Network: Lancashire County Council is one of several local organisations that will be supporting apprenticeships AN ALLIANCE of Lancashire businesses and organisations have come together to support apprenticeships across the county. This comes with the launch of the Lancashire Levy Transfer Network, in which well-known local employers have pledged to donate over £500,000 of apprenticeship levy funds. These include Bespak, Boohoo, Burnley Borough Council, Futaba Manufacturing UK Limited, Lancashire County Council, Lancaster University, Myerscough College, Rapid Recruit, Royal Mail and the University of Central Lancashire. Burnley Borough Council chief executive Mick Cartledge said: "The Network is a relatively simple way by which large employers can ensure that they can retain 25 percent of their unspent levy funding for smaller businesses within Lancashire.