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Briefings
We have produced a number of short Briefings for the maritime sector (all on two pages), as follows:
2 The Apprenticeship Levy v7 November 2018
4 The Apprenticeship Levy, for firms which DO NOT PAY the Levy v4 November 2018
5 The Apprenticeship Levy for firms which PAY the Levy v4 November 2018
6 Maritime Apprenticeships v4 January 2019
7 Other apprenticeships relevant to maritime employers v4 November 2018
8 The Apprenticeship Levy in Scotland, a Distinctive Approach v2 April 2017
9 DIY apprenticeships for the smaller employer
10 Seafarer Projections Review 2017
11 Transferring Apprenticeship Levy funds to another company v3 November 2018
13 T Levels
14 Maritime Skills Commission
15 Maritime Careers Taskforce
16 Expanding the Talent Pool
17 What percentage of our seafarers are female?
18 Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry - DfT data for 2019
19 Ofsted Annual Report 2020 on Apprenticeships
Latest news
Coronavirus
Useful links
Government guidance for employees, employers and businesses
Government guidance on working safely with Covid-19
Apprenticeships & other training:
Re-opening: What FE & providers will need to do from the start of the 2020 Autumn term
DfE: Apprenticeship programme response
Institute for Apprenticeships C-19 guidance
- detailed guidance on paying apprentices who are furloughed
Skills Development Scotland: advice on MAs
DfE: Maintaining further education provision
MCA: putting short courses online
MCA: putting long courses online
MCA: flexibilities & fishermen's safety courses
Seafish: funding to support online learning
RYA guidance for training centres
RYA: Sport England community emergency fund
For training providers as businesses:
UK Govt: Find coronavirus support for your business
- detail on the furlough scheme
- apply for a Bounce Back Loan
- local Top-Up Grants (England)
- free recovery advice for business coordinated for BEIS by Enterprise Nation
Local support in England: contact points for each Local Enterprise Partnership
Business support in Northern Ireland
- Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund (Scotland)
CIPD: options to avoid redundancies
Norton Rose Fulbright: alternatives to redundancy
Federation of Small Businesses advice
NESTA advice on crowdfunding in a crisis
Other links:
British Marine coronavirus microsite
Nautilus International resources
10 August 2020