The 5% Club is featured on BBC Breakfast News
On Tuesday 23 July BBC Breakfast News featured member of The 5% Club, Balfour Beatty, talking about how important it is to develop and support apprentices. Apprentice Pipe Fitter Anthony…
MOD & The 5% Club gather major Employers at Invictus UK Trials to support apprentices
The Ministry of Defence and The 5% Club, two of the UK’s biggest supporters of apprenticeships, will today urge employers to prioritise building life skills in more young people at…
Five top tips for employers for apprentice life skills from The 5% Club
Employers from a range of sectors share some of their top tips for building life skills amongst apprentices and young employees. Business members of The 5% Club and their apprentices…
Bagnalls Apprentice crowned best in the UK Painting and Decorating Trade
Bagnalls painting and decorating apprentice from Bradford has been heralded the best in the country at a national industry awards ceremony. Lewis Boyle, 19, was crowned Apprentice/Trainee of the Year…
FIS Sector Skills Pledge launched to galvanise the sector to work together
FIS is proud to announce that we are launching the FIS Sector Skills Pledge, designed to bring the sector together to secure future sector sustainability and address the skills…
Lady Cobham CBE, Director General of The 5% Club, responds to the CBI/ Tata Consultancy Services report Delivering Skills for the New Economy
CBI/ Tata Consultancy Services report Delivering Skills for the New Economy “The 5% Club supports the CBI’s recommendation for Government to work with companies and further education providers to create…
Lady Cobham CBE, Director General of The 5% Club, responds to the Augur Review of post 18 Education
“The 5% Club warmly welcomes the recommendations of the panel to improve further education and skills in the UK to meet impending employment needs and build a competitive economy. Almost…
Lady Cobham CBE, Director General of The 5% Club, responds to the Public Accounts Committee’s apprenticeship report
“The Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) report highlights that the government will not meet its target of 3 million apprenticeship starts by March 2020, and that the standard of some apprenticeship…
The 5% Club responds to the Social Mobility Commission’s State of the Nation 2019 report
“The Social Mobility Commission makes an important assertion that apprenticeships are a potentially powerful vehicle for social mobility. We welcome its recommendations for a fairer education system, including in opportunities…
Institutes of Technology
Lady Cobham CBE, Director General of The 5% Club, responds to the government’s announcement of 12 ‘Institutes of Technology’ “The 5% Club welcomes the government’s announcement of 12 ‘Institutes…