Thanks for the genuine pieces of advice there.
I am not purely seeing this as a financial transaction but giving an apprentice £105pw is more than my wife currently pays herself. We are a small business completing our 1st year this december. Our last apprentice went to work somewhere else after we had invested time, money and costs for additional training courses. The reason for her moving on was the distance from her home to place of work got to her after a few months.
My arguement against the Apprentice scheme is that the college seems to get everything.
College get funding from government.
We get a trainee who currently does bugger all but is getting better by the week. We have to pay out, currently dont get any grants or support. We have to train on the job and send on additional courses. All this and she could walk out at anytime.
This is why I was considering the costs of a part time employee.
Thanks,