Training 2010 Less Than a Week Away
Institute of IT Training | 02/09/2010
The UK training industry is gearing up for the seventh IITT National Training Conference and Exhibition
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Discover BTL Surpass at e-ATP 2010 Barcelona
BTL | 02/09/2010
BTL Group Ltd, the leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions is delighted to be sponsoring and exhibiting at the European Association of Test Publishers Conference (E-ATP).
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QA expands market-leading Green IT training portfolio
QA | 31/08/2010
Leading training company QA launches new courses to further extend its lead in the emerging Green IT training market.
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Content Master, part of CM Group reported as UK’s fourth largest creator of bespoke eLearning courses for clients in ‘IT Training’ magazine's 2010 survey.
CM Group | 28/08/2010
The company increased its bespoke eLearning course creation revenues by over 11% at a time when much of the training industry was feeling the squeeze.
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QA announces the launch of new ITIL Specialist Qualifications
QA | 25/08/2010
QA, the UK’s leading training company, is to launch the British Computing Society’s new Specialist Qualifications in IT Service Management.
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IMI welcomes call from Which? for an industry wide qualification for all automotive technicians
Institute of the Motor Industry | 23/08/2010
In response to today's (23 August) Which? report into garage servicing, The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has had the status raised of its Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme. ATA is the only industry backed, independent accreditation scheme that specifically tests the current competency of technicians in the automotive retail sector.
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Upside Learning Introduces Upside Blog App For iPhones, iPods And iPads
Upside Learning | 19/08/2010
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, LMS solutions, custom eLearning & mobile learning, has announced the launch of Upside Blog App for iPhone, iPod and iPad devices. The app allows users to read and interact with the articles on Upside Learning Blog.
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Do your managers focus on their weaknesses or on their strengths?
Creativedge Training | 17/08/2010
Creativedge, the high-performance management, leadership and personal development training provider, has created an exercise to provide managers with insights into how to identify and improve upon their personal strengths.
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OutStart Leads Panel on the Future of Mobile Learning at SALT Washington Interactive Technologies Conference
Outstart | 16/08/2010
Jeff Whitney, vice president of marketing for OutStart, will moderate a panel on mobile learning at the Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT) Washington Interactive Technologies Conference (August 18-20). Each panelist brings a unique perspective to the topic of mobile learning ensuring a wide ranging and thoughtful discussion that will explore the definition of mobile learning, how organizations are using mobile learning today, and what the future holds for mobile learning technologies and usage.
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UWIC, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, choose Luminosity from CM Group to revolutionise their distance learning programme
CM Group | 14/08/2010
Leading Welsh University, UWIC, have confirmed that they have purchased the Luminosity rapid eLearning development software platform from CM Group.
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Beyond Multiple Choice - The Latest in Innovative e-Assessment Questions
BTL | 11/08/2010
BTL Group Ltd, a leading provider of e-Assessment solutions, will be hosting a free half-day seminar showcasing their latest 'Innovative e-Assessment Questions'. The seminar will take place on 22nd September 2010 in London and will be supported by City & Guilds, who will be demonstrating their use of BTL innovative e-Assessment questions for their Functional Skills exams.
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PC Quest Magazine Showcases Upside Learning's Pune Layar
Upside Learning | 09/08/2010
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, has been featured in the latest edition of PC Quest Magazine, India for its innovative work in the Augmented Reality domain with respect to Pune Layar – India’s first Layar.
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Academics welcome new collaborative business relationships standard
PSL | 05/08/2010
Representatives from the UK’s higher education sector have welcomed the draft British Standard BS 11000 - on collaborative business relationships.
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QA extends its management training offerings through partnership with the Institute of Leadership and Management
QA | 03/08/2010
QA, the UK’s leading training company, is now working with the Institute of Leadership and Management to deliver ILM-accredited training programmes.
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Global Knowledge UK maps its training courses to the Skills Framework for the Information Age initiative
Global Knowledge | 02/08/2010
~ IT and business skills training leader aligns its portfolio to the IT skills standard in the UK ~
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Luminosity facilitates maximum re-use of Flash and other learning objects
CM Group | 31/07/2010
CM Group’s Luminosity product underlined its cost efficiency today by demonstrating its powerful abilities to re-use existing learning objects developed using Flash and PowerPoint.
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Premier IT offers free system implementation to replace NHS Appraisal Toolkit
Premier IT | 29/07/2010
In response to the announcement that the NHS Appraisal Toolkit contract is to expire, Premier IT is offering NHS Trusts the opportunity to trial its PReP system and receive FREE implementation when they purchase it.
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PSL encourages comments on the proposed collaborative business relationships standard
PSL | 29/07/2010
People and organisations have up to and including 31st July to give their view on the draft British Standard BS 11000 - on collaborative business relationships.
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NetDimensions to Host 'Next Steps 2010' this October
NetDimensions | 29/07/2010
NetDimensions announced that it is all systems go for Next Steps 2010, the company's annual global user conferences to be held in two centers of global business and learning: New York (Oct. 14 – 15) at the Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel and London (Oct. 19 – 20) at One Whitehall Place.
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NetDimensions' mEKP Takes Learning to the Field
NetDimensions | 26/07/2010
NetDimensions announced today the commercial release of a revolutionary new product, mobile EKP (mEKP).
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Wanted: Cyber Experts to Defend UK Online
The Open University | 26/07/2010
26th July 2010: Leading higher education organisations are at the heart of the UK’s first national hunt for future cyber security professionals launching today in central London. The Cyber Security Challenge UK is a series of online and face-to-face competitions designed by leading universities (including The Open University, Royal Holloway, Queen’s University Belfast), security companies, trade bodies and government departments.
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Content Master delivers Oracle training to Lloyds in record time
CM Group | 26/07/2010
Content Master, part of CM Group, has just completed Oracle Essbase eLearning for finance staff at the leading UK bank.
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Saffron organises social media workshop for charities
Saffron Interactive | 22/07/2010
Saffron is delighted to be organising a social media workshop in collaboration with the not for profit partnership Time &Talents, the reputation management consultancy ReputationInc and Whizz-Kidz, a charity for disabled young people.
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Helston Community College Becomes 500th IMI Awards Centre
Institute of the Motor Industry | 22/07/2010
IMI Awards, the UK's only specialist awarding body dedicated to automotive qualifications, has recently approved Helston Community College as the 500th to join the expanding network of IMI Awards approved centres across the UK and worldwide.
