On 16 October 2025, City and Guilds of London Institute (CGLI) announced the sale of its commercial awarding organisation and skills training activities to PeopleCert

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into City and Guilds of London Institute.

www.gov.uk/.../regulator-investigates-charity-over-concerns-about-asset-sale

Which rather justifies the origin of this thread.

Beware Greeks bearing gifts?

Should the attached been a warning of a failure of corporate governance.

https://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/big-agent-training-organisation-faces-200000-fine-from-regulator/

A quick squint at this persons Wikipedia entry is interesting. I mean claiming that you have a PHD and an MA on your CV is an easy mistake to make isn't it? 

www.telegraph.co.uk/.../

Surely this cannot be true?

https://tombewick.substack.com/p/exclusive-c-and-g-insiders-turn-on

Given my experience, c.v. fraud must be quite common. I have worked with at least three people who had been appointed on the basis of qualifications which they did not possess. The thing is that nobody asked to see the certificates.

One landed on my desk on a Friday afternoon when everybody else had gone POETS. I called the culprit, explained that there had been a serious allegation, and would he kindly bring his certificate to work on Monday morning. I never saw him again.

That left a gap, so I called the next in line and asked him to bring his certificate on Monday morning (with a view to giving acting promotion). When he asked me whether I wanted him to take it out of the frame, I knew that we were on safe ground.

Given my experience, c.v. fraud must be quite common. I have worked with at least three people who had been appointed on the basis of qualifications which they did not possess. The thing is that nobody asked to see the certificates.

One landed on my desk on a Friday afternoon when everybody else had gone POETS. I called the culprit, explained that there had been a serious allegation, and would he kindly bring his certificate to work on Monday morning. I never saw him again.

That left a gap, so I called the next in line and asked him to bring his certificate on Monday morning (with a view to giving acting promotion). When he asked me whether I wanted him to take it out of the frame, I knew that we were on safe ground.