Skills for Business

The Skills for Business network is an umbrella organisation for the twenty-five Sector Skills Councils in the United Kingdom.

History

The whole set of SSCs are funded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

Skills CFA - business skills
People 1st - hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism www.people1st.co.uk
Skills for Care and Development
Skillsmart Retail
Skillset - creative industry
GoSkills
Construction Skills
The Institute of the Motor Industry (formerly Automotive Skills)
SEMTA
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 Skillset
Energy and Utility Skills
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