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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Simon Goodley

Charity watchdog opens inquiry into City & Guilds’ sale of business arm

A welder at work
A welder at work. CGLI announced in the autumn that it was selling its training and awards operation, City & Guilds, to PeopleCert. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into City & Guilds’ sale of its qualification awards business to a private company last year.

The announcement has been made after the Guardian revealed last month how City & Guilds bosses were handed million-pound bonuses after the charity privatised its business arm.

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