2. Who are Ixion?
• Not for profit organisation
• Owned by the Shaw Trust Charity
• National Training Provider
• We have direct delivery numerous contracts
like DWP, ESF, Lottery, MOJ, & many more
smaller contracts
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3. Our 16/17 Successes
• Trained over 17,000 learners
• Supported 3997 new start up businesses
• 92.6% Customer satisfactory score
• Outstanding (grade 1) standard ofsted only 1
of 7 in the UK.
• Invested £1.87 back to the community for
every £1 in profit made
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4. ESF (European Social Fund)
• Ixion won GCGP business growth contract via
the SFA & LEP
• Available for businesses within the GCGP LEP
catchment area
• For businesses who have between 10 – 249
employees
• Aimed at helping businesses to overcome any
barriers that’s preventing business growth
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5. What’s involved?
• Attend and conduct an Organisational Needs
Analysis meeting
• Highlight training / support required
• Set short & medium training/support goals via
a Training Needs Analysis (employer led)
• Put in touch with grant advisors
• Train staff & Review
• Minimum of 15 hours direct 121 support
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6. ESF Catchment Area
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The GCGP LEP area is formed from 2 economic areas
surrounding Peterborough and Cambridge, and covers
the following 14 local authority areas:
Cambridge Peterborough
East Cambridgeshire Rutland
Fenland South Cambridgeshire
Forest Heath St Edmundsbury
Huntingdonshire Uttlesford
North Hertfordshire West Norfolk & Kings Lynn
South Kesteven South Holland
7. 3 day Courses
• Customer services
• Sales
• Team Leading
• Leadership & Management
• Social Media
• All courses spread over 3 weeks at 1 day per
week – Blended learning – minimum of 8
people (can be from various courses)
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9. What are the Benefits of
Apprenticeships
• They provide skilled workers for the future
helping towards succession planning
• Increased staff loyalty and retention
• They increase a company’s bottom line
• Able to free up existing staff time to focus on
more important tasks
• Apprentices can revitalise a company
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10. The apprenticeship levy
• The apprenticeship levy applies to all employers operating in the UK with a
wage bill of over £3 million each year
• It’s a monthly, mandatory financial contribution to HMRC
• It can be accessed by employers through the Direct Apprenticeship Service
– DAS account
• If the employer chooses not to spend the levy on apprenticeships, their
levy contribution will not be returned to them.
• Employers will pay the levy at a rate of 0.5% of payroll from the point
where their payroll exceeds £3 million.
• There will be a £15,000 fixed annual allowance for employers to offset
against their levy payment.
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11. Apprenticeship Non-Levy
• Businesses with less than £3m annual salary bill
• The government will cover 90% of the training and
assessment costs.
• The employer covers the remaining 10% of this and can be
spread over the duration of the apprenticeship.
• At this moment in time there is no limit on the amount of
funding that can be accessed
• 16 – 18 year old apprenticeships are fully funded
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12. Apprenticeships we cover
• Team Leading and Management (Level 2,3,and 5)
• Customer Service Level 2 &3
• Business Administration Level 2 & 3
• Retail / Sales Level 2 & 3
• Sales & Marketing
• Health & Social Care Level 2 , 3 and 5
• Warehousing and Storage Level 2
• Construction Site Management Level 4
• Painting & Decorating Level 2
• Fenestration Level 2 & 3
• Fenestration Surveying Level 3
• Carpentry Level 2
• Bricklaying Level 2
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