A total of £100,000 has been pledged during this year’s National Apprenticeship Week to a scheme helping people across the West of England to develop new skills.
Last week Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) Council and the Southern Co-Op agreed to share £75,000 and £25,000 respectively to the region’s Share to Support scheme, which is run by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and The Western Training Provider Network (WTPN).
The scheme allows apprentice-levy paying employers to pass on their unused levy funds to allow smaller local businesses to pay for the costs of training new starters or develop existing employees' skills set.
