City & Guilds former CEO Kirstie Donnelly and finance chief Abid Ismail allegedly awarded themselves nearly £3m in unauthorized bonuses following the £166m sale of the vocational charity. An internal investigation found the payments breached duties and caused reputational harm, with PeopleCert seeking recovery of the funds and making referrals to authorities.
Unite union alleges PeopleCert, owner of City & Guilds, has been dishonest about plans to cut ~400 UK jobs, withholding info and hiring externally. Investigations are ongoing into the controversial sale and executive bonuses.
The board of the vocational charity has shown a ‘catastrophic failure of governance’, according to a member of the group’s councilThe trustees of City & Guilds London Institute have been accused of attempting to dodge accountability for a “catastrophic failure of governance” by stalling on the launch of an independent inquiry into the £166m sale of the vocational charity’s training and accreditation business last October.Members of the 148-year-old body voted overwhelmingly last month for the trustee board to trigger what would be the third investigation into how the foundation sold its operations to the private operator PeopleCert in October. Continue reading...
Sale of vocational training brand and million-pound executive pay deals now subject to Charity Commission inquiryWhen electrician Charlie Butler was contacted by City & Guilds last autumn, he received a shock.He had branched out to launch a new company schooling future sparkies in Essex, offering City & Guilds-affiliated courses and qualifications. When the representative from the training charity called, Butler was expecting a quick conversation about a small uptick in the annual fees. Continue reading...
