workplace today, employees are less...
Lack of upskilling opportunities risks “populist time bomb”
UK workers are given the fewest opportunities to upskill of all nationalities, according to PwC research More than half (51%) of UK workers were offered no retraining opportunities, compared to a 26% global average – and 33% in the US and 31% in Germany for example....