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DuPont Sustainable Solutions Issues Infection Control Program for Long-Term Care Facilities
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 21/07/2010
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released Infection Control In Long-Term Care: Protect Your Residents, Protect Yourself, a timely training program that addresses the unique challenge of disease-prevention in long-term care facilities.
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Illumine charts rise in reading speed in response to the information age
Illumine | 21/07/2010
Training specialist, Illumine, has found that its speed reading courses are not only helping to improve delegates’ reading speeds but also helping them overcome the stress of ‘information overwhelm’.
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Communicaid & International Law Firm Ashurst: Preparing Graduate Trainee Lawyers to Work Internationally
Communicaid | 20/07/2010
Ashurst collaborates with Communicaid, Europe’s leading Culture & Communication Skills Consultancy, to develop the international competence of its graduate trainees.
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Learning Tree Awarded Pan-European Training Contract by NATO CIS Services Agency
Learning Tree International | 20/07/2010
Learning Tree International announced that they have been awarded a contract by NATO CIS Services Agency (NCSA) for delivering Project Management, ITIL Certification, Technical, Management and Business Skills training to NATO staff throughout Europe.
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QA launches ITIL® (V3) Foundation eLearning
QA | 20/07/2010
The UK’s leading training company, QA, has launched its new ITIL (V3) Foundation eLearning course – designed to provide a high-quality, easily accessible, value-for-money ITIL training solution.
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Q-Validus Launches New Technical Services Division
Q-Validus | 15/07/2010
Q-Validus, a Dublin-based international certification programmes solutions provider, today announced the launch of a new technical services division. Q-Validus has established the new division in response to an increasing international demand for certification programmes. With this new division Q-Validus will assist organisations and awarding bodies develop and deliver outstanding online certification programmes for their candidates.
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UK employee engagement remains low because employers are focusing on the wrong things, claims white paper
The Training Foundation | 08/07/2010
The Rules of Engagement white paper can be accessed at www.trainingfoundation.com.
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Managing in the Next Society
ICWE | 07/07/2010
The Austrian Peter Drucker Society holds its second global Peter Drucker Management Forum in Vienna from November 18th - 19th. World class speakers address a range of highly topical subjects at this year's congress.
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LearningGuide Solutions announces availability of new LearningGuide content for Office 2010
LearningGuide Solutions | 05/07/2010
This week LearningGuide Solutions launches its Microsoft Office 2010 performer support content. The LearningGuide for Office 2010 covers learning and support content for MS Office including Windows 7, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Later this year SharePoint 2010 and MS Office Communicator 2010 will be available.
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R-Com Consulting launches new training facility in Manchester
R-Com Consulting | 02/07/2010
New site offering four classrooms to significantly increase training capacity.
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AccessPlanit leads the way in customer service
AccessPlanit | 01/07/2010
AccessPlanit, one of the UK's leading providers of Learning Management Systems and Course Booking Software, has unveiled the key scores from its most recent customer satisfaction survey and it's happy faces all around.
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PSL reveals the latest theory and practice in partnering in education
Bob Little Press & PR | 28/06/2010
Effective collaboration is the key to gaining sustainable competitive advantage – not just within the private sector but throughout the economy, including the education sector.
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Strong year-end figures show QA bucking industry trends during turbulent times
QA | 28/06/2010
The year-end results for QA, the UK's leading training company, show an increase in profit and net cash as the company continues its outstanding performance, despite difficult trading conditions.
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Luminosity eLearning software from CM Group now available to Universities
CM Group | 26/06/2010
CM Group has announced that it is now making Luminosity, the distance learning authoring software available to the University and higher education sector.
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New Happy Book Released as Beta
Happy | 24/06/2010
The Happy Manifesto, the second book from training company Happy Ltd, has been released in an online beta version. The idea is that, as with software, the book is market tested before publication with readers suggesting changes and even stories from their own experience.
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George Osborne says "Get more for less". We say "we'll show you how"
Virtual College | 23/06/2010
In his first budget statement yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, said that he will control spending in government departments to 'get more for less'. The Lean Healthcare Academy can show you how.
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LearningGuide Solutions introduces collaborative community for LearningGuide Manager authors
LearningGuide Solutions | 23/06/2010
LearningGuide Solutions has opened a private online community for customers to share tips, best practices, and ideas with other peformance support professionals.
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CM Group offering eLearning strategy consulting
CM Group | 19/06/2010
CM Group, one of the largest producers of eLearning courseware in the UK are offering a range of consulting services to those organisations entering the eLearning world for the first time or who are looking to ramp up their eLearning activity.
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BSI seeks views on new British Standard on collaborative business relationships
Bob Little Press & PR | 18/06/2010
The draft British Standard BS 11000 Collaborative business relationships is now out for public consultation. This standard builds upon the successful PAS 11000, the framework specification for supporting collaborative business partnering. BSI is seeking to capture views from industry and wider stakeholder groups.
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Rapid translation of eLearning courses into multiple languages with Luminosity
CM Group | 12/06/2010
For those clients for whom multi-language support is a must, CM Luminosity, part of CM Group, have announced a new rapid translation support module for Luminosity customers. The module fits alongside the Luminosity rapid eLearning authoring software to provide Luminosity users with the capability to automatically output XLIFF documents ready for translation by the chosen translation method. XLIFF is the industry standard XML document format for content translation and localisation.
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NetDimensions wins 2010 Technology Company of the Year Award
NetDimensions | 10/06/2010
NetDimensions (London Stock Exchange, AIM: NETD), has won Computerworld Hong Kong's coveted 2010 HK Technology Company of the Year Award.
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AAT Phases out Paper Based Exams in Favour of e-Assessments
BTL | 09/06/2010
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has announced that computer based assessments will be central to its revised qualification, due to be launched in July 2010.
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QA again confirmed as UK’s top training company
QA | 08/06/2010
Independent training research company Pardo Fox confirms QA’s status as the UK’s top training provider for the fifth year in succession.
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IMRG lends support to Econsultancy’s MSc in Internet Retailing
Econsultancy | 01/06/2010
Econsultancy, the internet marketing and ecommerce training specialist, has today announced IMRG’s endorsement of its MSc in Internet Retailing.
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QA employee to cycle across the UK for charity - from Lands End to John O'Groats in 14 days!
