Apprenticeship funding reforms must help SMEs, say leading industry figures

By Carl Brown2025-03-06T18:28:00

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Leading figures from contractor Sir Robert McAlpine and consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) have called on the government to simplify apprenticeships funding

The government’s reforms of apprenticeships must ensure easier access to funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in construction, leading industry figures have said.

Sarah Draper, people and culture director, at Rider Levett Bucknall, was asked today at Building’s Good Employer Guide Live what the government can do to help the construction skills shortage, highlighted apprenticeship funding.

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