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Apprenticeship starts drop by 25%

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  1. I also think that the reduction is due to the work based learning contracts finishing in March 2019. The contracts are paid for by European money via European Social Funding and as Britain will be exiting Europe next year the providers are not accepting new apprentices. After 2019 nobody knows how work based learning will to be funded

  2. I am now retired, however, when I first went into the construction industry as an apprentice Joiner, firms were paying apprenticeship levies.
    Why are companies now reluctant to pay these levies? – they have probably benefitted from levies paid to train my generation.
    Are these the same companies who are bleating about the current skills shortage (because of lack of investment).
    It is about time they all got their act together and invested in the future of the industry, and not just trying to make bigger profits to pay shareholders and high wages for the top few.

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