QA | 28/05/2010
Mary Payne, a QA customer service representative is used to looking after customers needs the length and breadth of the UK, but in June she takes this to a greater level.
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IMI reveals final six in the Skillauto search for best light vehicle technician
Institute of the Motor Industry | 28/05/2010
Following a record number of entries and a series of regional heats across the country, the judges have now selected the final six technicians who will compete in the UK final of the Skillauto Automobile Technology (light vehicle) competition, sponsored by IMI Awards and Castrol.
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Books on management, coaching, leadership and NLP
The Performance Solution | 27/05/2010
This May TPS has launched its own book shop with recommended reading for managers, leaders, coaches, post grad students and lots more.
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REDTRAY Attains Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status
REDTRAY | 27/05/2010
REDTRAY Ltd, one of Europe’s leading IT Training providers, today announces the renewal of its Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program.
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Multiple e-Assessment Delivery Options - You Choose, Surpass Delivers
BTL | 27/05/2010
BTL Group Ltd is proud to announce that, in the latest release of its Surpass e-Assessment solution, they have added additional exam delivery options.
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General Physics Receives Accreditation from National Association of State Boards of Accountancy for Climate Change and Carbon Accounting Course
General Physics | 26/05/2010
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, has received accreditation from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) to offer a live class nationwide entitled “Introduction to Climate Change and Carbon Accounting”.
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LearningGuide Solution’s Bob Mosher keynotes at the IITT National Conference in London
LearningGuide Solutions | 26/05/2010
As the globally recognized leader on learning performance and excellence, LearningGuide Solutions' Bob Mosher will keynote at the 2010 Institute of IT Training's National Conference & Exhibition in London, on the 7th and 8th of September. Mosher will keynote again due to popular demand from delegates at last year's sold-out event. The 2010 venue is the London Grosvenor Square Marriott Hotel.
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Transforming the delivery of Functional Skills and awarding organisation services
Institute of the Motor Industry | 25/05/2010
Four highly respected sector specialist Awarding Organisations have come together to transform the way Functional Skills will be offered to centres. EAL (EMTA Awards Ltd), IMI Awards, ITEC and Skillsfirst Awards will jointly develop and offer, from September 2010, Functional Skills qualifications at Levels 1 and 2 in English, Maths and ICT.
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Wanting to implement an eLearning infrastructure? New hosted Learning Management System service from CM Group makes the entire process easy
CM Group | 22/05/2010
Luminosity Content Server, part of the Luminosity suite of products is now available as a fully scalable online service from CM Group.
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REDTRAY’s new ALTO learning portal for compliance managers reduces financial and regulatory compliance risk
REDTRAY | 20/05/2010
REDTRAY Ltd, one of Europe’s leading IT Training Outsourcing providers, launches ALTO v2.0, a new online portal that enables compliance managers to reduce the financial and regulatory compliance risk through comprehensive tracking and detailed reporting of training programmes.
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Bob Mosher keynotes at the IITT National Conference & Exhibition due to popular demand
Institute of IT Training | 19/05/2010
Bob Mosher, the global thought leader on learning performance and excellence is to keynote at the IITT National Conference due to popular demand from delegates at last year’s sold-out event.
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NGRAIN Expands Availability of Equipment Maintenance Training in Europe with Ambient Performance
Ambient Performance | 18/05/2010
NGRAIN, a leading provider of interactive 3D equipment simulation solutions that maximize the effectiveness of training programs and maintenance support systems, today announced that Ambient Performance has joined NGRAIN’s international network of resellers. Specializing in 3D virtual worlds, mobile augmented reality and electronic performance support applications, Ambient Performance will provide the NGRAIN Producer and Virtual Task Refresher solutions to military, energy, aerospace and healthcare education organizations across Europe.
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Communicaid Helps Europe Arab Bank Develop the Global Competence of its International Managers
Communicaid | 18/05/2010
Europe Arab Bank selects Communicaid to develop the intercultural skills of its employees as they seek to develop relationships with colleagues and clients across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
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EFMD awards CLIP accreditation to GDF SUEZ University
EFMD | 18/05/2010
GDF Suez has achieved CLIP accreditation for its corporate university - joins community of leading corporate universities across Europe
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Encouraging signs that the worst of the recession may have past as Content Master continues recruitment and appoints new UK based staff
CM Group | 15/05/2010
To support the continued expansion of its UK and US sales, Content Master, part of CM Group announces more technical and trainer recruitment in its UK office.
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You've Survived the Recession - Now What?
The Ken Blanchard Companies | 14/05/2010
It's been a tough time, but your business is still here. You've had to cope with shrinking budgets, downsized workforces, customers who exhibit totally new buying behaviours and expectations, and jittery employees. So what should your next move be?
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GoodPractice supports National Learning at Work Day with the provision of a free toolkit
GoodPractice | 13/05/2010
National Learning at Work Day 2010 will take place on 20th of May as part of Adult Learners' Week. GoodPractice, the UK’s leading provider of on-demand learning, has supported previous Learning at Work campaigns and this year has put together a free Learning at Work Day Toolkit.
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Ambient Performance, MASA Group and Coram UK are nearing completion of TRAF*MAN
Ambient Performance | 13/05/2010
Ambient Performance (Lead), MASA Group and Coram UK are nearing completion of a 6 month response to a SBRI call from the UK Technology Strategy Board and the Highways Agency for Synthetic Environments in Managed Motorways to explore the use of synthetic environments applied to transport, in this case, modelling and managing complex traffic situations on motorways.
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80% of IT staff value skills acquisition over a work-life balance
Global Knowledge | 12/05/2010
~ acquiring new skills boosts staff retention and demonstrates training ROI ~
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Lord Digby Jones future vision recognised by QA Apprentices recent visit to Microsoft UK HQ
QA | 11/05/2010
Apprentices get inspired by future technologies and Lord Digby Jones urges employers to recognise apprentices as the future.
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Econsultancy and Hult International Business School launch Master in Digital Marketing
Econsultancy | 10/05/2010
Digital marketing training group Econsultancy has joined forces with leading international business school Hult to develop a new Master in Digital Marketing programme, starting in September 2010.
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Train Safe with £3000 worth of funding
The Safety Group | 06/05/2010
The Safety Group Ltd - a North West health, safety, employment law and risk management consultancy - has tapped into Government funding to provide businesses in the region with up to £3000 each to support leadership and development programmes for senior level employees.
