{"id":679,"date":"2012-10-15T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/blog\/?p=679"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:15:10","slug":"youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A third of employers don\u2019t know about it, and a third have no interest in it. That\u2019s the judgment on the Government\u2019s Youth Contract employment scheme, launched in April to try and reverse the ever-growing numbers of young unemployed people in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>A survey of 600 employers by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation found four out of five are not involved in the programme, under which incentives are paid to those hiring a young person.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Contract is supposed to provide nearly half a million new opportunities for 18-24 year-olds, including apprenticeships and voluntary work experience placements, and offers employers a wage incentive of up to \u00a32,275 for hiring a young person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Government to make apprenticeships simpler for SMEs, following Holt Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Government plans to work with the people that SMEs look to for advice, including lawyers and accountants, to promote apprenticeships to their SME customers. This is intended to enable SMEs to gain their apprentices the training they need by providing better information on availability and investigating how to give them a greater say in developing the skills they require.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support A third of employers don\u2019t know about it, and a third have no interest in it. That\u2019s the judgment on the Government\u2019s Youth Contract employment scheme, launched in April to try and reverse the ever-growing numbers of young unemployed people in the UK. A survey of 600&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler - Manchester Chartered Accountants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler - Manchester Chartered Accountants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Manchester Chartered Accountants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackrosstax\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jack Ross\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jack Ross\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jack Ross\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/d65ae99f63f346e53c611cb62a38c818\"},\"headline\":\"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"HR\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/\",\"name\":\"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler - Manchester Chartered Accountants\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/\",\"name\":\"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants Manchester\",\"description\":\"Manchester Accountants &amp; Manchester Xero Accountants\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jack-Ross-Chartered-Accountants-Logo-Main.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jack-Ross-Chartered-Accountants-Logo-Main.jpg\",\"width\":776,\"height\":889,\"caption\":\"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackrosstax\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackRossTax\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/d65ae99f63f346e53c611cb62a38c818\",\"name\":\"Jack Ross\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea18b292e0e84043a1fc20ddc78f9167?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea18b292e0e84043a1fc20ddc78f9167?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jack Ross\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler - Manchester Chartered Accountants","description":"Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler - Manchester Chartered Accountants","og_description":"Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support.","og_url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/","og_site_name":"Manchester Chartered Accountants","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackrosstax","article_published_time":"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00","author":"Jack Ross","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jack Ross","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/"},"author":{"name":"Jack Ross","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/d65ae99f63f346e53c611cb62a38c818"},"headline":"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler","datePublished":"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00","dateModified":"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/"},"wordCount":199,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization"},"articleSection":["HR"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/","url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/","name":"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler - Manchester Chartered Accountants","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00","dateModified":"2012-10-15T09:15:10+00:00","description":"Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/youth-scheme-fails-apprenticeships-made-simpler\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Youth Scheme Fails \/ Apprenticeships Made Simpler"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#website","url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/","name":"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants Manchester","description":"Manchester Accountants &amp; Manchester Xero Accountants","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization","name":"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants","url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jack-Ross-Chartered-Accountants-Logo-Main.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jack-Ross-Chartered-Accountants-Logo-Main.jpg","width":776,"height":889,"caption":"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackrosstax","https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackRossTax"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/d65ae99f63f346e53c611cb62a38c818","name":"Jack Ross","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea18b292e0e84043a1fc20ddc78f9167?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea18b292e0e84043a1fc20ddc78f9167?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jack Ross"},"url":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}