City & Guilds scraps mass redundancies and offshoring UK jobs to Greece PeopleCert had been planning to cut about 400 jobs in £22m savings drive at training body it bought last year The Guardian - UK · Jun 18
City & Guilds bosses awarded themselves millions in bonuses, investigation finds Report finds Kirstie Donnelly and Abid Ismail paid bonuses ‘without authorisation or knowledge’ of superiors The Guardian - UK · Jun 15
City & Guilds faces legal and industrial action over plans to cut hundreds of jobs New crisis at former vocational charity involves alleged withholding of data and breaching redundancy laws The Guardian - UK · Jun 3
City & Guilds London Institute trustees accused of stalling inquiry into £166m sale The board of the vocational charity has shown a ‘catastrophic failure of governance’, according to a member of the group’s council The Guardian - UK · May 9
Fee hikes, big bonuses, then bosses exit: the curious case of City & Guilds privatisation Sale of vocational training brand and million-pound executive pay deals now subject to Charity Commission inquiry The Guardian - UK · Apr 19
The Guardian view on the City & Guilds privatisation: big bonuses cast a shadow over this deal Editorial: Questions about the breakup of a venerable education charity, and who has benefited from it, need answers The Guardian - UK · Jan 21
New City & Guilds owners tripled bosses’ pay amid £22m cost-cutting drive Total pay of the qualification body’s top six executives has risen by 240% to £6.2m since charity sold it The Guardian - UK · Jan 20
Top two bosses at City & Guilds placed on leave after bonus scandal Pair will be absent ‘for short period’ from vocational trainer, whose charity is under investigation by Charity Commission The Guardian - UK · Jan 16
Charity watchdog opens inquiry into City & Guilds’ sale of business arm Bosses at body that trained chef Jamie Oliver were awarded million-pound bonuses after sale to private firm The Guardian - UK · Jan 9
Bosses at City & Guilds handed million-pound bonuses after training firm is privatised Exclusive: Executives at body that trained chef Jamie Oliver awarded pay rises and bonuses after sale to private firm – as hundreds of jobs may be offshored The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025
City & Guilds to shrink UK workforce amid £22m cost-cutting drive Training and qualifications body, acquired by private Greek firm in October, to become ‘leaner organisation’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2025