Make UK comment on Apprenticeships announcement by the Prime Minister

Commenting on the announcement on Apprenticeships today by the Prime Minister, Stephen Phipson, CEO of Make UK, said:

“Industry will welcome this boost for Apprenticeships, for whom they are heartbeat of many companies. We now need to build on this with a skills revolution, starting with substantial employer-driven reforms of the Apprentice Levy and, a complete review of the vocational skills system within a long-term industrial strategy. This must be a national endeavour to equip the current, and next, generation workforce with the digital skills they will need for the many jobs of the future that have yet to be invented. This revolution must also start within the education system so that we have a constant pipeline of talent to fuel the expansion of manufacturing.”