The plea to businesses came as ministers reiterated the Government’s plans to increase the funding for apprenticeships to more than £1.4 billion in 2011-12, to mark the start of Apprenticeship Week. Funding for apprenticeships in 2010-11 was just over £1.1 billion.
Cable said: ‘I want to reinforce the message to business and young people that apprenticeships are a first-class way to start a career. That is why my department has pledged to work to create some 75,000 additional adult places than...
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