PM Announces New ‘Dormant Accounts Youth Fund’

The Prime Minister has announced some help for young people looking to get into the job market. The new fund will use money from dormant bank and building society accounts to help some of the most disadvantaged young people into employment. A support programme will be...

Is Ignorance Reason for Slow Apprenticeship Starts?

This article from Phillip Speed of SCTP member, Nucleus Commercial Finance suggests that the reason for the drop in apprenticeship starts is a lack of awareness of ‘the options for onboarding apprentices, and the benefits that apprentices could...

Minutes of 13 March SELEP Skills Advisory Group

Click here to see the minutes of the latest meeting of the South East LEP wide group that pulls together skills strategy across East Sussex, Kent and Essex. SELEP has also made available a document with answers from DWP to a set of questions on the use of the...