The majority of UK employers support the government's drive to create more apprenticeships, a study has shown.

A survey conducted by Populus on behalf of the National Apprenticeship Service revealed that 75% of employers think that the current economic climate has made apprenticeships all the more important. The findings come at the end of the UK's National Apprenticeship Week.

 

81%, meanwhile, expect apprenticeships to play a bigger part in their recruitment policy in future. Employers cited reduced recruitment costs and the valuable contribution apprentices make to productivity as arguments in favour of offering traineeships.

Said John Hayes, the government's minister for skills, "This research demonstrates that British businesses realise how important apprenticeships can be in helping their companies to grow. Clarity of policy, strength of commitment and certainty of purpose in government has delivered record numbers of apprenticeship starts, outstanding success rates and growth across all sectors.

"This success, mirrored in every English region, is putting businesses on stronger ground to deliver a more balanced economy."

Added Jaine Bolton, director of the National Apprenticeship Service, "Encouraging more employers to offer quality apprenticeships is absolutely vital in equipping young people with the skills they need for the future – and the skills that Britain needs to grow.

"We are committed to creating a new era for Apprenticeships with increased quality of courses and ensuring that there has never been a better time to offer or take an apprenticeship."

 

 

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