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QA provides training to help organisations understand the new Equality Act 2010
QA | 06/05/2010
QA leads the market with new training workshops and toolkits to help organisations understand and comply with the Equality Act 2010.
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IMI unveils new accreditation scheme for automotive managers
Institute of the Motor Industry | 05/05/2010
Following collaboration between employers and other key industry partners in the sector, the IMI has today launched a new, innovative management and leadership solution for the automotive industry.
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KnowledgePool Wins Recognition as a World-Class Training Outsourcing Provider
KnowledgePool | 04/05/2010
For the fourth successive year, the US-based learning portal TrainingIndustry.com has named KnowledgePool, the UK market leader in managed learning, as one of the global training outsourcing industry’s Top 20 providers.
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QA - Outstanding in Outsourcing
QA | 04/05/2010
2010 – QA did it again. To consolidate their position as the learning services company of choice in the UK, QA, has been recognised for its outstanding performance and industry innovation and impact in Managed Learning Services, for another year running.
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Fewer T&D Cuts, But HR Still Cautious on Economic Recovery
The Ken Blanchard Companies | 04/05/2010
The good news for Training and Development professionals is that the latest annual Corporate Issues Survey by The Ken Blanchard Companies suggests the majority of companies are spending the same or more on T&D initiatives than they did last year. The bad news is very few businesses believe the economy is going to recover any time soon.
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AccessPlanit Wins Bronze Brandon Hall Learning Technology Award
AccessPlanit | 04/05/2010
AccessPlanit, a UK based provider of learning management systems, today announced it is the winner of a coveted Brandon Hall award for technology excellence.
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Richardson Wins Bronze in Brandon Hall Learning Technology Awards
Richardson | 04/05/2010
Richardson's SalesCallPlanner™ wins the bronze award in the Best Advance in Performance Support Technology category of The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards.
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EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards Recognise Five Outstanding Partnerships in Learning & Development
EFMD | 03/05/2010
EFMD is an international network of business schools, companies and consultancies. Now in its 4th year the EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards recognise and promote outstanding partnerships between companies and learning and development providers.
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Content Master continues expansion with Redmond office appointments
CM Group | 01/05/2010
To support the expansion of its US and UK teams, Content Master, part of CM Group has announced a range of appointments in its US office.
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NetDimensions Wins Gold Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Award
NetDimensions | 30/04/2010
NetDimensions has won a coveted Brandon Hall Award for Excellence in Learning Technology.
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REDTRAY’s roundtable reveals what compliance managers really, really want!
REDTRAY | 28/04/2010
A compliance roundtable hosted by IT Training Outsourcing provider REDTRAY, delivered a consensus from the attending compliance managers and directors that the number one thing they want from their businesses is for their company's leaders to walk the walk when it comes to compliance. Event attendees in London on 21 April agreed that if company's leaders don't visibly support compliance, the work of chasing up and enforcing compliance becomes a frustrating and ultimately futile experience.
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QA introduces new efficient and ethical concepts to the Service Desk & IT Support Show
QA | 26/04/2010
At the 2010 Service Desk and IT Support Show, QA will demonstrate its new Service Management Learning Consultancy and training programmes to help organisations become more efficient, profitable and ethical.
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Content Master provides Microsoft Corp with Quick-Start guides to help teach Microsoft patterns & practices
CM Group | 24/04/2010
Microsoft patterns & practices group use Content Master for Silverlight online guidance project.
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Content Master produces Microsoft Standards of Business Conduct eLearning compliance course
CM Group | 17/04/2010
eLearning supplier Content Master, part of CM Group, produces the high profile Standards of Business Conduct course taken by all Microsoft staff worldwide.
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David DiStefano, Richardson CEO, to lead Interactive Panel at Selling Power’s Sales Leadership Conference
Richardson | 16/04/2010
Richardso CEO David DiStefano will be moderating a session entitled Transforming the Sales Organization at Selling Power's Sales Leadership Conference on April 19, 2010 at the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas.
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Communicaid Assists Crossrail to Communicate Effectively with Local Communities in London
Communicaid | 16/04/2010
Crossrail engages Communicaid to help develop the cross cultural skills of its staff working to engage successfully with local London communities via targeted cross cultural training programmes.
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Communicaid Helps the Nursing & Midwifery Council Engage Successfully with European Counterparts
Communicaid | 16/04/2010
The Nursing & Midwifery Council selects Communicaid to develop the intercultural skills of its employees to communicate more effectively with European counterparts.
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BTL fails... to find a limit for simultaneous online e-Assessment delivery!
BTL | 15/04/2010
Surpass is capable of delivering over 18,000 simultaneous online exams - in addition to the virtually unlimited exams delivered via LAN.
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QA leads at HRD 2010 with training courses for people-focused organisations
QA | 14/04/2010
At HRD 2010, leading training company QA is to showcase training programmes that are designed to help organisations develop their focus on the people within their business.
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IMI announces changes within its Skills Development team
Institute of the Motor Industry | 12/04/2010
The Institute of the Motor Industry today (12 April 2010) announced that Stirling Wood is to become the company's new Head of Skills Development. The current post holder, Steve Scofield moves internally to become head of the newly created Accreditation Academy.
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CM Luminosity appoints eSecure Solutions as Middle Eastern distributor for Luminosity eLearning software
CM Group | 10/04/2010
CM Luminosity, part of CM Group, is delighted to announce the appointment of, eSecure Solutions of Dubai, UAE, as their distributor in the Middle East. eSecure are an established company specialising in innovative solutions for their clients who are spread across the Gulf.
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Luminosity eLearning sofware on show at CIPD Learning & Organisation Development 2010
CM Group | 10/04/2010
The latest version of Luminosity, the major eLearning authoring software platform is on display on stand 622 at the CIPD Learning & Organisation Development show at Olympia on 21st and 22nd April 2010. Attendees can come and see the easiest to use system of its kind on the market and talk to Luminosity and other CM Group eLearning consultants about how they can increase their training reach whilst reducing their training spend.
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GP Strategies Acquires Marton House PLC
General Physics | 08/04/2010
GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), the corporate parent of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), announced that GP's wholly-owned subsidiary, General Physics (UK) Ltd, has acquired Marton House PLC, a provider of custom e-learning content development with expertise in leadership and sales product training.
