Apprenticeships Work. How to engage more small businesses and young people

In recent months, the government has taken measures to rebalance the apprenticeship system towards young people by shifting the funding rules of the Apprenticeship Levy and introducing Foundation Apprenticeships.

But will this be enough to reverse the decline we have seen in under-19 starts? And what does this mean for SMEs who don't pay the levy, but are more likely to hire young apprentices?

This webinar explored other options for reform, and launched two new policy reports from Edge, which include options for improving the apprenticeship application and advertising system and how to increase support for SMEs. We also launched Apprenticeships Work, a new campaign to encourage more SMEs to hire apprentices. You can see the webinar and reports below.