New figures show that there was a rise of more than 13% in new apprenticeships in Devon last year.
7,800 young people began the increasingly popular form of work in 2012.
Employers benefit from a government grant in return for providing a job a training for a 16 to 24 year-old.
Frustration over cancelled Exeter elections
Opponents unite to demand Exeter elections
Push for fair education funding heading to Westminster
Devon politicians will head to the capital
19 Plymouth seats up for grabs in May elections
Plymouth won't postpone them
Two WW2 bombs safely removed in Devon
Cordons lifted in Exmouth and Plymouth
New Exeter City winger joins from Sunderland
Timur Tutierov on loan until summer
