Up to 900 contractors could be forced to pay two training levies next year while an industry consultation is carried out by the CITB.
The CITB and officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have agreed that companies with a payroll of more than £3m will pay into the government’s apprenticeship levy fund as well as the full rate of the CITB’s training levy, from April 2017.
This means contractors will end up paying 1% of their total wage bill, of which 0.5% will go to the government fund and 0.5% to the CITB.
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