Enterprise Bill
Nursery World
Friday, October 2, 2015
The Government’s enterprise bill, which makes misuse of the term 'apprenticeship' illegal, had its first commons reading on 17 December.
It will have its second reading on 2nd February.
The bill contains provisions to protect the term ‘apprenticeship’ in law, which means it would become an offence for a business to offer a course which is not a legally-recognised apprenticeship as such.
The bill also includes measures to create a small business commissioner, introduce a target for the total number of apprentices working in public sector bodies, and reform business rates appeals.
A Primary Authority regime from 2009, which enables business to operate under one set of rules set by their local council, will also be simplified. This means that even when a business expands to other local authority areas, it can still operate under one set of regulations with a single point of contact.
The bill can be found here
