SME owner with young trainees

Business owners are enjoying the benefits Skills for Life and It all starts with Skills — a Department for Education campaign that promotes apprenticeships, Skills Bootcamps, T Level industry placements, Multiply numeracy courses, and other training and employment schemes — which are designed to grow teams skills.

These training and employment schemes are appealing to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across a wide range of sectors from digital and health to construction and engineering. And the programs are creating exciting opportunities for businesses of all sizes, in a range of sectors, across the UK.

Here, employers explain what benefits they’re embracing through the schemes...

You get access to the best and brightest talent in the industry and they’ll have a fresh take on the way your business operates.

Attracting a new generation of recruits through apprenticeships, Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs), and T Level industry placements means having a talent pipeline of bright, young, and committed learners focused on growing their knowledge and exploring all areas of a business.

Kim Slater drives the recruitment of apprentices at FD Works, a Bristol-based accountancy firm, where she........

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