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By: Petra Wilton

Petra Wilton is director of policy and external affairs at the Chartered Management Institute

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  • Incompetent managers will sink the government’s NEETs plan

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    Scrapping all funding for management apprenticeships is a big mistake, says Petra Wilton If Pat McFadden wants more young people not in education, employment or training (known as NEETs) to succeed in work, this week’s decision to essentially wipe out all funding for management apprenticeships, which train the managers who hire, support and coach them [...]

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