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• 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.

• 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.

• UK Commission for Employment and Skills strengthened by new appointments

  21 Jul 2011

  Business Secretary Vince Cable and Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith have appointed nine new Commissioners to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

• £5m skills investment projects get the go-ahead

  30 Jun 2011

  Projects totalling over £5 million have been given the green light, thanks to a new Employer Investment Fund (EIF), run by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Launched on 8 March, the fund aims to raise employer investment in skills across the UK by supporting innovative and sustainable programmes run by Sector Skills Councils (SSCs).

• Investors in People launches new delivery arrangements

  1 Apr 2011

  Employers working with Investors in People can look forward to more choice and flexibility than ever before, thanks to a new network of delivery partners launched today. The refreshed network means that customers get more choice of delivery partners, including three new centres and two which have been awarded new licences.

• Growth and Innovation Fund launched

  7 Mar 2011

  Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable, and Minister for Skills, John Hayes, today launched a £50 million a year fund to help businesses develop the skills they need to drive growth.

• Preliminary announcement for Investors in People delivery arrangements in England

  20 Jan 2011

  The UK Commission for Employment and Skills announces the licences for the Investors in People delivery network.

• Changes at the top for UK Commission for Employment and Skills

  25 Nov 2010

  Chris Humphries CBE, the Chief Executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills will retire at the end of the year, it was announced today. He will be succeeded by Michael Davis, currently the UK Commission’s director of strategy and performance, who will take over the helm as the new interim chief executive from 1 January 2011, for a period of six months pending the appointment of a permanent chief executive.

• UK Commission for Employment and Skills welcomes new Chairman

  16 Nov 2010

  The UK Commission for Employment and Skills today welcomed the appointment of Charlie Mayfield, Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, as its new Chairman.