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May 4, 2012
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Business Employment Services Training Limited (BEST), one of the UK’s leading providers of training and development for job-seekers and employers. The acquisition increases Interserve’s delivery of front-line services, particularly in the Department of Work and Pensions’ Work Programme, and [...]
April 20, 2012
DWP has now completed the evaluation of bids submitted for the set up of a Framework Agreement for the provision of Health and Disability Assessment services to support DWP and other contracting authorities. A total of 10 companies have been selected onto the Framework, including several existing prime contractors of employability provision. A variety of [...]
April 13, 2012
The Youth Contract element supporting 16-17 year olds not in Employment, Education or Training is currently being tendered. It is our understanding that the Department for Education are not intending to publish a list of bidders who have qualified at the PQQ stage to bid for these contracts, although they are seeking to collate a list [...]
April 10, 2012
As part of the Government’s announcement about the £1 billion worth of funding to deliver a new Youth Contract over the next three years, the YPLA are seeking organisations to deliver a new programme of additional support aimed at 16-17 year olds who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). EOS is delighted to [...]
March 30, 2012
Following the launch of the prospectus in February, UKCES have been hosting a number of events to promote the Employer Ownership of Skills pilot. The pilot is a joint initiative between BIS, DfE and UKCES giving employers the opportunity to apply for funding to take ownership of the skills, training and development within their organisation. [...]
NCG is one of the largest educational, training and employability organisations in the UK, currently delivering to 70,000 individuals and 7,000 businesses from over 45 locations. NCG comprises three divisions – Newcastle College, West Lancashire College and the Intraining Group. Rathbone, a UK-wide voluntary youth sector charity providing opportunities for young people to transform their [...]
March 28, 2012
Carley Consult is representing a Nottingham based skills and employability provider who is currently seeking to recruit for the following positions: Business Development Manager Circa £28,000 plus bonus / benefits (Vacancy Ref BDM) Responsible for the Sales, Marketing and Business Development functions. This includes identifying and responding to new funding opportunities, and developing strategies to [...]
March 21, 2012
George Osborne’s latest Budget has majored on tax reform, with little by way of new announcements which directly affect the employability and skills market. There are perhaps no great surprises in this, given that recent reforms through the Work Programme, the Youth Contract, and the expansion of Apprenticeships are already well underway. Despite this, the [...]
March 15, 2012
Following on from our previous successful Employment & Skills Bid Writing Workshops, we have now scheduled our next workshop which will be taking place in London on Wednesday the 23rd May. Our Employment and Skills Bid Writing training day will be led by Jim Carley (Managing Director) and Liz Flynn (Head of Bid Services). Jim and Liz collectively have almost [...]
March 14, 2012
Jim Carley, Managing Director of Carley Consult Ltd, has been appointed as the employer representative of the Federation of Small Business (FSB) to sit upon the Nottinghamshire City & County Employment & Skills Board (NCCESB). The role of the NCCESB is to engage local employers, articulate labour market needs, scrutinise local services and inform how [...]