APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING DELIVERY FOR EMPLOYERS NOT USING THE DIGITAL ACCOUNT (NON-LEVY)

In October 2016 the Agency launched a procurement for apprenticeship training delivery for small and medium sized (SME) employers who do not pay the Apprenticeship Levy and have not registered an account on the apprenticeship service ("non-levy paying employers"). The procurement was substantially oversubscribed and the outcomes of that competition would not have delivered the diverse market sought whilst giving the sector as a whole stability in the transition to the apprenticeship service. That procurement is now...