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You can get help from the government to pay for apprenticeship training.

The amount you get depends on whether you pay the apprenticeship levy or not. You pay the levy if you are an employer with a pay bill over £3 million each year.

If you are a Levy paying Employer:

As an employer with a wage bill of more than £3 million, you are required to pay the apprenticeship Levy. You can manage funds using the apprenticeship service and spend it on training and assessing your apprentices.

If you do not have enough funds in your levy account and your apprentice is ag, you will pay 25% of the outstanding balance only if your apprentice is aged 25+ and the government will pay the other 75%. This is up to the funding band maximum allocated to each specific apprenticeship.

If you exceed the funding band maximum, you will need to pay all the additional costs.

For Non – Levy Employers

The government will fund 100% of the apprenticeship training costs up to the funding maximum band, if you employ an apprentice aged:

  • 16-24 years old
  • If you have an apprentice aged 25+ and do not qualify for 100% of the funding, we will negotiate with you how you can pay the remaining 5% or maybe receive gifted funding from a levy paying organisation.

If you exceed the funding band maximum, you’ll need to pay all the additional costs.

All employers will need to set up an Apprenticeship Service account to enrol an apprentice and reserve the funding. For further information, click here.

There are additional government incentives available for recruiting a new Apprentice. See below for information.

Incentives Available

The government will pay an incentive to every employer of £1000 if you recruit an apprentice aged 16-18 or under the age of 25 if they have an education, health and care plan.

From October 2026, there is an additional incentive of £2000 for SME’s recruiting an Apprentice aged under 25.

Please click here for the Apprenticeship courses on offer.

There may be other local initiatives that our specialist advisors will be able to discuss with you on enquiry.

Apprenticeship Links:

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