In this week’s expenditure announcement, PM Rishi Sunak confirmed that the government will scrap the 5% co-investment currently expected of small and medium-sized businesses.

If your business is seeking to hire an apprentice, we can guide you through the entire process; from helping you find the perfect candidate, to providing comprehensive training for your new employee.

Volunteering can helps students in many ways such as:

1. Improves well-bring

2. Develops a student’s employability

3. Contributes to the community and wider society

The Government has recently published its report on Apprenticeships (25 January 2024) and the headline figures reveal that:

Apprenticeship starts were up by 7.0% to 130,830 compared to 122,290 reported for the same period in the previous year.

In this video, we bust some myths around Apprenticeships! Find out the facts from Swarm Training.

One of the many benefits of doing an apprenticeship is that you work in your role, whilst you’re learning. By embedding your knowledge straight away, you’re able to contribute to the business right from the start.

If you are currently employed and would like to do an apprenticeship with your organisation to enhance your learning or to help you become eligible for promotion… learn more here.

Since 2021, there has been a 180% increase in students expressing an interest in apprenticeship opportunities via UCAS.

Swarm Training’s Commercial Director and the Norfolk based Swarm engagement team recently spent the day at Norfolk’s largest Business to Business event.

Understand the purpose of the apprenticeship portfolio in the whole assessment journey of your apprentice

Last week I delivered a Personal Development workshop to our apprentices on Personal Branding and Career Pathways. It was great to see so many new and old faces!

Having a well-defined personal brand is important as it helps build trust and credibility, can lead to more opportunities, and makes us stand out for the right reasons.

Instead of focusing on the negative predictions about AI, we encouraged our guests to continue to develop their professional brands; to reflect on their own values; to connect with others. Networking is more important now than ever.

Caitlin is one of our apprentices progressing through the Marketing Executive Level 4 Apprenticeship. Elizabeth is Caitlin’s manager and they work at White Horse Surveyors. Here is their apprenticeship experience so far: