Member Update from Founder of The 5% Club, Leo Quinn
Dear Members and Supporters, I write to offer you my belated wishes for an excellent 2020, and to thank for your continuing support as a member of The 5% Club.…
Minimum wage for apprentices to increase in April 2020
The official minimum wage for apprentices currently stands at £3.90 per hour, but in April it will increase by 6.4 per cent to £4.15. Annual changes to the minimum wage…
MBE Honour for Frank Clayton, active member of The 5% Club
Congratulations to Frank Clayton, Group Head of Learning of NG Bailey, who has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for his work promoting and supporting apprenticeships…
Small business and the Apprenticeship Levy: 5 steps to success (that won’t cost a penny)
One of The 5% Club’s aims is to support and spread best practice amongst its members and other employers. In this series, we aim to publicise good examples and challenge…
Best of Luck to Bagnalls’ Decorators
Two apprentice decorators based out of Bagnalls’ office in Bradford will take their places among the best young talent in the painting trade as they compete to be named ‘Apprentice…
The 5% Club supporting OU report ‘Access to Apprenticeships’
The Open University’s new report, ‘Access to Apprenticeships‘ released today (26 Sept), has found that, while two thirds of employers consider hiring candidates with disabilities for entry-level roles is an…
The 5% Club Member Events
STEM Learning, York, 25 March 2020 Our first event of the year will be hosted by STEM Learning in York on Wednesday 25 March. with the theme: ‘Vocational education…
Expert Opinion
The 5% Club has launched a new series called ‘Expert Opinion’. Based on interviews with experts from among our membership and stakeholders, these short reports are focused on highlighting best…
Expert Opinion. Beyond lip service: Driving real progress on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
This first edition of our new series, Expert Opinion, focuses on EDI, something which is rightly becoming a business priority, but one on which tangible progress is often frustratingly slow.…
The 5% Club Help Judge the Balfour Beatty Brathay Apprentice Challenge 2019
Gill Cronin, The 5% Club’s Director of Operations was one of the judges in the recent Balfour Beatty Brathay Apprentice Challenge 2019. After a testing 6-month series of challenges with…