Skills for Business
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The Skills for Business network is an umbrella organisation for the twenty-five Sector Skills Councils
in the United Kingdom
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Sector Skills Councils
Sector Skills Councils are state-sponsored, employer-led organisations that cover specific economic sectors in the United Kingdom. They have four key goals:* to reduce skills gaps and shortages* to improve productivity...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Sector Skills Councils
- People 1st - hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism www.people1st.co.uk
- Skills for Care and Development
- Skillsmart Retail
- SkillsetSkillsetSkillset is the Sector Skills Council which supports skills and training for people and businesses to ensure the UK creative media industries competitive and productive.-History:It was founded 1992 and is jointly funded by industry and government...
- creative industry - GoSkills
- Construction Skills
- The Institute of the Motor Industry (formerly Automotive SkillsAutomotive SkillsAutomotive Skills Limited is an English registered charity and one of 25 Sector Skills Councils , responsible for the retail motor industry, awarded a licensed by the then secretary of state at the Department for Education and Skills, the Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, in February 2004 .The SSC...
) - SEMTASector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing TechnologiesThe Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies or SEMTA is one of 25 organisations for the whole UK, under the umbrella organisation Skills for Business.-History:...
- Financial Services Skills Council
- Creative & Cultural Skills - advertising
- Skills for Justice
- Cogent - chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Skills for Health
- Lifelong Learning UK
- e-skills UK - IT industry
- Skillfast-UK - fashion - closed 31 March 2010 and merged with SkillsetSkillsetSkillset is the Sector Skills Council which supports skills and training for people and businesses to ensure the UK creative media industries competitive and productive.-History:It was founded 1992 and is jointly funded by industry and government...
- Energy and Utility SkillsEnergy and Utility SkillsEnergy & Utility Skills is one of twenty five Sector Skills Councils licensed by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. It is an employer led body covering the sectors of gas, power, waste management and water industries...
- Lantra - environment and rural
- Improve Ltd - food and drink manufacturing
- SkillsActive - sport
- Proskills UK
- SummitSkills - building services engineering (air conditioning and refrigeration, electrotechnical, heating and ventilating, and plumbing) www.summitskills.org.uk
- Asset Skills - property management
- Skills for Logistics
- Government Skills - central government