22 February 2017

New Apprenticeship Service available for levy-paying companies

The new Apprentice Service, (formally known as the Digital Apprenticeship Service or DAS), for levy paying companies is open ahead of the Apprenticeship Levy launch in April. All employers with an annual turnover of at least £3 million, who will have to pay the new charge from May must register for the system.

This service will manage the financial side of the apprenticeship system, it will allow employers to plan, manage and pay for their apprenticeships. The service will also include online tools such as ‘Find Apprenticeship Training' as well as a helpdesk and other supporting processes.

In order to set up an account employers will need to have details of their Government Gateway login, details for the PAYE schemes that they want to include in the account, also details of all organisations that will be making an agreement with a training provider for the apprenticeship training.

Sue Husband, director of the National Apprenticeship Services said, ‘It's really quick to set up an account and employers that have already registered during our testing phase have told us how easy they found it'.

Register here to manage your apprenticeship funds.