3. Agenda
• 08:30am – Welcome and Introductions, Dawn Duggan, Executive and Development Manager,
Business Growth Hub
• 08:35am – Unleash the Power of your team, Nigel Bennett, Managing Director, Hallidays
• 08:50am – Masterclass taster session. Roger Longden, Director, The Be Giants
• 09:40am – Are you ready for the Apprenticeship Levy?, Ian Kerr, Director of Professional Services,
The Skills Company
• 09:50am – Creating a Workforce Development Strategy, Dawn Duggan, Business Growth Hub
• 09:55am – Networking
• 10:30am – Event Close
10. Apple designs Macs, the best personal
computers in the world, along with OS X,
iLife, iWork and professional software.
Apple leads the digital music revolution with
its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has
reinvented the mobile phone with its
revolutionary iPhone and App store, and is
defining the future of mobile media and
computing devices with iPad.
11. To make a contribution to
the world by making tools
for the mind that advance
humankind
22. • In place from April 2017
• Aim – to fund 3 million Apprenticeship starts by 2020
• Applicable to all industries
• Payable by all companies with a salary bill of £3 million
or more
• Paid at a rate of 0.5% of the employer’s wage bill via Pay
AsYou Earn (PAYE)
Purpose
23. The facts
The Levy will be set at 0.5% of an employer’s pay bill with an
offset allowance of £15,000.
The levy will be collected by HMRC via the PAYE system and
placed into a digital account.
Only employers with an overall wage bill of £3 million or more
will contribute towards the Levy.
Based on the above, 98% of organisations will pay nothing at all
but can still access funding for Apprenticeships.
Employers will receive a 10% top up on Levy contributions from
the Government and this will be added to their digital account.
The money is placed directly into each employers funding pot
and paid directly from the pot to their chosen training provider.
24. Frequently Asked Questions
Q) Is this just another tax for
my business to pay?
A) It is another cost but the
difference is that you can draw
your money back in the form of
Apprenticeship training.
Q) How do I get my money
back and can I avoid
payment?
A) Turn new vacancies into
Apprenticeships or upskill your
current staff. Payment is
unavoidable; use it or lose it.
25. Frequently Asked Questions
Q) What does the levy mean
for SMEs?
A) We are expecting more
guidance from Government in
June
Q) What are Trailblazers and
how do I know these
frameworks are right for my
employees?
A) They are new employer-led
qualifications, designed to meet
employer need
29. Workforce Development Programme
• Supports businesses across Greater
Manchester to achieve growth through their
people.
• A fully funded tailored package of support
facilitated by a dedicated workforce
development advisor.
30. Operational Focus
• Organisational structure review
• Values, behaviours and business culture
• Leading, motivating and empowering the workforce
• People and performance management
• Developing workforce communication strategies
• Workforce and succession planning
• Building capability through training
• Talent attraction, acquisition and retention
• Change Management
• Information around workforce legislation
This programme may be of interest to businesses aspiring to achieve
Investors In People (IIP) accreditation.
31. How we work
• Team of advisors
• Geographical / Sector
• Diagnostic
• Organisational Needs Analysis
• Action Plan
• Sustained relationship
• Direct support
• Sign posting
• Brokerage
• Master classes
32. Please leave your feedback
Please take a couple of minutes before the
networking to complete the feedback form and
return to the Hub
33. Contact us to find out more
Phone: 0161 359 3050
Email: info@businessgrowthhub.com
www.businessgrowthhub.com
@bizgrowthhub
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Notas do Editor
Give a huge well done to everyone who has helped us get to where we are now
Go back 2 years…significant delays to contracts…had to deliver 3 years activity in 18 months
Some said we had no chance…one or two even left…but I always had confidence given the team we had put together
Still got a bit to go…some partners still behind but….collectively….engaged with circa 20k companies
….supported 6.5k in depth
….raised nearly £60million in funding offers
….got over £12.5m of grants out to companies…leveraging £40 million investment
….created 6k jobs
….safeguarded 11kjobs
…had a GVA impact of £55m
…identified £36 million of cost savings
…reduced carbon by ….£1million tonnes over 14 year period
Assured Janine that I am not going to talk about each service
Worked on a range of diagrams
No one liked mine!
Shows how all services link together
Give overview of the bids – what’s changed
Give update of the result of the bids from DCLG
Emphasis the collaborative working
Less silo’d approach