National Apprenticeship Week
1 - Feb - 2010
The Government today launched National Apprenticeship Week, celebrating
the commitment of employers to recruit apprentices and urging people to look at
the benefits to their skills and career of becoming an apprentice.
Major UK employers are expecting to hire thousands of
apprentices in 2010 and the government is encouraging all businesses to take up
the new Apprentice Grant for Employers (AGE) scheme offering a £2,500 grant for
each 16 or 17-year-old apprentice taken on.
David Frost from the British Chambers of Commerce said:
“The recession has taught us two key things: that businesses’
long term commitment to investment in their workforce really pays off, and that
young people must be effectively brought into employment. Apprenticeship
programmes offer both of these factors. We would strongly advise our members,
and indeed all businesses, to consider apprenticeships as part of their recruitment
strategy.”