Bringing businesses together

When done well, collaboration between businesses can create new opportunities, foster agility, galvanise a sector, bring together complementary skills and experience. With skills being at the heart of the UK’s economic growth now is the time for like-minded local and regional training providers to work together.

Over 20 years of successful skill delivery

All of us operating within the vocational training sector know well that the new Skills England is right when it says that skills drive economic growth and spread opportunity. Training and education build skills which in turn contribute to growth and productivity.

Our expertise

Government funded delivery models are tightly regulated in terms of compliance and accountability, which inherently comes with a layer of administration that is often beyond the means of smaller providers. 

We at UK Partnership for Skills have expertise in securing government funding, enrolling, and mentoring learners, ensuring funding compliance, and managing the Ofsted inspection quality processes. 

Securing government funding
Enrolling & mentoring learners
Ensuring funding compliance
Managing Ofsted inspection

Meet the team

Get to know the people behind UK Partnership for Skills.

Mark Manson-Smith

Head of Military Contracts, Fleet and HGV Training

Rebecca Adams

Head of People, Learner Journey and Funded Contracts

Graham Clewes

Head of Quality, Curriculum and Compliance

Mark Smith

Head of Finance and Strategy

Why UK Partnership for Skills?

Why choose us for your skills training.

A network of equal partners

As a network of equal partners we differ from the conventional prime or brokerage model, because all training delivery partners receive a fair share of the contractual profits and participate in management of the business.

Over 20 years of experience

Our solution is a partnership marrying a nationwide funded training specialist with over 20 years experience of successful delivery, with a network of local skills training companies by sharing a central bidding, administrative, and compliance hub.

Payment within 30 days*

As a signatory to the Prompt Payment Code, we also ensure that *over 95% of our partners and suppliers receive full payment within 30 days so can alleviate cashflow risk to our partners.

Meeting all demands

Accessing government funding for skills training brings additional demands around learner targeting, funding compliance, documentation evidence, regulation and Ofsted inspection about the quality of training. Many excellent training providers avoid this market because of these demands.