Call to retain apprentice staff

EMPLOYERS have been asked not to cut back on apprentice recruitment because of economic difficulties.

Addressing the 7th Annual Institutes of Technology Apprenticeship Committee conference, entitled Adapting Apprenticeship for the Future, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen, said he believes the slowdown in our economy will be short-lived and urged employers not to take rash decisions.

“There is a danger in a tightening situation that companies and employers would ‘shrink back’.