First4Skills Limited - In Administration
Nick Edwards, Bill Dawson and Paul Meadows were appointed Joint Administrators of First4Skills Limited (“the Company”) on 21 September 2012. The affairs, business and property of the Company are managed by the Joint Administrators. The Joint Administrators act as agents of the Company and contract without personal liability.
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About First4Skills Limited
The Company is a Government funded provider of vocational skills training to young people. Its core activities are providing training to learners on the Government’s apprenticeship and Foundation Learning programmes (historically, the Company also delivered the Government’s Train To Gain programme, which is now closed to new starts).
Prior to the Administrators’ appointment the Company had c. 9,400 learners in training programmes, employed by over 2,000, predominantly retail, organisations (including New Look, Primark, John Lewis and Currys).
Following the appointment of the Joint Administrators, the business and assets relating to the English and Scottish apprenticeship training divisions were sold to Liverpool Community College.
The English Foundation Learning division is being traded in Administration for a period of approximately two weeks, whilst a new provider is found. This is to be funded by the Education Funding Agency.
The remaining parts of the business, based in Wales and Northern Ireland, were closed on appointment. The Joint Administrators will assist the relevant funding bodies in finding new learning placements for the c. 200 learners that were training in Wales and Northern Ireland prior to our appointment.
Updates
First4Skills Limited use of website
It is the Administrators intention to provide all statutory information to creditors by use of this website in accordance with new legislation introduced by the Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010.
All known creditors will be advised each time a new document has been uploaded to the website and the documents will remain on the website for the duration of the administration and for three months after the administration has ended.
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