Business Action on Skills

Business Action on Skills tackles the issue of poor literacy, language and numeracy in the workplace by supporting employers in developing and implementing Government-supported workplace training programmes.

Business in the Community is already improving the numeracy and literacy skills of more than 50,000 employees by engaging more than 100 large businesses in the Business Action on Skills campaign. These include Dollond & Aitchison, First Group, Ford Motor Company, MacDonalds, Rentokil Initial, Royal Mail, Serco Group, VT Group and Walkers Snack Foods. Skills can unlock the potential of your people, improve your performance and increase your profits. 

Senior business leaders have also joined the campaign’s Skills Champion Network, committing to act as ambassadors for Skills and inspiring peers, suppliers and clients into action. The Skills Champion Network is a powerful and inspiring group of leaders across a range of industries, and from a wide variety of backgrounds. The Network continues to play an important advocacy role for business and is a sounding board to Government.