KV Business School Zurich becomes a stock corporation
On June 13, 2018, the Kaufmännische Verband Zürich and the school management of KV Zurich Business School Weiterbildung founded KV Business School Zürich AG. By transferring the tradition-steeped Zurich continuing education institution into the new legal form, the association and the school are responding to the canton's wish to decouple the basic and continuing education school units. The shareholder of the new AG is the previous sponsor of the school, the Kaufmännische Verband Zürich.
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After almost two years of preparation, the Kaufmännische Verband Zürich and KV Zurich Business School Weiterbildung founded KV Business School Zürich AG on June 13, 2018. With the independence of the school unit Continuing Education in a new legal form and under a new name, the Kaufmännische Verband Zürich, as the sponsor of the school, is fulfilling a requirement of the canton. This provides for a decoupling of basic and further education in the course of the realignment of the cantonal education policy decided in 2016. Until further notice, the Kaufmännische Verband Zürich is the sole shareholder of the new Weiterbildungs-AG.
Commercially successful, socially anchored
"Urs Achermann, CEO of KV Business School Zurich, is convinced that "with the establishment of the new AG, the association and the school are laying the foundation for continuing education to continue to operate with the necessary agility and flexibility in a demanding, highly competitive market environment and to consistently advance its successfully introduced competitive strategy. From the point of view of the Kaufmännischer Verband Zürich, the commitment as a shareholder is a clear commitment to continuing education, with which the history of the association began 150 years ago. "With the new Weiterbildungs-AG, we ensure that our members as well as those interested in further education from the commercial-business environment have access at all times to an up-to-date, practical curriculum that covers all fields of action relevant to business people and is affordable," says Rolf Butz, Managing Director of the Kaufmännischer Verband Zürich.
New name, proven quality - also in basic education
Currently, around 6,000 students in 12 educational worlds - from Management and Leadership to International Business and Commerce - complete continuing education at the newly named KV Business School Zurich each year. In addition, there are tailor-made company courses and other specific courses for third parties, which are to be expanded in the future. In addition to continuing education, the Kaufmännische Verband Zürich, as the sponsor, continues to separately operate the basic education unit at KV Zurich Business School. The largest commercial vocational school in Switzerland with 4,200 students has taken the independence of continuing education as an opportunity to also position itself under a new name in the future. From the start of the 2018/19 school year on August 20, it will operate under the name KV Zurich.
