Small business owners react to entrepreneur Doug Richard's review of apprenticeships, in which he recommends a complete overhaul of the current system.
Apprenticeships should be viewed as valuable a qualification as university degrees, entrepreneur Doug Richard has said as part of his radical review of Britain's apprentice system.
Small businesses may miss out on public sector contracts, under Labour's proposals to use public procurement to boost apprenticeship numbers, according to the Institute of Directors.
Entrepreneur Doug Richard, an original panellist on BBC TV's Dragons' Den, has been appointed by the government to carry out a review of apprenticeships in England.
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