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.

Sector Skills Councils

 * 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