The reformation of the UK skills system may make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), such as those renting serviced offices in Northampton, to train low-skilled staff.
Skills minister John Hayes and secretary of state for business Vince Cable unveiled the coalition's publications Skills for Sustainable Growth and Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth, which outlined a number of reforms to the current education system.
One of the changes will be to replace the Train to Gain programme with one that targets SMEs in order to help them train staff with few skills.
The strategy will also benefit training providers and colleges by cutting the amount of bureaucracy in the sector, so they can quickly respond to the needs of employers.
Director for education and skills at the Confederation of British Industry Susan Anderson said: "We welcome the ambitious targets that the government has set for expanding the number of apprenticeships and its acknowledgement that co-funding will be necessary for SMEs that provide on-the-job training."
