Andy DaviesIt's no wonder there's a shortage of skilled labour in the UK
Teenager has just started working part time at Greggs and gets just over £10 / hour
His mate starts his plumbing apprenticeship in Sept, and will be getting around £7 / hour
libbymiller@andydavies I was super-surprised when I looked up the minimum wages recently and saw the low apprenticeship rates https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
@libbymiller Yeh there seems to be some bonkers mentality that unless we make trainee's cheap then no-one will take them on
Same thing with min-wage and age – if a 16yr old is doing a min-wage role, why should they get less that a 25yr old doing the same role
@andydavies I totes agree