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BTL Supports e-Assessment Workshops at the AAT Annual Conference
BTL | 08/04/2010
BTL Group Ltd is once again delighted to support the AAT’s (Association of Accounting Technicians) annual conference. The conference will be held at the Radisson SAS Hotel, London Stansted Airport, 22nd – 23rd April 2010.
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Content Master software development guru John Sharp publishes latest C# book
CM Group | 03/04/2010
John Sharp is a Principal Technologist at Content Master, part of CM Group. He is recognised as one of the leading thinkers in software development in the Microsoft environment. His latest book focuses on Visual Studio 2010 and version 4.0 of C# and follows a string of bestselling titles in this field.
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Luminosity changes the game. Latest version of the Luminosity eLearning platform from CM Luminosity now available.
CM Group | 02/04/2010
Following the successful launch of the Luminosity collaborative, rapid eLearning authoring software platform at the start of 2009, CM Group has announced that the latest version, v2.5, is available for new and existing clients from 2nd April 2010. The new version has increased the market leading functionality of the Luminosity eLearning software product and yet still achieves that difficult feat of keeping it the easiest-to-use system on the market.
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Econsultancy's MSc In Digital Publishing gains Industry Support
Econsultancy | 31/03/2010
Internet marketing and training specialists Econsultancy have received industry endorsement for their groundbreaking MSc in Digital Publishing, a professional qualification that covers every aspect of digital publishing.
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Linda Richardson to Provide Keynote Speech at ASTD’s Virtual Sales Coaching Forum
Richardson | 26/03/2010
Linda Richardson, Founder and Executive Chairwoman of Richardson, will be delivering the keynote speech at the American Society of Training and Development, Sales Training Drivers Online Virtual Sales Coaching Forum, being held on April 7-8, 2010.
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Richardson Honored by Selling Power Magazine and TrainingIndustry.com
Richardson | 26/03/2010
Richardson has been honored by both TrainingIndustry.com and Selling Power Magazine for sales performance improvement excellence. Richardson has been named to Training Industry’s list of Top Twenty Sales Methodology Companies for the third consecutive year and to Selling Power’s list of Top 10 Sales Training Companies.
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piccolingo.europa.eu: Kids have fun learning foreign languages
ICWE | 25/03/2010
Why should my child learn foreign languages? What is the best age to start? How can I make it a fun experience for the whole family? Find the answers to these questions (and much more) at the new European Commission website http://piccolingo.europa.eu.
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Careconnect Learning passes Ofsted Inspection
REDTRAY | 25/03/2010
Careconnect Learning, specialists in NVQ provision and Skills for Life qualifications has successfully undergone its annual Ofsted Inspection. The inspection took place in February 2010, shortly after REDTRAY, one of Europe’s leading Training Outsourcing providers, acquired Careconnect Learning.
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Richardson Sponsors Will Bayley, Paralympian Table Tennis Player
Richardson | 23/03/2010
Richardson, a leading sales training and performance improvement consultancy, today announced the sponsorship of UK Paralympian table tennis player, Will Bayley.
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Aurion Learning takes Time To Read
Aurion Learning | 23/03/2010
Aurion Learning is proud to be taking part in Business in the Community's 'Time to Read' initiative.
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20,000 accredited technicians means safer UK roads
Institute of the Motor Industry | 22/03/2010
Badly repaired cars are a leading cause of traffic accidents and pose a serious risk to the safety of individuals and families on the road. However, a recent poll shows over 80 percent of the population do not know how to tell a good vehicle technician from a bad one.
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Wondershare Released Free PowerPoint to DVD Converter for Trainers and Educators
Wondershare Software | 19/03/2010
Wondershare released free PowerPoint to DVD converter - PPT2DVD Free which enables trainers and educators to burn the PowerPoint presentation and courseware to DVD for free.
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Wondershare Releases Free PowerPoint to Video Converter for Teachers and Educators
Wondershare Software | 17/03/2010
Wondershare announced PPT2Video Free, a freeware which helps teachers and educators to convert PowerPoint presentation to video for free. It offers a convenient solution for teachers to publish their PowerPoint courseware as videos for students to manage their self study or distance learning through streaming media.
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Top industry achievers honoured by the IMI
Institute of the Motor Industry | 17/03/2010
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) celebrated the achievements of automotive companies and individuals in the Skillmiles scheme at its Annual Dinner last week in the presence of the Institute's Patron, HRH Prince Michael of Kent.
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Association retains quality standard
The Learning Practitioners' Association | 12/03/2010
The Learning Practitioners’ Association has retained its ISO 9001:2008 accreditation for the setting of and accreditation against a standard for trainers, learning developers and training advisers.
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IITT wins praise from leading figures in learning and development
Institute of IT Training | 12/03/2010
~ Global L&D luminaries back body's new independent status ~ Key influencers and thinkers in the world of learning & development have added their support to the new self-governing status of the Institute of IT Training (IITT). The Institute became an independent body following a management buy-out from the National Computing Centre.
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QA nominated in Green IT magazine awards
QA | 11/03/2010
QA, the UK’s leading IT training company, has been nominated in two categories in the Green IT magazine awards for 2009.
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BTL Continues 25th Anniversary Celebrations at the e-Assessment Question Conference
BTL | 11/03/2010
BTL Group Ltd, the leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, is delighted to support the e-Assessment Question Conference. The event is being held at the America Square Conference Centre, City of London, on the 17th and 18th March 2010. The focus for this year’s conference is ‘Ensuring fitness for purpose and quality in e-Assessment’.
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Raytheon launches technology and services 'Price per Event' program - Package offers cost efficient solutions to training administration challenges
Raytheon Professional Services | 02/03/2010
Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), announced a technology and services-based 'Price per Event' package to provide European customers cost efficiency and flexibility when fulfilling training administration and records management needs.
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HSJ invites Amnis to provide expertise in Leadership and Lean
Amnis | 02/03/2010
Over the last couple of weeks Mark Eaton, of the quality, innovation and productivity organisation Amnis, has spoken at two conferences organised by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), the UK's leading source of news and information on health management. The conferences covered Lean healthcare and leadership.
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Amnis’ partnership with the IOM goes from strength to strength
Amnis | 24/02/2010
The partnership between Amnis and the Institute of Operations Management (IOM) is entering its fifth year with the first of six one-day masterclasses that are scheduled to occur throughout 2010. Over the last five years the partnership between Amnis and the IOM has produced over 50 joint events, involving several thousand participants.
