Employers
Courses and apprenticeships help you build a workforce that's skilled, motivated, and ready to grow with your business.
Hire an Apprentice
Bring fresh talent into your business with a fully funded apprenticeship we manage from start to finish.Train your existing staff.
Upskill your existing team with our range of courses and apprenticeships tailored to fit your business needs.
How are apprenticeships funded?
Levy payers make every £1 count.
As an employer, if your annual pay bill is more than £3 million, you’ll have to pay Apprenticeship Levy. This is charged at 0.5% of your annual pay bill. You’ll receive funds to spend on training and assessing your apprentices. On top of this, the government will add an extra 10%.
Non-levy payers get 95% funded.
As a non-levy employer, you pay 5% towards the cost of training and assessing your apprentice. The government will then pay for the rest (95%) – up to the funding band maximum. Employers could be eligible for extra funding depending on both your and your apprentice’s circumstances.
Team growth isn’t an expense - it’s your greatest competitive edge
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Apprenticeship benefits:
Upskill existing staff and save the costs of recruitment – We understand recruiting new safe can be expensive. Apprenticeships enable growth within your business whilst giving a return on investment through upskilling existing safe.
Motivate your staff – Apprenticeships help businesses to keep their safe motivated and committed to the future. They provide employees with the essential skills to progress their careers forward.
Help tackle youth unemployment rates – The unemployment rate has drastically increased due to the Covid-19 crisis. Apprenticeships provide a gateway for individuals looking to get into full-time employment.
Grow talent within the workplace – Now more than ever, apprenticeships are appealing to individuals looking to kickstart their careers. Offering an apprenticeship provides a fantastic incentive to potential applicants. You will be able to choose from a pool of talented job seekers.
Provide your staff with the correct skills and knowledge to fulfil their job role – The National Apprenticeship Service found ‘86% of employers said apprenticeships helped them develop skills relevant to their organisation’. Apprenticeships allow you to adapt the training according to your business needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
We support employers with both recruitment and training, through Apprenticeships and Adult Skills Fund (ASF) provision. For apprenticeships, we can handle the full process - advertising vacancies, screening and matching candidates, onboarding and ongoing training and support - plus help you upskill existing staff through inclusive programmes built around career progression. Through our ASF-funded provision in London and Buckinghamshire, we also help adults build the skills and confidence to move into employment or apprenticeships, giving employers access to candidates already developing sector-specific skills.
Hiring an apprentice through Professional Training Solutions helps you build skilled staff, improve retention and strengthen succession planning, all while apprentices contribute to your business from day one. They combine hands-on workplace experience with structured training, so staff gain role-specific knowledge and a nationally recognised qualification as they work. It's also backed by government funding, making workforce development more affordable - and research from the National Apprenticeship Service found 86% of employers said apprenticeships helped them build skills relevant to their organisation.
It depends on your organisation's size, the apprentice's age and the apprenticeship programme, but most employers pay only a small fraction of the training cost. If you don't pay the Apprenticeship Levy, the government usually covers 95% of training costs, leaving a mandatory 5% employer contribution - around £350 plus VAT for a Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship, or around £200 plus VAT for a Level 3 Adult Care apprenticeship. From August 2026, apprentices aged 16–24 with non-levy employers will be fully funded, with no employer contribution required. Levy-paying employers can usually cover costs in full using their levy funds, and PTS can also help smaller employers access unused levy funds from larger organisations through Levy Transfer.
Yes — apprenticeships work just as well for existing employees aged 16 and over as they do for new hires, making them a cost-effective way to develop and retain your team. PTS works with employers to build inclusive programmes that support career progression, develop future managers and close skills gaps within their current workforce.
We deliver apprenticeships across Adult Care, Healthcare, Early Years, Residential Childcare, Teaching Assistant, Business Administration, Events Assistant and Accountancy. We tailor training to your workforce needs, whether you're recruiting new staff or upskilling your existing team.
