Improve Ltd is the licensed Sector Skills Council for the UK Food and Drink Processing and Manufacturing Sector. Its coverage is UK-wide and is the central source of Labour Market Research and Analysis, Standards & Qualifications Development and Reform and acts as the voice of employers across the sector on skills issues and needs. A subsiduary company is the National Skills Academy for Food manufacturing which acts as the delivery arm of Improve through its skills provider network of 80 Universities, colleges and private training companies.