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• Call to action for local employers to support schools in helping raise awareness about the world of work

  21 May 2012

  About 80 delegates, including local employers and representatives from Career Wales, attended two events held by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) and Careers Wales at Llandudno, North Wales and Barry, South Wales

• UK Commission for Employment and Skills strengthened by new appointments

  4 May 2012

  Business Secretary Vince Cable today (4 May) announced the appointment of four new Commissioners to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills
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  Year-round work experience better for schools and businesses, report finds

  24 Apr 2012

  Work experience for school and college students should take place throughout the year, rather than in the traditional two week block in the summer term- allowing closer integration with the curriculum, according to a report published today.
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  Manchester businesses invited to bid for share of £250 million skills boost

  6 Mar 2012

  Employers in Greater Manchester will be amongst the first in the country to learn about how they could benefit from up to £250 million of government investment in training.

• £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

• 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.

• UK Commission responds to Public Bodies Review

  14 Oct 2010

  Chris Humphries, Chief Executive issued a statement with regards to the UK Commission's position as a result of the Public Bodies Review

• National Employer Skills Survey for England 2009 report published

  9 Aug 2010

  Most young people leave education well prepared for their first job, according to a survey of nearly 80,000 employers published today.

• Experts call for reform of UK's skills system to boost economy

  28 Jul 2010

  Experts today warned that the UK’s economy – currently the sixth largest in the world – is set to slide down the international rankings unless its skills and employment systems are fundamentally reformed and improved.

• National Strategic Skills Audit is launched

  17 Mar 2010

  Experts today warned that the benefits of economic recovery and growth will only be fully realised if there is continued investment in skills.

• Recession reduces skills shortages, but experts warn against complacency

  10 Mar 2010

  Research published today reveals that most employers are happy with the calibre of their employees, with some 93% of the UK workforce thought to be proficient at their jobs.

• Skills For Logistics relicensed

  5 Mar 2010

  Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the logistics sector, has been given a further trademark licence to operate as an SSC, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson announced today, on behalf of the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations.

• Vocational Qualifications can boost earnings

  4 Jan 2010

  Report finds that some VQs lead to large pay increases, but benefits are not universal.