Apprenticeships Work is an Edge campaign with a simple goal: to encourage more small businesses to take on apprentices.
SMEs are the backbone of our economy and our communities, but often struggle to engage with the apprenticeship system. They represent 99.8% of businesses and 60% of total employment in the UK, but only employ 37% of apprentices - that's a 17 percentage point fall since the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced. We want to change that.
We want to showcase the benefits of apprenticeships, spotlight initiatives that are already supporting SMEs, and call on Government to break down the barriers that are holding SMEs back from engaging with the apprenticeship system.