1. Holt Review on making apprenticeships more accessible to SMEs David Sampson BIS/DfE Apprenticeships Unit

2. Background Low SME take up of apprentices Education & Skills Growth Review Holt Review: –Timescale –Process –Recommendations: Awareness raising Empowering SMEs Process

3. Response & Implementation NAS reviewing marketing products, messages & website Better use of “intermediaries” to promote messages to SMEs Chambers of Commerce working with employers to promote apprenticeships in schools Provider charter Online tool covering training provision & feedback 24 hour option for posting adverts on “Apprenticeship Vacancies” Aggregating SME demand – NSA pilots Employer Ownership Pilot Round 2 Weighting funding in favour of SMEs? Greater transparency on funding

4. Other Apprenticeship Policy drivers Richard Review BIS Select Committee Report Lord Heseltine Review New Skills Minister