Business Breakfast Briefing 1: Apprenticeship Mythbusting – Jan 30 2020 With all the changes to Apprenticeships in recent years, there are a lot of myths being circulated which don’t tell the true story of what Apprenticeships are, how they work and whether they could benefit your business. Come along to our Business Breakfast Briefing at the college nearest to you, and we’ll debunk these myths: Aren’t Apprenticeships just for young people? They’re just a way of getting cheap labour! I have to pay a lot towards the training of an apprentice It’s a massive commitment for a small business Young people aren’t good workers If an apprentice leaves, I have to keep paying for their training! Apprentices have to be new employees, don’t they? Apprenticeships only cover jobs with basic skills And more….. Business Breakfast Briefing 2: Business Improvement Techniques (BIT) – April 23 2020 Do you want to know how to improve your business efficiency? Continuous improvement is important to any business in the current marketplace. By using Business Improvement Techniques (BIT) the savings can be the difference between a profitable company and one that is just surviving. The questions are: Where to start? What methods can be used to identify potential savings? How can you measure the impact and potential savings? Business Breakfast Briefing 3: Succession Planning and How to Retain Apprentices – June 1 2020 This briefing will cover 2 continual challenges for businesses: How to plan for succession as staff retire or move on – and do so in a way which is affordable? How to retain good apprentices when they come to the end of their apprenticeship, so that the skills developed are not lost.