NOCN Announced as Headline Sponsor

We are delighted to announce that NOCN Group as the Headline Sponsor of The 5% Club Skills Summit 2026.

Just one week to go until over 350 delegates gather at Savoy Place in London on Wednesday 18 November, and we’re thrilled to have NOCN alongside us. Their CEO, Graham Hasting-Evans, will open the Summit, setting the tone for a day focused on how employers can create more earn and learn opportunities for young people.

Thank you to Graham and the whole team at NOCN for their support.

Here’s what’s in store (10.00am to 5.00pm):

•  Welcome and 5% Club update: a look back at the year, and our progress, priorities and ambitions.
•  Policy and Strategy Panel: Phil Smith CBE (Skills England), Baroness Nicky Morgan (The Careers & Enterprise Company), Rt Hon Robert Halfon (Make UK) and Katie Shaw (Sainsbury's’s) on the future of skills, opportunity and employer leadership, with delegate Q&A.
•  The 5% Club Employer Audit 2026: the latest research, an employer panel and Q&A, closing with the reveal of this year’s Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze accreditations.
•  Research, Evidence and Employer Action: the Skills Gauge 2026, supported by The St Martin's Group, on what employers are telling us; a session with Youth Futures Foundation on creating more opportunities for young people (with Nishi Mayor, Clive Higgins (UK Chair & CEO, Leonardo) and Faheem Khan (Future Leaders UK)); and a closing discussion on turning insight into action.
•  The UK Employer Earn & Learn Awards 2026: hosted by Rt Hon Anne Milton, celebrating the employers and individuals leading the way on earn and learn.

It promises to be a day of evidence, debate and recognition, with plenty of time to network along the way.

See you there!