Too much red tape and not enough cash

摘要

Apprenticeships in motor retail are being hamstrung by the complexity of government funding packages and a lack of cash to support training overheads, claim critics. It's an all too familiar story. When times are tough, one of the first casualties - along with redundancies - is the company training budget. But first, the job losses. Latest research from the Institute of the Motor Industry makes for grim reading. Redundancies in the automotive sector shot up by 55 per cent last year, compared to 2007.