A chat around the grants available for employers hiring apprentices in UK at the moment.

Specifically the up to £4k grant available to employers and some of the pros and cons.

This is based on my own experiences and those from the 750+ people we have helped back into work.

Also how the guest based episodes will now (hopefully) be appearing on:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ywNBYDoYv-bTkEWvZEodw

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVRqeTmcEdgzp2ZKMh-97A

I will link the government details below and via the apprentice 121 website.

The information can be linked from https://apprentice121.co.uk/government-support

You can apply for new apprentices who joined your organisation from 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021. You must set up an apprenticeship service account.

The incentive payment is in addition to the £1,000 employers already receive for hiring an apprentice:

• aged 16 to 18 years old

To receive the full payment, the apprenticeship must last for at least one year.

You will receive £3,000 for new apprentices of any age who have an employment start date of 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021.

They must have an apprenticeship start date of 1 April 2021 to 30 November 2021.

The application deadline for these apprentices has closed.

The payment is different to apprenticeship levy funds, so you can spend it on anything to support your organisation’s costs. For example, on uniforms, your apprentice’s travel or their salary. You do not have to pay it back.

You can only apply for new apprentices who joined your organisation from 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021.

You cannot apply for an existing employee who joined your organisation before 1 April 2021, even if they started an apprenticeship after this date.

You can apply for the incentive payment after you add new apprentices to your apprenticeship service account.

We cannot make any payments until we’ve received and verified your organisation and finance details. This could take up to 80 days and we may contact someone from your organisation.

We’ll make the payment in 2 equal instalments for each apprentice. The first payment is due after an apprentice completes 90 days of their apprenticeship and the second is due after 365 days.

We’ll make payments by Bacs on the 14th working day of the month. It usually takes 3 working days to process.

After you apply, you can view applications, estimated payment dates and check the status of each payment in your apprenticeship service account.