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[Hannah Bell]

http://cpd.vtfours.co.uk/cpd/

VT Group is one of the largest school support service organisations in the country, providing consultancy, advice, training and development and project management to schools, local authorities and on behalf of central government.

We work with schools, extended services, local authorities, colleges, government departments and agencies to improve the life chances of Children and Young People. As the largest integrated school improvement service in the country we take an education-led approach that places the user at the heart of what we do.

We are a joint venture company owned by the VT Group and Surrey County Council, combining the best commercial practice with the values and principles of the public sector.

VT Four S Ltd is the school improvement and support service of VT Education and Skills (VTE&S) division of the VT Group. VTE&S incorporates a large careers, information and advice service and the UK's largest vocational training service. It is the third largest private sector education services provider in the country.

http://www.fours.co.uk/fours/index

VT Four S is part of the Babcock International Group.


Babcock International Group plc (LSE: BAB) is a British-based support services company specialising in managing complex assets and infrastructure in safety-critical and mission-critical environments. Although the company has civil contracts, its main business is with public bodies, particularly the UK Ministry of Defence and Network Rail. The company has seven UK operating divisions and overseas operations based in Africa and North America. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Babcock International traces its history back to 1891 when the American Babcock & Wilcox Company established Babcock & Wilcox Limited as its United Kingdom subsidiary. <2>

The UK Company's sphere of operation was defined as 'the world except for North America and Cuba' which was the reserve of the US Babcock & Wilcox.<2> For a few years B&W boilers were built in the Singer Manufacturing Company's Kilbowie Works at Clydebank near Glasgow, Scotland.<2> In 1895 Babcock & Wilcox Ltd opened a new boilermaking works, based on the 33-acre (130,000 m2) site of the Porterfield Forge on the opposite side of the River Clyde near Renfrew.<2> The Renfrew Works grew to over 200 acres (0.81 km2) by the 1960s. The workload expanded as a result of the two world wars and the supply of defence equipment became another major business area. In the 1960s the company became involved in the development of the UK's nuclear power stations.<2>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babcock_International_Group


fyi: babcock & wilcox = one of those "republic of money" corps. old capital, big names.