A Great Place to Work

This site has further information on all the ideas and initiatives that can help create a great place to work and case studies showing how businesses have thrived and benefited by embracing change.
www.greatplacetowork.co.uk 

ACAS

An advisory, conciliation and arbitration service for employees and employers. 
www.acas.org.uk

Apprenticeships

Find out how employers can overcome recruitment difficulties and access an untapped pool of potential talent using Apprenticeships. 
www.apprenticeships.org.uk 

Basic Skills Agency

One stop shop for all issues relating to Basic Skills. 
www.basic-skills.co.uk 

British Quality Foundation

Help organisations improve their performance.
www.quality-foundation.co.uk 

Business in the Community

Businesses respond to the emerging agenda of corporate social responsibility.
www2.bitc.org.uk

Business Link Lancashire

Provides business information and advice for companies in Lancashire.
www.businesslinklancashire.co.uk 

Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership

Responsible for developing a strategy to ensure the UK has the managers and leaders of the future to match the best in the world.
www.managementandleadershipcouncil.org 

Department for Education & Skills

Government department for education and skills.
www.dfes.gov.uk 

Department for Work & Pension

Government Department 
www.dwp.gov.uk

DfES - Skills for Life site 

Government department responsible for implementing Skills for Life. Provides access to employer resources. 
www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus

Disability Discrimination Act

Access a free online toolkit to help your company respond to the Disability Discrimination Act.
www.disabilityaware.org

Employment Legislation

Department of Trade and Industry
www.dti.gov.uk

Equal Opportunities Commission

Works to eliminate sex discrimination in Britain.
www.eoc.org.uk

Financial Times

Free educational resources. Brings business studies theory to life with case studies on real companies, written by leading business studies textbook authors and linked to all exam specifications.
www.thetimes100.co.uk/ 

Health & Safety Executive

Regulates almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain.
www.hse.gov.uk

HM Revenue & Customs

HMRC is responsible for collecting the bulk of tax revenue, as well as paying Tax Credits and Child Benefits, and strengthening the UK's frontiers.
www.hmrc.gov.uk 

Investors in People

Responsible for the IiP standard in the UK.
www.investorsinpeople.co.uk  

Job Centre Plus

Job Centre Plus recruitment service for employers.
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/employers 

Learning & Skills Council Lancashire

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England. 
www.lsc.gov.uk/lancashire/Corporate/default.htm

National Management Standards Centre

The Management Standards Centre is the Standards Setting Body for the National Occupational Standards for Management. The standards are widely used, both within and outside the UK, as benchmarks for management performance.
www.management-standards.org  

North West Business Leadership Team

The North West Business Leadership Team (NWBLT) brings together a group of the most influential business leaders in North West England, to address key strategic issues affecting the well-being of the region and the quality of life of all its people. It operates as a not-for-profit organisation with a small office based in Warrington. 
www.nwblt.co.uk 

Qualifications & Curriculum Authority

Responsible for standards in education and training.
www.qca.org.uk

Sector Skills Development Agency

Aimed at improving training & development.
www.ssda.org.uk 

The British Council

The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.
www.britishcouncil.org 

The Work Foundation

Not for profit organisation aiming to improve productivity and the quality of working life in the UK. 
www.theworkfoundation.com