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