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Employer information session, October 2026: watch the recording
Missed our information session for employers? The full recording is now available to watch in your own time.
Read more →Recruitment Support for Employers
We now offer a recruitment service that helps GP practices find, onboard and train new talent through tailored apprenticeship programmes — with stackable government incentives of up to £6,000 for hiring 16–24 year olds.
Read more →Growth and Skills Levy 2026
If your wage bill is under £3 million you don't pay the levy — and the new Growth and Skills Levy reforms put SMEs in the driving seat, with 100% funded training for under-25s, cash hiring grants and levy transfers.
Read more →The 2026 Apprenticeship Pivot: Balancing Youth Opportunity with Lifelong Learning
The March 2026 reforms refocus funding on younger learners. We look at what the 2017 reforms achieved, what is changing, and why keeping progression pathways open matters.
Read more →Budget 2025: What You Need to Know About Apprenticeships
Our take on the Budget: the Youth Guarantee, a £725m programme budget increase, the end of levy top-ups, faster levy expiry and fully funded apprenticeships for under-25s at SMEs.
Read more →The Importance of Quality in Delivering Apprenticeship Programmes
What quality means in an apprenticeship programme: applied skills, current standards, a culture of excellence, employer engagement and continuous evaluation.
Read more →HSJ Awards finalist: Workforce Initiative of the Year
Our Community and Maternity Champions Project with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council has been shortlisted at the HSJ Awards.
Read more →NHS 10-Year Health Plan and what it means for apprenticeships
The three shifts — hospital to community, analogue to digital, sickness to prevention — and how apprenticeships such as Community Health and Wellbeing Worker and Business Administrator help deliver them.
Read more →Workforce planning in health and care: how apprenticeships can help
A practical guide to structured workforce planning in health and care — and why apprenticeships belong at the heart of the action plan.
Read more →Let's talk about your workforce
Tell us what roles you're trying to fill or develop and we'll come back within two working days with a funding check and a suggested programme.