A BACK-TO-WORK training company with taxpayer-funded contracts worth more than £1.3m has been disqualified for “malpractice”.
Bright International is one of 1,500 subcontractors the government
relies on to retrain unemployed people as part of David Cameron’s pledge
“to get Britain working again”, and it boasts of a 100% pass rate.
However, an investigation by a body that certifies these courses found
evidence that Bright was handing out qualifications to people who had
failed the course or never completed it. It has disqualified the firm
from using its courses.
The disqualification follows a Sunday Times investigation of Bright last
year amid allegations that it provided “sham” courses. The case also
highlights a lack of monitoring of such training companies
One manager turned whistleblower said Bright’s disqualification would not prevent further malpractice.
From the Sunday Times (rest of the article behind paywall)
