Apprenticeship Levy - Free Lunchtime Briefings

Free lunchtime briefings to outline the impact of the new apprenticeship levy are being sponsored throughout the country in January by Crown Workforce Management Systems.

The levy is a mandatory tax for employers with a UK payroll of £3m+ who will be charged 0.5% of their overall payroll bill from April 2017.

Businesses can offset this levy to fund apprenticeship training programmes for new and existing staff but the legislation is complex as the application of training and development under the apprenticeship scheme has been extended. Staff who are not formal apprentices may qualify under the new rules.

Business leaders should ask themselves, do they feel fully informed, prepared and ready for this new tax, said David Bacon, Sales Director for Crown Workforce Management Systems.