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Apprentices breathe new life into historic Savile Row

Beneath the old-world exterior of a tailor's on London's famed Savile Row, the workshop where the magic happens is more youthful than ever as aspiring coatmakers vie for competitive apprenticeships. The sartorial street known for dressing the world's elite, from royalty to spies, is celebrating its trainees at a showcase coinciding with London...

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BRC calls on UK government to make Apprenticeship Levy more flexible

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said it has requested the government “to introduce much-need flexibility to the Apprenticeship Levy” stating that this could create 8,000 new retail apprenticeships. Writing to secretary of state for education, Nadhim Zahawi MP, the organisation has outlined three main challenges to be addressed, which it...

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Boohoo and Fashion Enter announce UK apprenticeship partnership

Boohoo has partnered with not-for-profit social enterprise Fashion Enter to offer student apprenticeships in the UK. The fashion group said it has gifted 85,000 pounds of its apprenticeship levy to Fashion Enter's new skills centre, The Fashion Technology Academy. Students can apply either for a level 3 Fashion Studio Assistant course or a level...