{"id":1366,"date":"2016-06-21T09:24:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T09:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2016-06-21T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T09:25:00","slug":"smes-failing-to-embrace-productive-apprentice-workforces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/smes-failing-to-embrace-productive-apprentice-workforces\/","title":{"rendered":"SMEs failing to embrace productive apprentice workforces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the UK are failing to embrace the benefits of productive apprentice workforces, according to a new survey.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The study, conducted by The Interserve Society, revealed a distinct lack of awareness of apprenticeship schemes among SMEs.<\/p>\n<p>Only 32 per cent of SME respondents told Interserve that they had heard of Higher or Degree-level apprenticeships.<\/p>\n<p>However, of those that were aware of, and did employ, apprentices, over a third of SMEs said that apprentice recruits were amongst the most productive in their workforce.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, 37 per cent of SMEs told the survey that apprentices were the most productive of all their recruits.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the results of the study, Adrian Ringrose, chief executive of the Interserve Society, said, \u201cThis report provides a snapshot of attitudes and perceptions towards apprenticeships among young people, parents and employers at a time when the forthcoming Apprenticeship Levy has firmly pushed the topic onto the business agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, as the report shows, much more needs to be done to change perceptions and raise awareness of apprenticeship schemes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness, government and educators must all work together to better inform parents and young people about apprenticeships, in order to ensure that these schemes can become a driving force for skills and sustainable careers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the UK are failing to embrace the benefits of productive apprentice workforces, according to a new survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}