TOMORROW’S CLEANING MARCH 10
Happy Birthday B-Skill Ltd
AS B-SKILL LTD CELEBRATES 10 SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF
BUSINESS THIS MONTH, THE COMPANY LOOKS BACK ON
THEIR SUCCESSES SO FAR, AND WHAT YET LIES AHEAD.
Starting from a small office based in Newcastle- focus for the business and will undoubtedly
upon-Tyne in March 2000 with five people, be a vital factor for the future growth in the
B-Skill Ltd has grown consistently over the last following 10 years.
decade to get to where it is today - the leading
Clearly the last year has been very challenging
training provider of choice to the Support
for the business, as it has been for most other
Service and Facilities Management sector.
training providers due to the funding
B-Skill Ltd has always delivered high quality constraints of Train to Gain. However, those
and flexible training specifically designed to
challenges have been met head on with logic highly skilled workforce, who are suitably
meet the needs of the industry across the
and a positive attitude, emerging as a more trained and capable of managing an ever
whole of the UK and now has several office
efficient business ready to further invest in the changing industry through the development
bases across the country.
hard work put in over recent years. of new qualifications such as the Facilities
After learning a lot over the years from
Over the next 12 months, B-Skill will be
Management NVQ and Apprenticeship.
customers’ wants and needs in terms of
launching a number of exciting new initiatives Introducing this new form of training was
products and services, the company have
and services designed to add more value to actioned in response to employer demand
developed strong long term partnerships
customer experience such as the new and by having a close working relationship
with a large number of customers, some of
Facilities Management Level 3 qualification - with Asset Skills, the Sector Skills Council
whom have worked with B-Skill since the
whom B-Skill are one of only three providers for Facilities Management. It helped identify
very beginning.
throughout the whole country who will deliver the need for the industry to attain
Artemis Artemiou, National Operations
this - a range of Apprenticeships and our new
recognised qualifications.
Director of Proactive Facilities (UK) Ltd said:
Cleaning Consultancy Service.
B-Skill believe that for experienced staff with
“We have a long standing relationship with
Paul Wileman, Managing Director of B-Skill
no formal industry-specific qualification,
B-Skill and have been very pleased with the
said: “I would like to say thank you to all our
the option of the NVQ as a stand-alone
outstanding level of service they provide. All
customers who have worked with us over the
qualification based on their workplace
of the staff are friendly, professional and can
last 10 years and have contributed
experience will be highly appealing as
be relied upon to deliver an efficient and
significantly to our success. We will continue
acknowledgment for their dedication and
effective service.
to make it our mission to be the provider of
understanding of the sector. This would also
All of our staff have commented on how choice to the support services and facilities
suit facilities managers with significant
comfortable and relaxed B-Skill staff made management industry and reward our
experience in other areas who wish to fill
them feel when carrying out their assessments. customers with continuous high quality
gaps in their FM awareness.
They make them feel valued, which as far as training, flexible delivery and excellent
www.b-skill.co.uk
ProActive Directors are concerned, plays a very customer service support”.
big part in our company”.
So what does the future hold?
This partnership approach with both customers B-Skill Ltd are dedicated to ensuring that the
and partners of B-Skill continues to be a key facilities management (FM) sector has a
The future of our cleaning industry | TOMORROW’S CLEANING |
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