Business Employment Services Training

Business Employment Services Training (BEST) is a welfare-to-work company in the United Kingdom.^[1] BEST is one of several companies that has a contract with the British government as part of the Work Programme - a workfare programme whereby unemployed individuals must work for their unemployment benefits.

They also perform tasks previously undertaken by Jobcentre/Jobcetre Plus offices. For example, they will have unemployed individuals attend regular appointments with an 'Advisor', who will check what they have been doing to find work.

For many years BEST had contracts under the New Deal scheme, which was the Labour Government's scheme replaced by the Conservative's Work Programme.

Takeover

In 2012 BEST was bought by Interserve^[2] and is now called Interserve Working Futures.

References

Workfare in the United Kingdom

Workfare Programmes	Community Action Programme Mandatory Work Activity Sector Based Work Academies Work Programme Steps to Work Day One Support for Young People Trailblazer Derbyshire “Trailblazer” Mandatory Youth Activity Programme Help to Work

Workfare Providers ('Primes')	A4e Avanta BEST Careers Development Group Employment and Skills Group EOS G4S Ingeus Maximus Newcastle College Pertemps People Development Groups Prospects Services Reed Rehab Seetec Serco Working Links

Workfare Companies	List of British organisations who have participated in workfare programmes

Opposition	Boycott Workfare Solidarity Federation

Litigation	R v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, ex p Reilly Department for Work and Pensions v Information Commissioner

Legislation	Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013

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