Top two bosses at City & Guilds placed on leave after bonus scandal

Pair will be absent for short period' from vocational trainer, whose charity is under investigation by Charity Commission

The two most senior executives at City & Guilds have been put on leave shortly after a scandal over millions of pounds of bonuses triggered a Charity Commission investigation into the vocational training body.

The chief executive, Kirstie Donnelly, and the chief financial officer, Abid Ismail, will be absent from work for a short period", as its new owner, PeopleCert, commissioned an internal investigation into events before and after its acquisition of City & Guilds' training and qualifications business.