UK Skills has appointed Yvonne Thompson CBE, chair of the African Caribbean Business Network (ACBN), as an Ambassador for the National Training Awards.

Yvonne Thompson also chairs the DTI’s Ethnic Minority Business Forum and the London Central Learning and Skills Council.  She is a founder and president of the European Federation of Black Women Business Owners (EFBWBO).

The National Training Awards recognise and celebrate the organisations and people who create success through training and personal development.  The awards are run on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills by UK Skills, a not for profit organisation which champions vocational skills and learning for work.

UK Skills’ Chief Executive Jacqui Henderson CBE said: “I’m delighted to have Yvonne joining our Ambassadors’ network.  We know that she will encourage people to enter the awards with their inspiring stories of how training has helped them, their business or their community to succeed.  We are keen to ensure that every part of our community can be recognised within the National Training Awards”

Yvonne Thompson said:  “As a National Training Awards Ambassador I look forward to spreading the message about the awards and encouraging people to have their training successes recognised in this way.  I also want to encourage people to invest in training.  Training helps individuals achieve their goals, it can make businesses more efficient and it helps communities to help themselves.”

A free business breakfast to explain more about the awards is being run in central London on 3rd April in conjunction with the ACBN and EFBWBO.  For more details, or to reserve a place, please phone 020 7978 9488 or email info@efbwbonet.

Entries for this year’s National Training Awards close on 26th April.  For more information visit www.nationaltrainingawards.com.