Hudson has welcomed new government funding that will provide SMEs up to £2,000 for every 16–24-year-old apprentice they recruit. Employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy can claim the incentive for new recruits starting apprenticeships from October 1, provided they join from July onwards. The funding forms part of wider government efforts to reverse
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Hudson Contract has welcomed a hard-hitting new House of Lords report calling on the government to reform the Apprenticeship Levy, pre-16 education and the Construction Industry Training Board to address skills shortages. Chaired by former Tesco board director Baroness Neville-Rolfe, the Built Environment Committee took aim at the blockers making it more difficult to build
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As part of the government’s Plan for Jobs launched during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kickstart scheme went live in September 2020, targeting those aged 16-24 who are on Universal Credit and deemed at risk of long-term unemployment. The initiative had a budget of up to £1.9bn and aimed to create “hundreds of thousands” of high-quality
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In the last ten years the age demographic of workers in construction has changed. In 2010, 29% of construction workers were aged 50 and over; the latest figures show that ten years on this has increased to 35%. This is not just down to COVID – this trend can be seen to start back in
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IS NOW THE RIGHT TIME TO TAKE ON AN APPRENTICE? WITH ALL THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, WE THINK IT IS… With all the uncertainty at the moment, you may not think this is the best time to expand your team and take on an apprentice. However, with up to £3,000 in government cash incentives available, and
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