Category: Inventory
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Growth and Skills Levy: Can apprenticeship funding reforms deliver for employers?
A major shake-up in apprenticeship funding will begin to rollout from April 2026, with further detail emerging throughout the year. The Growth and Skills Levy will supersede the current Apprenticeship Levy, with the reformed framework aiming to introduce more flexible training options and respond more quickly to skills shortages. However, a growing body of employers…
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Innovate UK Grant Boosts Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains
Innovate UK, the UK’s national innovation agency, has launched the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains competition, providing grant funding through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to help organisations develop more resilient, productive and sustainable supply chains across the UK manufacturing sector. The funding supports innovation that strengthens supply chain performance and long term competitiveness, particularly where…
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Logistics and supply chain careers can help tackle UK youth unemployment
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the bleak headlines surrounding youth unemployment, with almost one in six 16 to 24-year-olds who want a job unable to secure one. “Britain’s youth unemployment tops Europe for first time,” blared The Telegraph last week, while the Guardian described young people’s battle to find a job as “soul-crushing”. Yet despite the dreary job market, logistics and…
