East of England
The East of England is one of the original partners which submitted a successful bid with the Financial Services Skills Council for a National Skills Academy.
The hub of the Academy is based in Norwich and operated by the region’s lead partner, City College Norwich which is a Centre for Excellence for Finance and Business Services.
The College and the academy partners has invested approximately £5million in a building, St Andrews House, which originally housed the headquarters of the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society so having its origins in the financial services sector.
The Academy has excellent and close links with employers in the region and is led by the Regional Employers Board, chaired by John Woods the Chairman of Moneyfacts. The Board is comprised of employers, which are also sponsors of the Skills Academy, and regional stakeholders such as the Learning and Skills Council and the East of England Development Agency.
Directed by its Board, the region have developed and are implementing plans to enhance the engagement with employers from across the region, developing local links to ensure employers help shape training courses and other programmes of activity. The regional plans will progressively introduce a programme of courses tailored to meet needs; some of which will receive public funding support, to be delivered by a network of accredited training providers from across the region.