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Key industry sponsors announced for the 2010 Skillauto competitions
Institute of the Motor Industry | 24/02/2010
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has today (19 February 2010) announced two premier sponsors for the 2010 Skillauto competitions.
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Richardson Releases 2010 Sales Challenges Research Report
Richardson | 22/02/2010
To better understand the primary areas that a sales team should focus on in 2010, Richardson’s Research Group conducted a survey of over 15,000 sales professionals across every major industry segment and a variety of sales roles. Leveraging this survey data, Richardson developed a report that highlights the most pressing issues facing sales organizations in 2010.
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Coastal’s New Driving Safety Program Addresses New Distractions
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 22/02/2010
Coastal Training Technologies has released a new distracted driving awareness DVD – Driven to Distraction II. The new training program features a narrator who personifies distractions and rides along in every vehicle – egging drivers on to give in to the myriad of distractions drivers face today. The sobering ending may be just the wake-up call your employees need.
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Amnis expands its relationship with the IHM to run two Accelerated Lean Skills Programmes
Amnis | 19/02/2010
After running a series of popular one-day workshop masterclasses with the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM), the quality, innovation and productivity organisation Amnis has now announced plans to run two Accelerated Lean Skills Programmes (ALSPs) with the Institute.
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Richardson Named to DiversityBusiness.com's Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies - 2010
Richardson | 18/02/2010
Richardson named as one of the top businesses in the United States by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading business-to-business Internet portal.
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Amnis and the IHM build on masterclasses’ success
Amnis | 15/02/2010
The healthcare quality, innovation and productivity organisation, Amnis, has agreed a further programme of one-day workshop masterclasses with the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM).
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Saffron launches BlackBerry compliance tool
Saffron Interactive | 15/02/2010
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe’s leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is excited to announce the launch of Assure, its innovative BlackBerry based compliance tool.
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Amnis reveals the secrets of success to healthcare practitioners
Amnis | 11/02/2010
Amnis, the quality, innovation and productivity organisation, along with the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM), has completed the fourth of an initial programme of five masterclasses aimed at helping healthcare organisations to transform the way they work, introduce Lean and think strategically.
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BTL SecureClient Passes Independent Testing
BTL | 11/02/2010
BTL Group Ltd, the leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, is pleased to report that their SecureClient software has passed rigorous independent testing. The test performed was the Microsoft Platform Test for ISV Solutions on VeriTest®.
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QA identified in Sunday Times survey as growth leader
QA | 10/02/2010
In this year’s Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track survey, QA has been identified as one of the UK’s top 100 performing private-equity backed companies.
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Coastal Teaches the Fundamentals of Bloodborne Pathogens in Schools with New Training Program
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 09/02/2010
Coastal Training Technologies announces the release of Bloodborne Pathogens In Schools: The Fundamentals, a new training program that explains how school staff members can stop the spread of bloodborne pathogens.
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Coastal Gets Tough on School Gangs with New Training Program
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 09/02/2010
Coastal Training Technologies has released Gang Awareness In Schools: Know The Signs, a new training course that will help schools reduce gang activity, protect their staff members and students and secure their facilities.
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QA celebrates National Apprenticeship Week 2010 by creating more IT apprenticeship places
QA | 07/02/2010
Government-funded training for 16-19* year olds provides valuable source of IT skills for employers.
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Outstanding quality and achievement in training celebrated at the IT Training Awards 2010
Institute of IT Training | 05/02/2010
The Institute of IT Training’s Training Awards 2010 were presented at a glittering gala dinner held at The Dorchester in London last night.
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Institute Awards Bray Leino Silver Award for 2010 Training Company of the Year
Bray Leino BroadSkill | 05/02/2010
Bray Leino's BroadSkill division was awarded the Silver Award in the 2010 Training Company of the Year category at the IITT Awards ceremony which took place last night at the Dorchester hotel, London. Alan Bellinger, head of judging for the IITT says 'we were particularly impressed by Bray Leino's ability to exploit the synergy between the training part of the business and other Bray Leino business units - notably marketing and consulting. In addition, its record of exploiting multiple delivery channels and delivering new models are to be applauded. The organisation is clearly meeting the needs of its extensive client base.'
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What can we do for you in ICF Coaching Week 2010?
The Performance Solution | 03/02/2010
Half-price iWAM certification course for anyone who books during international Coaching Week, February 7 - 14.
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Toxic cultures drive poor performance, claims Amnis
Amnis | 03/02/2010
Organisations with toxic cultures are going to find it difficult to change their performance because anything they try will be resisted and undermined by the inertia within their organisation, according to the quality, innovation and productivity organisation, Amnis.
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Econsultancy Unveils New Training Courses for 2010
Econsultancy | 01/02/2010
Econsultancy announce three new courses for 2010 and, due to increased demand, have increased the frequency of others.
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IMI encourages automotive businesses to support National Apprenticeship Week
Institute of the Motor Industry | 01/02/2010
The third annual National Apprenticeship Week will take place from Monday 1 February to Friday 5 February 2010. The week, which is organised by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS), will celebrate the talents and skills of apprentices and recognise the essential role that Apprenticeships are playing in today's business
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QA appointed by SDI as their first Approved Audit Partner
QA | 01/02/2010
The Service Desk Institute (SDI) today announced the appointment of QA Ltd as an Approved Audit Partner to deliver the internationally recognised Service Desk Certification Audit Programme.
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QA named as one of the world’s top twenty leadership training companies
QA | 28/01/2010
QA has been named as a ‘2010 Top Leadership Training Company’ by leading industry website TrainingIndustry.com.
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National Occupational Standards - Industry Consultation Events in February
Institute of the Motor Industry | 28/01/2010
Vehicle Parts and Vehicle Sales Standards - Have Your Say. Keeping the industry up-to-date with changing technology and best practice means constantly reviewing and improving standards of training and qualifications.
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RWD Joins Bersin & Associates' Certified Consulting Partnership Program  
RWD Technologies | 28/01/2010
Partnership Opens Bersin & Associates' Methodologies, Toolkits and Research-Based Insights to Current and Prospective RWD Customers.
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Organisations Waste £9.5bn On Training, Claims Study
KnowledgePool | 26/01/2010
UK organisations could be wasting an estimated £9.5bn on training each year, according to a new study from KnowledgePool, the managed learning specialist, which finds that a quarter of all training fails to yield a significant performance improvement.
