by Will | Jan 22, 2018 | Apprenticeships, Themes, Themes 2017
[title size=”4″]Employment lawyer and Partner with FBC Manby Bowdler Tracy Worthington looks at the issues the Apprenticeship Levy has thrown up for SMEs and what could happen next…[/title] Manufacturing SMEs are the backbone of our economy. Yet they face...
by Will | Jan 22, 2018 | Industrial Strategy, Themes, Themes 2017
[title size=”4″]The government put a lot of flesh on the bones of its Industrial Strategy in November, with the announcement of a series of specific ‘sector deals’ and a set of four ‘grand challenges’. The challenge to the UK economy is productivity; while...
by Will | Jan 22, 2018 | Apprenticeships, Themes, Themes 2017
Our industry traditionally recruits apprentices in line with academic years, with three-quarters of manufacturers typically recruiting candidates aged 16 to 18. [title size=”4″]Verity Davidge, Head of Education & Skills Policy at EEF, the...
by Will | Jan 22, 2018 | Apprenticeships, Themes, Themes 2017
From March 2018, Cranfield will be launching an open postgraduate engineering apprenticeship programme enabling many more companies the opportunity to upskill their workforce using the Apprenticeship Levy. [title size=”4″]Cranfield University and BAE...
by Will | Jan 22, 2018 | Education, Themes, Themes 2017
[title size=”4″]A dismal failure – or a slow-burn success? Under discussion is not a glitzy new company with disenchanted investors but a substantial industry promoting science and engineering to the young. By Peter Marsh[/title] “Britain has...
