Apprenticeships & Internships

Apprenticeships and Internships allow you to bring new talent through the ranks and train your team with the skills they need to help your business succeed.

This page gives you information about the benefits of apprenticeships, how they work and some really useful links for more information.

A modern apprenticeship is a job with training to industry standards. Apprenticeships aren’t just for school leavers, anyone in England can apply if you’re 16+. More and more employers today are waking up to the benefits of apprenticeships. This can either be on employing a new member of staff as an apprentice or encouraging an existing employee to further their career by taking an apprenticeship.

  • Providing skilled workers for the future
  • Increasing staff loyalty and retention
  • Increasing a company’s bottom line
  • A great way to build your business

Employers may be able to access incentives to take on an apprentice.

Employ an apprentice for your business: step by step

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Enterprising Ashfield

Start-up to Scale-up business support programme across the Kirby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield areas...
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Nottinghamshire Apprenticeship Levy

Nottinghamshire County Council is now able to work with other employers, supporting them to take on new apprentices and to......
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University of Nottingham

Looking for a high impact, low cost intervention to develop your organisation? Enhance a project, or take a fresh look......
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Loughborough University Careers Network

Loughborough University offers a range of support to students and employers...
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Derby City Apprenticeship Levy Transfer

Derby City Council is transferring 25% of the apprenticeship levy to employers looking to recruit apprentices or upskill their existing workforce....
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Events

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Case Studies

Tybro

Tybro

Tybro is an award-winning, fourth-generation independent business. Founded in 1914, it provides high-quality precision engineering solutions to a range of industries.

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News

Skills for Life: Multiply Small Grants Opportunity

Skills for Life: Multiply Small Grants Opportunity

WMCA has now launched a Small Grants opportunity for VCS Organisations (Wave 2) to support with outreach & engagement activity for...

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Black Business Fund

Black Business Fund

Black-owned restaurants with fewer than five locations can apply to the fund for a grant.

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