The apprenticeships and skills guide

Three years ago, the government introduced a levy scheme designed to encourage employers to invest in apprenticeships. It has not gone well. 

A poll conducted by Grant Thornton at the close of 2019 found that less than half of the businesses included in the scheme had spent any of the money they had paid into their pot (early funds have now expired and been lost) and virtually none of those questioned understood why they had been forced to pay at all, or what the potential benefits would be.