Automotive Skills Limited is an English

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and one of 25

Sector Skills Councils Sector skills councils (SSCs) are employer-led organisations that cover specific industries in the United Kingdom. They were introduced by Adult Skills Minister, Rt Hon John Healey MP in 2002, while the architect of the policy was Tom Bewick, a ...

(SSC), responsible for the retail motor industry, awarded a licensed by the then secretary of state at the Department for Education and Skills, the Rt Hon

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MP, in February 2004.

History

The SSC suffered a fraud at the hands of its finance manager, which was discovered in 200

Subsequently, Automotive Skills' SSC license was transferred to the Institute of the Motor Industry in September 200

https://web.archive.org/web/20071114073914/http://www.motortrader.com/25831/IMI-named-as-government-sector.ehtml]. The Institute uses the Automotive Skills brand, although the separate charity still exist

The SSC had a contract with the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA), which was replaced by the

UK Commission for Employment and Skills The UK Commission for Employment and Skills was a non-departmental public body that provided advice on skills and employment policy to the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills closed in Mar ...

(UKCES) on 1 April 2008. One role of the UKCES will be to manage the performance of the

, advising Ministers on their re-licensin

The members of Automotive Skills Limited appointed liquidators PJ Clark and PD Williams of corporate restructuring organisation MCR, on 24 July 200

Structure

It was headquartered in Brickendon in

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References

External links

* * Automotive industry in the United Kingdom Career and technical education East Hertfordshire District Education in Hertfordshire Motor trade associations Sector Skills Councils {{UK-charity-stub