Primary Recommendation

Carter & Carter - Fast growing leader in Â£2.3bn vocational learning sector

October 2006

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One of the Government’s pet projects is to improve the skills and qualifications of young people flowing into the workforce and a huge amount of money is now being pumped into apprenticeship and adult learning programs. The timing of Carter & Carter’s emergence as a leading operator in this vocational learning sector is therefore quite impeccable and is a key reason why its shares have shown so well since it floated at 235p in February 2005. The excitement is based around the fact that vocational learning is now a £2.3 billion industry and growing quickly and Carter & Carter, while well clear of its leading rivals following a series of acquisitions, still only has a 7% share. Chief executive Philip Carter was in ...

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