Skills for the job you want and the job that’s changing
Lifelong learning and good work, for everyone.
The way we work is changing at unprecedented speed and the skills that once gave us an edge are becoming obsolete. While employers struggle to find people with the capabilities they need, school leavers are exiting education unable to find their first role, and experienced workers are discovering that the jobs they have trained for are disappearing. Meanwhile, more than a billion pounds that is meant to be spent fixing the problem is sitting there, unused.
Maikai exists to put that right. We release the funding to provide cutting-edge training opportunities for people, young and old, allowing them to thrive in good work. With more than £20m pledged and thousands of people on our programmes, we are fixing the future of work, today.
Start with who you are.
Employers
We help identify the skills gaps in your business, the funding to help close them and report back on the impact of skills on business performance.
Learners
Training that will open opportunities to real jobs, and the skills to thrive once you get there.
Providers, schools & public bodies
We bring funded learners to accredited providers, and fund teacher training and student pathways through gifted levy.
Trusted by
learners and opportunities in the pipeline
levy pledged for delivery
schools reached
(As of August 2026)
The problem
The money to close the gap already exists.
The skills gap is the distance between the work that needs doing and what people can currently do, and it is widening: automation and AI are remaking jobs, and the gains are not shared fairly. Yet every large UK employer pays the Growth and Skills Levy, money set aside for training. Most never spend it, and after 12 months it expires.
(Department for Education, 2025)
of employers’ levy expires unused every year. The training it could have paid for never happened.
of core job skills will change by 2030
(World Economic Forum, 2025)
of executives already face skills gaps
(McKinsey Global Survey, 2020)
more likely to end up in a professional job from a better-off background than a working-class one
(Social Mobility Commission, 2019)
Employers, training providers, schools and local authorities each hold a critical piece of the puzzle. Maikai brings them all together: we design bespoke skills programmes that meet specific employer requirements and release the funding that allows employees to access them.
Impact
What our partners say.
“Maikai's strong focus on measurable impact, balancing long-term business outcomes with immediate engagement metrics, is what sets them apart.”
“This partnership with Maikai will provide our alumni students with that pivotal first rung on their career ladder and for the businesses we work with, the opportunity to transform their talent puddle to a talent pool.”
“Maikai has been an exceptional partner in shaping a programme that genuinely reflects the needs of our unique community.”