Top Apprenticeship Levy tips for HR professionals

An apprentice is a way for businesses to cost-effectively recruit and upskill their workforce, ensuring that they can grow their own talent and develop a motivated, skilled and qualified team.

Last April the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced so employers could plug skills gaps, recruit new talent and improve the abilities of their current and future staff through work-based learning.

Under the levy, large employers – those with a pay bill of more than £3m – will pay 0.5% of their total wage bill to invest in training staff.

The last year has been a period of significant change, and it will take time for the market to adjust. But these reforms are important and were introduced to put quality at the heart of the apprenticeship programme and put control in the hands of employers.