British Beer and Pub Association Response to Youth Employment Announcement

A BBPA spokesperson, said: "Pubs and breweries have long been a gateway into the workforce, offering flexible roles, training and clear career progression for many young people starting out.

"Schemes that expand access to apprenticeships and early work opportunities have the potential to make a real difference, particularly when they are shaped alongside employers who understand the needs of the sector.

"At the same time, it is important that the wider policy environment encourages businesses to keep creating these opportunities. If measures introduced elsewhere make it harder to take on young adults and entry-level staff, it risks limiting the very opportunities that programmes aimed at reducing youth unemployment are designed to create."

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