Berkeley commits £100k of Apprenticeship Levy to SMEs
Berkeley Group has committed £100,000 of unallocated Apprenticeship Levy to enable London’s small construction businesses to take on more apprentices. The contribution is part of…
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How to take your business to the next level: a guide to successful growth
Start-ups, and small to medium sized organisations are fundamental to the business landscape, in fact, recent figures from FSB show that SMEs accounted for 99.9%…
Oxford Business College’s Platinum Support for SMEs
Oxford Business College has been praised after becoming a Platinum sponsor, one of the first educational organisations in the UK to step forward and support…
Construction skills ‘crisis’ as new figures reveal just one in five sector SMEs are planning to take on an apprentice
Apprenticeship starts and completions show worrying declines, despite construction and trade business owners rating skills shortages as their top concern. Construction sector already faces huge…
GBSLEP Growth Hub drives £103m turnover increase and creates 4,623 jobs for regional businesses
The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) Growth Hub has released a new report highlighting the impact on the region’s economy. The Business…
Education for a world of opportunity
In this article, Robert Harrison from ACS International Schools, discusses the outcomes of a new report, which focuses on what the purpose of education should…
Reforming Post-16 Education
The recent publication of the Education Select Committee’s report into reform of post-16 education deserves careful consideration. In this article, Simon Ashworth sets out his…
Last week’s funding rules announcement shows collaboration is starting to pay off
Over the last year, AELP has made it a strategic priority to work much more closely with the Department of Education (DfE) to make it…
The Business Show
Britain’s Biggest Business Show is back for 2023, returning to the ExCeL in London on the 22nd & 23rd of November! Are you looking to…
Building Successful Supply Chain Partnerships
With the government wanting more SMEs involved in the delivery of public services, 3SC director Kathryn Jellings offers tips on how to build effective supply…