Skills for Business links
The Alliance of Sector Skills Councils: following the closure of The Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA), 1st April 2008 saw the launch of the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils - a collective body made up of all 25 SSCs.
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES): the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (also opened for business on 1st April 2008 as a result of Leitch), operates across the UK and plays a central role in raising the UK's skills base.
Asset Skills: the Sector Skills Council for the property, housing facilities management, cleaning and car parking industries.
Automotive Skills Limited: the Sector Skills Council for the retail motor industry.
Cogent: the Sector Skills Council for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Petrolium & Polymers.
ConstructionSkills: the Sector Skills Council for construction.
Creative & Cultural Skills: is the Sector Skills Council for advertising, crafts, cultural heritage, design, music, performing, literary and visual arts.
E-Skills UK website: the Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms.
EU Skills: Energy & Utility Skills is the Sector Skills Council for the electricity, gas, waste management and water industries.
Financial Services: The Financial Services Skills Council provides strategic leadership for training, education and workforce development in the Financial Services industry including insurance and accounting.
GoSkills: is an employer-led organisation, representing the Passenger Transport Industries, that operates throughout the UK.
Government Skills: the Sector Skills Council for central government.
Improve Ltd.: the Sector Skills Council for Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing across the UK.
Lantra: the Sector Skills Council for the environmental and land-based sector.
Lifelong Learning UK: the independent employer-led sector skills council responsible for the professional development of staff working in the UK lifelong learning sector.
People 1st: the Sector Skills Council for the Hospitality, Leisure, Travel and Tourism industries.
Proskills: the Sector Skills Councilfor the building products, coatings, extractives, glass and print industries, which make up the process and manufacturing sector.
Semta: the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies.
Skillfast-UK : the Sector Skills Council for fashion and textiles.
SkillsActive: is the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure and Learning.
Skills for Care and Development: the employer led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England providing over £25 million in funding to support improved training and qualifications for managers and staff.
Skills for Health: the Sector Skills Council for the UK health sector.
Skills for Justice: the dedicated Sector Skills Council and Standards Setting Body for the justice sector.
Skills for Logistics: the Sector Skills Council for the freight logistics industries.
Skillsmart: is the Sector Skills Council for retail skills development and promotion.
SummitSkills: the Sector Skills Council for the building services engineering sector.