£1,000 for businesses supporting trainees

Beauty and hair businesses can apply for a £1,000 cash boost to help them take on new trainees.

The payment will provide businesses with the cost of providing a high-quality work placement for a trainee including providing facilities, uniforms and help with travel costs. 

The £1,000 payment is available for every trainee a business takes on up to a maximum of ten. 

The cash incentives are available until 31st July and apply to work placements that have been completed since 1st September 2020.

This new trainee initiative is in addition to the government's apprentice scheme, which is available until March 2021, and offers employers £2,000 for each new apprentice they hire aged under 25, and £1,500 for apprentice aged 25 and over.