National Apprenticeship Week | From shop floor to solicitor: How Specsavers is building careers through apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are often talked about in the context of school leavers. But for many UK employers, they are increasingly becoming a strategic workforce tool - a way to build specialist capability, strengthen leadership pipelines and retain ambitious talent.

At Specsavers, apprenticeships are embedded into long-term workforce planning rather than treated as a bolt-on early careers initiative.