Firms Find How To Fight The Apprenticeship Fog

Press Release Date: 19 January 2012

More than 100 firms attended the employer engagement event on 18 January organised by Tameside and Stockport  councils.

“Funding, Facts and Fighting the Fog”, which took place at the Village Hotel, Ashton-under-Lyne , explained the merits and methods of employing apprentices and the fact that consumers have been shown to prefer firms which employ apprentices.

There was information about legal considerations as well as ways of funding apprentices such as Tameside’s 50:50 scheme which offers grants of £1,000 to companies taking on young people from the borough aged 16 to 18.

Among the other items covered were ways of gaining relevant skills through government-funded training, improvements in productivity, and the ways apprenticeships help to combat an ageing workforce and avoid skills shortages.

Cllr David Sweeton, Tameside Council’s Executive Member for Business and Community Development, said: “It came as no surprise to me that the employer engagement event was such a success.

“Apprenticeships are a key factor in getting people into work and their value should never be underestimated. Tameside Council has promoted them for many years and events like this make sure local employers fully appreciate their value.”

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