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  ITMB graduates snapped up by top employers

  Yesterday

  Latest figures from e-skills UK show that 100% of ITMB students find employment, or go on to further study, within 6 months of graduation.

• Skills and Employment Survey

  9 Feb 2012

  The UK Commission is co-funding a Skills and Employment Survey (SES) with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The survey will be carried out in 2012 across the UK. The survey focuses upon the work that people do and how working life has changed.

• £250 million to boost business investment in skills – prospectus published

  7 Feb 2012

  A multi-million pound pilot scheme to get more employers investing in workplace training has been launched.Under the scheme, businesses in England will be given direct access to up to £250 million of public investment to boost Apprenticeships and other vocational training

• Business Secretary praises UK wide Talent Retention Solution

  24 Jan 2012

  Business Secretary Vince Cable met Allan Cook, Chairman of SEMTA and the Skills and Jobs Retention Group on January 18th, together with representatives from BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and Nissan.

• New Providers selected for Universal Services – Standards and Frameworks

  21 Dec 2011

  After a rigorous commissioning process, the UK Commission is pleased to announce that we now have nine new providers to cover the delivery of standards and frameworks within the Universal Services family.

• Report recommends employers take centre-stage on training

  13 Dec 2011

  Employers should be offered the opportunity to step up and develop the training their business needs for growth, according to a report published today by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

• £61m investment in employer led projects to boost enterprise, jobs and growth

  24 Nov 2011

  Over £61 million will be invested in projects to drive employer investment in skills across all four nations of the UK, it was announced today. The investment, provided through the Employer Investment Fund administered by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, will support 18 Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) with a range of employer designed and led skills solutions.

• Ministers re-open £60m fund to boost business skills & growth

  23 Nov 2011

  BIS PRESS RELEASE: The second phase of the Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF) was launched today by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Minister for Skills John Hayes. The fund will support businesses to develop their skills solutions tailored to their own needs, transforming growth in their sector, region or supply chain.

• £250m pilot to give employers power over skills training is announced

  17 Nov 2011

  Government announces a £250 million plan to give businesses the power to design, develop and purchase vocational training.

• Investors in people at twenty – new push to support small business growth

  3 Oct 2011

  New case studies reveal how small business owners work with Investors in People to achieve recession-beating growth.