Stop Skills Funding Bleeding into HM Treasury.
Join the public-buyer backed social value Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Scheme, turning unused corporate levy funds into 100% paid-for local training to support local youth skills and employability.
Scheme Momentum (Since April 2026):
Scheme Overview: A Collaborative Support Framework
Every year, millions of pounds in unused corporate training funds quietly expire and default back to the Treasury under the government's strict 12-month expiry rules.
Launched in April 2026, the Pluggin Marketplace Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Scheme is a collaborative "pull" framework backed and promoted by public buyers within contracting. Together with buyers, we aggregate this expiring funding from major brands and redirect it straight into our regional network of SMEs, social enterprises, and charities to cover 100% of apprentice training and assessment costs.
Launched with Major Suppliers:
4 major supplier brands are the scheme's founding supporters, leading the way for others to follow by locking their skills funding into contracts supporting regional economies:
Member Suppliers: Regional Social Value Across Contracts
Our public buyer members are actively pulling pre-specified resources into their local communities as a condition of contract delivery; with a particular focus upon how contract supply chains are building employment. This scheme is buyer pre-approved:
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The Social Purchase Order (SPO): Our SPO process establishes the transactional rigor needed to capture this community investment at bid stage - bids pledge to transfer levy through the Pluggin Marketplace via the SPO.
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Contract-to-Region Lock: The SPO automatically locks details of the transferred levy directly into the specific public contract, geographic region and buyer group.
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The Live Data-Loop: The SPO sits as a real-time activity, within the buyer dashboard; showing them exactly how this "levy" social value is being offered, with updated captured from beneficiaries on the ground.
Member SMEs & CSEs: 100% Paid-For Training & Assessment
Member SMEs, charities and social enterprises are the heartbeat of our ecosystem, but finding the budget for training is incredibly difficult. The scheme covers 100% of training and assessment costs—leaving them to pay £zero for apprentice's education.
Youth Pathways: Members already supporting, mentoring, educating young people can use this scheme to transition them into a paid, certified careers.
Upskill Existing Staff: Members don't have to hire someone new, they can use this funding to give current team members advanced qualifications (IT, project management, digital marketing, administration, and more).
No Administrative Headaches: A step-by-step Registration & Transfer Playbook strips away the jargon, and our supporter brands transferring levy will help connect-in Govt approved local training providers.
The £230k figure is the proof of concept that demonstrates the scheme works seamlessly in a highly regulated public sector procurement and auditing environment.
- The Proof of Mechanism: It has proved to commercial boards that shifting unused tax liabilities into direct community training would legally and effectively satisfy mandatory social value contract clauses.
- The Regional Scalability: Showing that corporate can fund vital local training, gave regional buyers the confidence to adopt the platform.
- The Framework for Growth: This success directly triggered the National Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Scheme. The Scheme is now scaling within the Pluggin Marketplace's support for £2.1 billion in annual public procurement spending.