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High Demand Leads to New Intake for Econsultancy Digital Marketing MSc
Econsultancy | 26/01/2010
High demand for the UK's first MSc in Digital Marketing has led to a new January intake which has already been filled. Econsultancy now accepting applications for September intake.
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New BTEC qualification for trainers - taster workshop sessions announced
The Learning Practitioners' Association | 22/01/2010
The Learning Practitioners' Association has announced the first in a series of taster workshops to help potential BTEC qualification candidates to understand the scope of the level 5 professional certificate programme.
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Ken Blanchard Named World’s 3rd Most Influential Leadership Guru
The Ken Blanchard Companies | 20/01/2010
Ken Blanchard, the business and management author and entrepreneur perhaps best known as the co-author of The One Minute Manager, has been rated as the world’s 3rd most influential leadership guru by an independent public opinion poll of 22,000 business people, consultants, academics and MBAs worldwide, who were asked to make nominations for the award.
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Free learning and support content for Windows 7 at Learning Technologies 2010
LearningGuide Solutions | 18/01/2010
LearningGuide Solutions, provider of Electronic Performance Support Solutions (EPSS) to support end-users at the workplace, offers free Windows 7 performance support content to visitors of Learning Technologies 2010.
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Amnis helps improve clients’ return on investment in project management
Amnis | 14/01/2010
The quality, innovation and productivity organisation, Amnis, has developed a training programme that focuses on the essential skills needed to plan and run successful projects. The programme - ‘People Based Project Management’ (PBPM) - is intended for healthcare professionals who are concerned that their organisation’s project management performance has not improved despite their staff receiving training on PRINCE2 project management techniques.
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BTL Celebrates Silver Anniversary at Learning Technologies 2010
BTL | 14/01/2010
BTL Group Ltd, the leading provider of e-Assessment solutions, is delighted to kick-start its 25th anniversary celebrations at Learning Technologies, London Olympia on 27-28 January 2010.
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Liverpool students celebrate winning national automotive competition
Institute of the Motor Industry | 13/01/2010
Two pupils from St Hilda's CE High School in Liverpool have been celebrating after winning a national schools competition organised in association with The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
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LearningGuide Solutions invites you to find out more about Performer Support at LearningTechnologies 2010
LearningGuide Solutions | 12/01/2010
LearningGuide Solutions’ Performer Support Solutions - supporting your employees in the workplace in 2010.
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BTEC level 5 Professional Certificate in Learning Practice Management
The Learning Practitioners' Association | 07/01/2010
The Learning Practitioners’ Association has introduced a new BTEC level 5 Professional Certificate in Learning Practice Management for learning and development practitioners that satisfies a growing need for commercially-focused trainers.
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New 'Positive Thinking' in an Economic Downturn
DTVUK | 07/01/2010
'Make sure you remain positive in this economic downturn'. This is the message from Dominic Sharpe (MD) of Digital Training Videos (DTV Ltd) on the launch of the new DTV video series in collaboration with Dorling Kindersley's Essential Managers pocket book series.
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Premier IT to speak at Learning Technologies 2010 on The Power Of Integrated Technologies - Beyond The LMS
Premier IT | 07/01/2010
Premier IT will deliver a free educational seminar at Learning Technologies 2010 entitled Beyond the LMS - integrated technologies to manage, administer and deliver your learning programmes. The seminar will take place from 14.30-15.00 on Wednesday 27th January 2010 in Seminar Theatre 4.
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Coastal Training Technologies Releases New Training Program on Motorcycle Safety
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 07/01/2010
Coastal Training Technologies covers new terrain with Motorcycle Safety Awareness, a timely training program that describes various ways to keep riders secure and help prevent injuries and fatalities.
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New marketing training directory launched to meet marketers' changing needs
The Chartered Institute of Marketing | 06/01/2010
Following in-depth research into the changing needs of today's marketers, The Chartered Institute of Marketing's has launched its new Learning and Development Directory of Courses, for 2010.
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*** NEW Certificate in Coaching Supervision ***
The Performance Solution | 06/01/2010
With the growth of business coaching the need for coaching supervision is becoming ever more important. The Performance Solution has launched a new training programme which will allow you to become trained and be able to provide coaching supervision to other coaches.
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QA Launches innovative PRINCE2® eLearning using latest 3D Technology
QA | 05/01/2010
QA has launched a new range of eLearning, focusing on its market-leading PRINCE2 project management courses. Developed by in-house experts, the eLearning includes ‘as live’ role play and a wide range of supporting interactive learning tools. It is fully accredited by the APMG.
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Association launches new branding for learning practitioners in the UK
The Learning Practitioners' Association | 04/01/2010
The Learning Practitioners' Association, the voice, marketplace and professional route to excellence for learning practitioners in the UK, has launched its new branding to identify the Association as a distinct and unique body within the learning and development sector.
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Get a Christmas service before travelling - on your iPhone
Institute of the Motor Industry | 22/12/2009
A new ATA iPhone app which helps drivers locate a skilled and fully-qualified technician has now been launched.
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IT training uplift expected in 2010 on back of predicted technology investment
Bray Leino BroadSkill | 18/12/2009
Many companies and Government departments are considering a new wave of investment in technology especially around desktop productivity tools and office efficiency, according to research* carried out by Bray Leino BroadSkill.
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Coastal Updates Training Programs as HIPAA Goes 'HITECH'
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 17/12/2009
Virginia Beach, VA – December 17, 2009 – Coastal has released eight HIPAA training programs that accommodate the new mandates of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
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Situational Leadership® II Workshops Launch in Germany
The Ken Blanchard Companies | 16/12/2009
Situational Leadership® II (SLII®), developed by The Ken Blanchard Companies in 1985 and now the world's most widely used leadership development model, will be available in Germany from February.
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Mechanics’ code of honest conduct leads the way
Institute of the Motor Industry | 15/12/2009
Which of the following professions do you think have a code of honest conduct: Bankers, MPs, Mechanics or Gas Installers?
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LearningGuide Solutions predicts Performer Support will be the hot topic at Learning Technologies 2010
LearningGuide Solutions | 15/12/2009
Is supporting the user at the 'moment of need' part of your strategic plans for 2010? LearningGuide Solutions has been overwhelmed with the turn-out for Performance Support and Informal Learning-led sessions at other recent conferences and events, and predicts Performer Support will be the hot topic at Learning Technologies 2010.
