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The Government has announced a new initiative to encourage non-levy paying employers to access funded training for apprentices. Currently 98% of registered employers do not pay the apprenticeship levy, however, starting in January until the 31st March 2020 an initiative… Read more

The Furniture and Interiors Education, Skills and Training Alliance (FIESTA) finished 2019 on a high after confirming that eight level 2 manufacturing apprenticeship pathways will be renewed in 2020, following much campaigning by the trade body. Back in July the… Read more

Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford How Can Businesses Easily Access Funded Training? On the 18th March FIESTA will run a half day conference to provide businesses with guidance on how to access funded training for both apprenticeships and the upskilling of… Read more

More than 75% of British manufacturing companies have identified the shortage of a skilled workforce as one of their primary concerns for the future. This is certainly not a new phenomenon but is a situation that is becoming increasingly compounded… Read more

The Furniture and Interiors Education, Skills and Training Alliance (FIESTA) is urgently appealing to UK furniture manufacturers to financially support vital work needed to renew the level 2 Furniture Manufacturer Apprenticeship Standard. The current level 2 standard is the mainstay… Read more

“Companies in industry must use UK training providers or risk losing them.” That was the warning Gary Baker, Furniture and Interiors Education, Skills and Training Alliance (FIESTA) chairman, issued to delegates at the Closing the Gap conference last month. The… Read more