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Social Mobility Commission finds apprenticeship system ‘failing’ young disadvantaged people

Workers from disadvantaged backgrounds are being left behind by the apprenticeship system, with numbers slumping by more than a third since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy, says the Social Mobility Commission in its report...

Event Blog. The Perfect Storm - Has the time to come to overhaul how we assess and develop talent?

By Chris Shirley, Apprenticeship Services Manager at Network Rail MyKindaFuture, Grant Thornton and The 5% Club recently hosted an online event around how to remain reactive and agile during the current period of uncertainty, whilst allowing...

The 5% Club signs Open Letter to Boris: “Kick start the economy by investing in jobs and people”

Skills campaigning charity, The 5% Club along with over 200 organisations across the UK, has signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling on the Government to publicly commit to a new Opportunity Guarantee. The UK is experiencing the...

Historic building preservation brings Curtis Painting Group a major national award

A RESTORATION project to save one of the region’s most important historic buildings from ruin has won a major national award for Curtis Painting Group. The industrial and commercial painting business has been named Supreme Winner of the...

Event Blog: Apprentices, Graduates and Skills Gaps – the Perfect Storm?

MyKindaFuture, Grant Thornton and The 5% Club recently hosted an online event around how to remain reactive and agile during the current period of uncertainty, whilst allowing for attracting, hiring and on-boarding the best, most diverse early...

Message from Founder of The 5% Club, Leo Quinn

We can’t let our young people bear the economic brunt of COVID-19 I write to you as the founder of The 5% Club, but also as a fellow business leader, steering carefully through this crisis. Currently we have Government support for balance sheets...

We can’t let our young people bear the economic brunt of COVID-19

After a crisis, the young often suffer unseen from any economic aftershock. And there is growing evidence that COVID-19 is creating a perfect storm for the most fragile of our children and youth – such that any modest improvements to social...

The 5% Club joins the Youth Employment Group

The impact of COVID-19 on young people’s prospects in the labour market and in education is rapidly becoming a cause for concern. According to the IFS, young workers today will be hit the hardest. Youth unemployment could potentially rise to...

Kickstarting a career with a Sales Engineer Apprenticeship

Autumn Topping is a second-year degree apprentice in Warrington, United Kingdom as a technical sales engineer for Industrial Automation. Check out Autumn’s blog as she answers questions about why she chose to begin an apprenticeship at...