London Skills and Employment Board

Welcome to the website of the London Skills and Employment Board (LSEB), established to provide leadership in improving adult skills and employment in London.

The LSEB is chaired by the Mayor of London and is employer-led to ensure that its work is driven by the needs of employers and that skills provision meets the existing and future needs of the London workforce. Harvey McGrath, Chairman of Prudential plc, is the Vice-Chair and Board members include top London business leaders, large employers, small businesses, education specialists, local authorities and union representation. View all board members.

In July 2008, the Mayor launched London's Future: The Skills and Employment Strategy for London 2008 – 2013, which sets out a blueprint for the changes required to improve employment and skills outcomes for Londoners and London employers over the next five years.

Annual Review 2009

The Board has now completed the first annual review of this Strategy, which has resulted in a suite of documents:

• A revised Strategy: From Recession to Recovery: The Skills and Employment Strategy for London (2009-2014). 
  This revision takes into account the impact of the recession and the steps necessary to contribute to recovery. It maintains the strategic goals for employers, Londoners and the simplification of the employment and skills system as well as establishing a set of short term priorities to March 2011.
  
  From Recession to Recovery: The Skills and Employment Strategy for London PDF
  From Recession to Recovery: The Skills and Employment Strategy for London RTF

• An update to our evidence base The London Story Update 2009.
  The document paints a picture of a city with continuing structural challenges but dominated by a need to deal with the impact of the recession.
  
  London Story Update PDF only

• The Board’s first Annual Report presents a picture of the progress the LSEB has made in its first year of strategy implementation. It features six case studies showing how LSEB's work is bringing about systemic change and benefiting services on the ground for Londoners and businesses.
  
  Annual Report 2009 PDF
  Annual Report 2009 RTF