Industrial Strategy and Skills Development

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The government launched its new industrial strategy in June 2025, providing businesses with the certainty needed to invest in high-growth sectors that support our growth mission.

 

  • We are introducing apprenticeship units in England, funded through the Growth and Skills Levy, in areas such as digital, artificial intelligence and engineering. These will support Industrial Strategy sectors such as in Creative Industries and Advanced Manufacturing from April 2026.
  • We will work with Skills England to determine the apprenticeship units which will be prioritised in the first wave of rollout and subsequent waves, and how those sit alongside apprenticeships and other training routes.
  • We will work with Skills England to introduce these apprenticeship units and consider how to prioritise investment across the programme.

 

Find out more about the Growth and Skills Levy.

 

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