by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published its latest departmental plan covering among other things, plans to help more people into work and progressing their careers, completing the roll out of Universal Credit and looking at the case for a mid-life savings...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Low Pay Commission released its latest report on the national minimum wage showing young apprentices in particular having to cope with low wage growth and high levels of underpayment and with only modest (20p) increases in wages for 2019.
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced in their monthly Inform newsletter that they plan to withhold any completion payments that do not meet the criteria in the funding rules, which state that co-investment from the employer must be collected and recorded in the ILR before the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorised
Projects to increase the number of people trained in the construction industry and tackle skills shortages in the sector have secured funding through the Construction Skills Fund, provided by the Department for Education and managed by the CITB. One of the 26 projects...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorised
Interesting research commissioned by SCTP member, HIT Training, has revealed that only 49% of hospitality professionals are currently using most of their Levy funding which will start to expire in May 2019. More details about the findings are on FE News here.
