David Jackson (ex A4e director) as Strategic Business & Welfare to Work Divisional Director (who will be looking, for example, to take forward the new Government's DWP Work Programme agenda for Ixion etc) and John Danvers (ex Pera director) as our European Contracts director (who will be working very closely with Anglia Ruskin University).

David Jackson                    John Danvers

The Ixion-CG Apprenticeship Programme has been introduced to offer you Apprentices between the ages of 16-18 years old who are looking for employment.

There are a range of Apprenticeship options available to you, including the new Apprenticeship in Business Administration, which offer training and skills development to deliver real returns to your business bottom line.

Ixion contributed to the set up of the relationship with Harrods. More information at the BBC.

Ixions wins as a Prime contractor again with DWP for a c £3,269,500 contract. This is to create 500 jobs for long-term unemployed young people on Jobseeker’s Allowance in Areas of High Unemployment by 31 March 2011. Ixion will work with New Deal of the Mind to deliver these across London, Southern England and the East of England.

On 30th April 2010 Ixion Holdings Ltd acquired the £4m a year turnover Computer Gym (UK) Ltd and it has been re-branded Ixion CG Ltd and will stay as a separate legal entity but part of the Ixion Holdings Ltd group of companies and act as Ixions main delivery unit. Established in 1995 the acquired business is an outreach training provider that delivers Employment & Skills training programmes in line with policy informed by the Leitch Review of Skills and the Freud Report. It operates nationally across England, leading on contracts in London, Midlands, East, South East, North East & North West. Ixion CG provides a full complement of Integrated Employment & Skills interventions across three Divisions:

• Employability (Into Work)     

Initiatives - Skills for Jobs; Flexible New Deal; Response to Redundancy; Jobcentre           Plus; Regional Development Agencies.                  

Delivering - Short vocational courses; Employability & Soft Skills; Job Search & Placement.

• Workforce Development               

Initiatives - Train to Gain; Apprenticeships; Regional Development Agencies; European Social Fund; Employer funded. 

Delivering - National Vocational Qualifications; Skills for Life; Short Courses; Management Courses.

• Offender Learning                                                                                                                          

Initiatives - Skills for Jobs; Offender Learning & Skills Service; National Offender Management Service; Transition Funds; Next Steps. 

Delivering - Skills for Life (Literacy; Numeracy; ESOL); Employability; Vocational Courses; Advice, Guidance & Support; Jobs

Ixion CG Ltd has a very successful and strong track record in delivery of pre-employment training to unemployed groups, with end to end services that provide a full journey from engagement and initial assessment through to sustainable employment. This has included engaging learners through delivery of Skills for Jobs (including ASDAN employability qualifications), with employability elements and work placement services. We also hold London’s largest Jobcentre Plus Support subcontract, solely covering the Boroughs of Newham, Redbridge, Havering, Croydon & Kingston. We have significant experience working with disadvantaged clients (lone parents, aged 50+, BME, Offenders) including those furthest from the labour market. A focus is on training that combines vocational upskilling with in-depth initial assessment, employability skills development, intensive job support, IAG/mentoring & access to comprehensive signpost-advisory services.  Progression opportunities are maximised via pull-through to our current London Train to Gain & Apprenticeship contracts.

Ixion CG Ltd is also at the forefront of offender training and IAG (Information, Advice and Guidance) initiatives under its dedicated Offender Learning Services Division with over 2,500 clients supported each year. We are also one of the UK’s leading specialist Mobile Skills for Life providers, having delivered in excess of 3,000 Skills for Life courses since 2006 & with National Testing results consistently 10% higher than the national average (85-92% pass rate).

 Ixion CG Ltd sets out to engage with employers under its Workforce Development Division to understand their specific needs to tailor training courses, locations and timing to accommodate those needs. This approach has resulted in substantially higher pass rates than the national average in essential “Skills for Life” (literacy, numeracy and literacy). 

One of the key strengths of Ixion CG Ltd is the capacity to provide comprehensive outreach services via Laptop “Flying Squads” or even Mobile Learning Centres, which can be used for IAG, Vocational training, ICT and full job search activities.

www.ixioncg.com

Ixion Holdings Ltd has been awarded a c. £1 million DWP “prime” contract to deliver the Future Jobs Fund. FJF is a contract with the Department of Work & Pensions which places 18-24 year olds on Jobseekers Allowance into 6 month work placements.

We have been asked to deliver 167 jobs with 19 creative arts organisations within the London area. The majority of the contract will be delivered by our new partner called – “New Deal of the Mind” (they are a creative arts charity and a coalition of artists, entrepreneurs and opinion formers who recognise the economic, social and cultural value of Britain’s creative talent in London). http://www.newdealofthemind.com/

In addition to Business Link East of England recently re-winning the 3 year contract from EEDA for the main Business Link service in the East of England in December 2009, worth £20m per annum for an integrated Business Link and Skills brokerage. It has also won from the East of England RDA (EEDA) two new 3 year contracts, worth £4m p.a, for. UKTI contract (UK Trade & Industryand the Inward Invetstment contract),   that helps businesses in the region to market in and to countries around the world.

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The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has today (9th Dec 2009) announced EEIDB Ltd as their preferred provider for the new and improved Business Link, incorporating the current skills support offered by Train to Gain and making it easier and quicker for businesses to access the support they need through a single point of access. 

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Ixion Holdings Ltd is pleased to announce that it was awarded The Matrix Quality Standard for information advice and guidance services. Ixion is delighted to be the first brokerage company in England to achieve this. The assessor was particularly impressed with Ixion’s customer focus and impartiality. Following on from this success we have been advised to apply for the Matrix Excellence Awards 2010.

The matrix standard is the national quality standard for any organisation that delivers information, advice and/or guidance on learning and work.

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Working in partnership to develop and pilot a brand new NVQ qualification specifically for Courier Drivers.

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Ixion Holdings are pleased to announce the winners of the £32,000* Ixion Challenge. Origin8 Deli-Cafes LTD, Cambridge impressed the judges with its plan to survive and thrive in the current market conditions.

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Ixion Holdings annouce the three finalists of The Ixion Challenge. Finalists were chosen based on the quality of a survive and thrive plan submitted in stage 2 of the competition.

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Ixion Holdings is proud to launch an innovative new challenge to re-energise the business community in the East of England. The Ixion Challenge offers businesses in the area the opportunity to win a package up to £32,000 of financial support to help them grow and develop.

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