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UK Commission for Employment & Skills

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills is a publicly funded, industry-led organisation that offers guidance on skills and employment issues in the UK. Their responsibilities include giving businesses and people advice on the labour market so they can make informed decisions, carrying out employment and skills policies to develop a workforce that can compete internationally and helping more employers invest in their employees’ skills.


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    Skills bodies offer lukewarm reception to ministers’ levelling up proposals

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2022

    REC says policies that did not address the apprenticeship levy's problems were ‘tinkering at the edges’; City & Guilds said vital sectors of the economy were in a state of collapse.

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    Work experience “lottery” fuelling youth unemployment

    by Jo Faragher 12 Feb 2015
    by Jo Faragher 12 Feb 2015

    Young people are almost twice as likely to find work experience in some parts of the country than others, according...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Skills shortages
    • UK Commission for Employment & Skills

    Skills shortages blight one in five vacancies, finds survey

    by Jo Faragher 30 Jan 2014
    by Jo Faragher 30 Jan 2014

    Employers struggle to fill around one in five jobs because of skills shortages – and these vacancies are growing twice...

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    Employers need incentives to create apprenticeships, says UKCES

    by Samantha Carter 15 Mar 2013
    by Samantha Carter 15 Mar 2013

    Employers must be given incentives to encourage high-quality apprenticeships, according to a report by the UK Commission for Employment and...

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    • UK Commission for Employment & Skills

    Government invites employers to bid for training funds

    by Jo Faragher 20 Nov 2012
    by Jo Faragher 20 Nov 2012

    Employers will be able to bid for a share of £150 million in training funding to deliver the specific skills...

    • Latest News
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    • UK Commission for Employment & Skills

    Bigger not necessarily better for L&D spending

    by Jo Faragher 16 Nov 2012
    by Jo Faragher 16 Nov 2012

    EXCLUSIVEThe amount of money that organisations invest in training does not necessarily equate to the quality of training they receive, according...

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    David Fairhurst of McDonald’s appointed to UK Commission for Employment and Skills

    by Rob Moss 21 Jul 2011
    by Rob Moss 21 Jul 2011

    David Fairhurst, chief people officer of McDonald’s Europe and a former Personnel Today HR Director of the Year, has been...

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    Government quango cuts: who survived?

    by Laura Chamberlain 14 Oct 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 14 Oct 2010

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission has survived the Government’s quango cuts but many others have been axed or are still under...

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    Employers happy with younger workers but skills gap persists

    by Personnel Today 10 Aug 2010
    by Personnel Today 10 Aug 2010

    Most employers are happy with the calibre of young people they recruit, although one in five say their existing workforce...

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    Skills of UK workforce need ‘radical’ reform, UKCES warns

    by Personnel Today 28 Jul 2010
    by Personnel Today 28 Jul 2010

    The UK must radically reform the skills of its workforce or risk the economy losing its world-class ranking, experts have...

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    Sector skills councils still face closure despite majority passing relicensing review

    by Kat Baker 29 Mar 2010
    by Kat Baker 29 Mar 2010

    The government’s entire network of sector skills councils (SSCs) still face the prospect of being closed down despite all but...

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    Skills shortages still a worry for UK employers despite millions of unemployed

    by Personnel Today 17 Mar 2010
    by Personnel Today 17 Mar 2010

    Skills shortages remain a worrying issue for many UK companies despite millions of people being unemployed, research revealed today.Almost one-third...

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    Skills shortage vacancies almost halved since 2007

    by Personnel Today 10 Mar 2010
    by Personnel Today 10 Mar 2010

    The number of skills shortage vacancies has fallen dramatically in the past two years, new research shows.
    The UK Commission...

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    Skills for Logistics relicensed as sector skills council

    by Mike Berry 5 Mar 2010
    by Mike Berry 5 Mar 2010

    Skills for Logistics has been relicensed as a sector skills council, the government has announced.
    Sector skills councils are employer-led...

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    Literacy and numeracy online tool ‘a key step forward’, says skills chief

    by Personnel Today 28 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 28 Jan 2010

    The head of the skills commission has hailed a free workplace online tool that assesses the skills and abilities of health...

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