Apprenticeship Levy
In-depth reporting on workforce training and funding schemes shaping talent development across the UK foodservice sector. From navigating complex employer contributions to maximising government-backed apprenticeship programmes, this section supports operators, chefs, and catering leaders in building skilled, future-ready teams.
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Mar- 2024 -19 MarchEducation
Government to fully fund small business apprenticeships
The Government has announced that it is set to fully fund apprenticeships in small businesses from 1 April by paying the full cost of training for anyone up to the age of 21. Furthermore, large employers who pay the apprenticeship levy will now be able to transfer half of their…
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Feb- 2024 -6 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Compass commits over £3m Apprenticeship Levy funding
Compass Group UK and Ireland has announced it has supported 250 apprentice programmes across 170 organisations, committing over £3m of its Apprenticeship Levy. These funds have helped small and medium-sized enterprises, charities and social enterprises to invest in and develop their staff. Large employers that pay the Apprenticeship Levy can…
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Jan- 2024 -17 JanuaryTrade Associations
UKH ‘encouraged’ as job vacancies fall by 35,000 in 2023
UKH has been “encouraged” by news that job vacancies within the industry have fallen by 35,000 within 2023, according to new figures from the ONS. However, current vacancies still remain “far higher” than pre-pandemic levels, when there were 89,000. According to UKH, reforms to the apprenticeships levy and addressing the…
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2 JanuaryTrade Associations
UKH sets out plan for 2024
UKHospitality has unveiled a three-point plan which it will focus on in 2024 to put hospitality at the “front and centre of policy making” ahead of the next General Election. The plan includes generating investment through root and branch reform of business rates, creating jobs through Apprenticeship Levy reform and…
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Aug- 2023 -23 AugustCatering Companies
Compass Group gifts £500k to fund apprenticeships in West Midlands
Compass Group has gifted £500,000 to West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to boost hospitality and professional services courses in the West Midlands region through the Apprenticeship Transfer Levy Fund. The new funded apprenticeships to WMCA will help budding chefs, restaurant front of house staff or other supporting roles land jobs…
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Apr- 2023 -19 AprilNews
UKH urges government to improve vacancy rate ahead of summer
UKHospitality is urging the government to take action and improve the vacancy rate for the sector as the latest ONS figures show 140,000 job vacancies. The trade body warns that months of no positive movement in vacancy levels endangers the summer season as venues are forced to reduce opening hours…
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Mar- 2023 -1 MarchPeople
Record employment figures shows hospitality’s growth potential, says UKH
A record 2.6 million people are now employed in accommodation and food service, with the sector creating one in five new jobs, all despite “crippling vacancies” and staff shortages, according to the latest data from UKHospitality (UKH). Set to be announced at its inaugural Workforce and Skills Seminar, UKH will…
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Feb- 2023 -23 FebruaryBusiness
Third of hospitality firms at risk of going under, says UKH
UKHospitality has revealed that 32% of hospitality firms are at risk of failure within the next year, despite hospitality sales in 2022 surpassing pre-Covid levels. The hospitality association said this is because sales remain “significantly behind 2019” in real terms due to inflation. The UKHospitality Quarterly Tracker, in association with…
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15 FebruaryBusiness
Inflation falls to 10.1% in January
Inflation slowed for the third consecutive month in January to 10.1%, down from 10.5% in December, but remains close to a near 40-year high. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), on a monthly basis, inflation fell by 0.6% in January 2023, compared with a…
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6 FebruaryBusiness
Sodexo gifts £2m of apprenticeship levy
Sodexo has gifted £2m of its apprenticeship levy to support a number of small companies and not-for-profit organisations across the UK. The food services and facilities management business first took the decision to “gift with purpose” a portion of the apprenticeship levy it pays in 2019. In August 2021, it…
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