JTL, training provider to the building services engineering sectors, expressed its shock and disappointment at last week's Panorama programme which focused on bad practice in apprenticeship provision.
A not-for-profit charity, JTL has delivered more than 50,000 fully-employed four year apprenticeships over the last 20 years, the vast majority of who remain active within the industry.
Hird added: "It is our belief that Government and the network of providers should take the responsibility to continue to provide opportunities for young people to world-class standards that the term apprenticeship implies and that the Government funding invested in this is used for the benefit of young people rather than for individual profit."
If you'd like to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the heating and plumbing industry, why not subscribe to our weekly newsletters? Just click the button below and you can ensure all the latest industry news and new product information lands in your inbox every week.