6% drop in new automotive apprenticeships, IMI calls for funding reforms
Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (10-14 February 2025), the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is calling for reforms to apprenticeship funding. At the same time, the IMI’s latest data shows that the automotive training workforce continues to be severely under-resourced and the pipeline of new talent is not being adequately filled by new apprenticeships. In the 2023/24 academic year, there were 7,372 automotive apprenticeship starts, 6 per cent lower than in 2022/23.