In the Prime Minister’s first economic speech since the Spring Budget, Rishi Sunak will today be announcing a major reform package to boost apprenticeships and cut red tape for thousands of small businesses, along with the establishment of a new ...
Read More »Launch date for Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship confirmed
Sector companies are being urged to gift unused Levy funds as the launch date for the Level 2 Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship is confirmed as 1 January 2024. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced that the ...
Read More »Sodexo pledges £100,000 of apprenticeship levy in support of training ex-offenders
Sodexo has pledged £100,000 of its annual apprenticeship levy in support of training ex-offenders this year, with funds being made available to any small or medium sized employers (SMEs) or not for profit organisations, seeking to recruit an ex-offender into ...
Read More »Final proposals for Apprenticeship Standard for the cleaning and hygiene industry submitted
Final proposals for an Apprenticeship Levy funded industry-wide Apprenticeship for the cleaning and hygiene sector have been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (iATE). The approving body will give the final agreement and confirmation for the Apprenticeship ...
Read More »Elior commits to gift over £450k to fund apprentices
Contract caterer, Elior, has committed to donate £480,000 of its Apprenticeship Levy to fund apprenticeships in hospitality, healthcare and education over the next three years. Elior will collaborate with Total People – part of the LTE Group – locating and ...
Read More »Don’t let the levy break
The FM sector has a lot to gain from the Apprenticeship Levy, but a troubled first year hasn’t given the industry confidence it will achieve its ambitious aspirations. It’s not too late though, and a series of simple changes would ...
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