Apprenticeship Levy – Greater Flexibility?

You may recall our April blog post, following the first anniversary of the controversial Apprenticeship Levy coming into force, in which we focussed on what was mainly a year's worth of criticism for the Levy. We are now happy to be able to report some more positive news on this front. Since coming into force, those employers paying the Levy were able to transfer up to 10% of their apprenticeship service funds to one other employer. The UK Government have now announced that, from this month, those employers will be able to transfer that 10% to as many employers as they choose.

The aim is to allow larger employers to fund training in smaller employers in their group or supply chain who may not have the resources to fund apprenticeships themselves. In our previous post, we highlighted the fact that one of the criticisms most consistently aimed at the Levy by businesses was its lack of flexibility and practicality. In announcing the new feature at the end of June, the