All Apprentices articles
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Analysis & Features
How the Apprenticeship Levy became a £3bn swindle
David Cameron’s pet project was meant to boost opportunities for apprentices, but companies say most of the money is disappearing into the Treasury’s pockets. What’s going on?
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Analysis & Features
Tesco chief Ken Murphy’s plea to the government
Ken Murphy has made three demands for government support
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News
Britvic invests £13m into new Rugby canning line
The investment is projected to create up to 20 new jobs across engineering and manufacturing
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News
M&S CEO Stuart Machin joins calls for reform of Apprenticeship Levy
M&S would be able to train more young people without the levy system, according to Machin
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Profiles and Q&As
My food & drink job: Tia Benaim, logistics apprentice, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
For National Apprecticeship Week, Tia gives insight on her logistics role with Coca-Cola
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News
Aldi donating £1m to fund apprenticeships at SMEs
Sectors to benefit will include early years education, operations management, hospitality and health and social care, as well as the food supply industry
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‘Broken’ Apprenticeship Levy must be fixed, BRC chief urges
Helen Dickinson is one of four trade body chiefs to sign an open letter to government criticising the current Apprenticeship Levy
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Aldi kicks off biggest-ever apprenticeship drive
The UK’s fourth-largest supermarket is offering opportunities in stores, logistics and buying, as well as HGV driving
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Analysis & Features
The levelling up ‘missions’ involving food
The levelling up agenda is based on 12 core ‘missions’ to be achieved by 2030. Five are particularly relevant to food, though as the Food Foundation points out, they will “be impossible without ambitious action to improve the food system”
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Profiles and Q&As
My food & drink job: Emma Wright, apprentice technical operator, Premier Foods
Apprentice Emma works on Premier Foods’ Oxo Cube production lines
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Profiles and Q&As
My food & drink job: Bronagh Dempster, McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer, Noble Foods
Apprentice Bronagh is working her way through the business at Noble Foods, a free-range egg supplier to McDonald’s
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News
CJ Lang invests in driver apprenticeship scheme to meet growing estate’s needs
The Scottish Spar wholesaler said the apprenticeship scheme upskilled drivers from HGV Class 2 to HGV Class 1
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Asda donates £2m to boost apprenticeships in local communities
Companies in London, Leeds and Leicester will receive funding from the donation
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Co-op pledges £500k to apprenticeship drive for underrepresented young people
The fund will create opportunities for people most disadvantaged due to systemic prejudice or economic deprivation
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Co-op could take on ‘hundreds more’ with changes to Apprenticeship Levy
Co-op reserach found the number of retail apprentices has fallen by about a quarter since 2014/15
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Superdrug and Savers apprenticeship enjoys record-breaking year with 500 candidates
The sister retailers say the completion rate hit 10% above the national average
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Deliveroo calls for freedom to pass on funds to address ‘chef shortage’
Source: HIT Training/Deliveroo Deliveroo has called on the government to let companies pass a bigger cut of their Apprenticeship Levy funds “down the supply chain” to tackle what it has called a “national chef shortage”. The food delivery company said it was lobbying government to “urgently ...
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Analysis & Features
Farmers of the future: are apprenticeships the solution to a labour crisis?
Britain’s farmers are concerned that Brexit could lead to a shortage of quality managers for their businesses, but could apprentices provide a long-term solution to a potential labour crisis?
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News
Morrisons invests £2m in supply apprenticeships
The money will be made available to employers in Morrisons’ supply chain
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News
Veritas Partners is new sponsor of The Grocer Top New Talent awards
The fmcg recruitment specialist is sponsoring the main awards night in November as well as the upcoming TNT Spring Social