Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s largest adult training and apprenticeships provider is at risk of collapse following a damning report ...

A little-known education entrepreneur has swooped to seal an audacious takeover of Learndirect, Brit‎ain's biggest provider of apprenticeships and adult training services. The ‎acquisition will be ...

Learndirect, which offers apprentices and adult training at sites across England, is facing a fight for survival after the government announced it intends to cut all funding to the firm within a year.

Learndirect provides apprenticeships and training to thousands of people every year, yet it has been labelled as “inadequate” by Ofsted. In the wake of Carillion’s collapse, the question is rightfully ...

Learndirect, the former state-owned training provider, has won a last-ditch reprieve from its lenders as it seeks to rebuild its finances in the wake of a controversial report by the education ...

The Government has been strongly criticised over its role in giving millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to a leading training company accused of failing to deliver quality services to apprentices.

The vocational training provider Learndirect is being put up for sale weeks after one of its core divisions was snapped up by the FTSE-100 education group Pearson. Sky News understands that LDC, the ...

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