> Hell they haven't manged to increase the number of trade apprentices chipy sparkies etc I think the problem here is that small firms and one man bands, who u

> Hell they haven't manged to increase the number of trade apprentices chipy sparkies etc I think the problem here is that small firms and one man bands, who used to be the backbone of the apprenticeship system, are no longer willing to take the risk of investing in someone only to see them get snapped up by a bigger firm once they have served their time? There needs to be some kind of system in place that either prevents this happening or that compensates the firm who made the initial investment.