The owner of a defunct training provider at the centre of an apprenticeship scandal has been slapped with a six-year director’s ban by the government’s Insolvency Service.
Andrew Merritt is now barred from running a company until August 15, 2029, following a three-year investigation into his conduct at SCL Security Ltd.
His wife, Kym Rowe, was also a director of the firm and has herself been handed a four-year disqualification.
SCL Security Ltd was a training provider that subcontracted from various colleges to deliver apprenticeship training. The company went insolvent in October 2020 after an Education and Skills Funding Agency audit – prompted by several FE Week investigations – found illegal claims for public funding.
