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- 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 & 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.
- 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
14th Oct 2010- Most young people leave education well prepared for their first job, according to a survey of nearly 80,000 employers published today.
- 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.
- Experts today warned that the benefits of economic recovery and growth will only be fully realised if there is continued investment in skills.
- 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
5th Mar 2010Skills 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.- Report finds that some VQs lead to large pay increases, but benefits are not universal.
- Following advice from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills Lord Mandelson has announced today that Skillfast-UK will not be relicensed as a Sector Skills Council (SSC) in its own right.