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Amnis provides an accelerated introduction to Lean principles and practice
Amnis | 14/12/2009
As part of its commitment to ‘transforming performance, leading change’ within the UK’s healthcare sector, the quality, innovation and productivity organisation, Amnis is running two Accelerated Lean Skills Programmes (ASLPs).
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Bray Leino BroadSkill shortlisted for 2009 Training Award
Bray Leino BroadSkill | 10/12/2009
Bray Leino BroadSkill has been named as one of five finalists in the training company of the year category of the IITT Awards 2009. The winner will be revealed at The Institute of IT Training’s awards ceremony on Thursday 4th February 2010 at The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.
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Amnis and IHM share radical tips on how to sustain Lean
Amnis | 09/12/2009
Sustaining Lean – the fourth in a series five masterclasses for healthcare sector professionals jointly being run by the quality, innovation and productivity organisation, Amnis and the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) – will explore some radical views. Among these is that healthcare organisations – including hospitals – are giving up too soon on ‘Lean’ based improvement initiatives.
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Richardson to Deliver Complementary Webinar on How to Create Compelling Sales Presentations
Richardson | 09/12/2009
Richardson, a leading global sales training and performance improvement firm, will be hosting a complimentary webinar on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 3:00 EST covering the importance of developing Compelling Sales Presentations.
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BTL Delighted to Support AQA Annual Award Ceremony
BTL | 08/12/2009
BTL Group Ltd, the leading UK based provider of e-Assessment solutions, is proud to sponsor and support the AQA annual awards ceremony.
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Premier IT launches new corporate website
Premier IT | 08/12/2009
Premier IT is delighted to introduce its new corporate website, developed in-house by our experience Website Development team.
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Amnis reveals the secrets of problem solving to improve service in the healthcare sector
Amnis | 03/12/2009
Amnis, the quality, innovation and productivity organisation, along with the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) have revealed the secrets of successful problem solving to deliver service improvement and innovation in healthcare.
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General Physics Corporation Receives Top Overall Honors from The Black Book of Outsourcing 2009 Survey of Top Training and Learning Business Process Outsourcing Vendors
General Physics | 02/12/2009
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that The Black Book of Outsourcing 2009 Top Training and Learning Business Process Outsourcing (LBPO) Vendors survey results ranked GP as number one overall. GP further ranked highest in three of four outsourcing function categories, including outsourced curriculum design, strategy and consulting; outsourced technology infrastructure support and management; and outsourced training and learning operations.
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Skills Assessments using e-Assessment Tools - FREE White Paper
BTL | 01/12/2009
BTL Group Ltd, with partners AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd, has announced the release of their latest FREE white paper titled 'Speed and Accuracy in Skills Assessment'.
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Queen most trusted public figure to fix a car - Poll
Institute of the Motor Industry | 26/11/2009
If your car breaks down and an official motorcade drives by, who would you hope had come to your rescue?
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Using Lean to drive the Patient Safety Agenda
Amnis | 25/11/2009
Lean is far more than just a set of tools for improving efficiency. It can also drive significant improvements in patient safety, according to Amnis, the quality, innovation and productivity organisation.
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Effective customer management is the key to success in the current economic climate, reveals CCL
Bob Little Press & PR | 24/11/2009
The relationship – or ‘value exchange’ - between the business and the customer is the key to organisations emerging from the current economic crisis stronger and more successful believes Simon Rustom, managing director of the customer and change management company Customer Consulting Ltd (CCL).
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Acacia Training and Development implement AccessPlanit's Course Manager
AccessPlanit | 23/11/2009
AccessPlanit, the creator of the innovative online course booking solution – Course Manager, has added South West-based training provider Acacia Training and Development Ltd to its fast-expanding list of clients.
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Coastal Presents A New Arc Flash Training Program
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 23/11/2009
Coastal Training Technologies has just released a timely and highly relevant program, Arc Flash: Live to Tell, which examines the roots and causes of arc flash and explains how it can be prevented. The program covers the definition of arc flash, proper PPE to wear when at risk, importance of lockout/tagout and safety documentation and regulations.
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IMI announces changes to its governance structure
Institute of the Motor Industry | 17/11/2009
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has announced a number of planned changes to its governance structure including the move of its current Chief Executive, Sarah Sillars to the position of Executive Chair. These changes are effective from 1 November 2009.
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Long-Term Care Facilities Can Get World-Class Customer Service Training
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 16/11/2009
Virginia Beach, VA – November 16, 2009 – Coastal has released a new training program that demonstrates how healthcare professionals in long-term care can provide excellent care through world-class customer service principles.
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First of its kind Sexual Health eLearning programme for people with learning disabilities wins international eLearning Award
Aurion Learning | 16/11/2009
eLearning Company Aurion Learning in partnership with their client, the Family Planning Association (FPA), triumphed at the international E-Learning Awards held at the Park Lane Hotel in London's Mayfair on 12 November 2009.
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IMI receives widespread industry support on news of relicensing as the Sector Skills Council for the automotive retail sector
Institute of the Motor Industry | 12/11/2009
Key motor industry organisations have praised the Government relicensing of The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) as the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the automotive retail sector, announced today (12 November 2009).
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OutStart Participate Well Positioned to Ride Social Business Wave
Outstart | 12/11/2009
On the heels of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, OutStart, a leader in social business software and learning systems, is seeing unprecedented demand for its OutStart Participate social business solution.
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QA wins award for service management at itSMF awards
QA | 11/11/2009
QA has proven the quality of its service management training once again, scooping this year’s itSMF award for UK Service Management Trainer of the Year.
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Retaining Your Talent
The Performance Solution | 10/11/2009
Hanging onto the best and getting the best out of them. The recession, or credit-crunch, (those two vastly over-used words) has thrown companies into turmoil for 2 big reasons. 1. How do you keep your best staff motivated when there is so much insecurity in jobs? 2. As the recession lifts, and more jobs become available, how do you retain your talent?
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Accelerating Performance & Service Improvement
Amnis | 10/11/2009
Working with Training Bulletin, Amnis - the quality, innovation and productivity organisation - is helping to raise the skills of healthcare organisations by running a short series of training programmes for Training Bulletin subscribers.
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BTL Presents Paper at e-Assessment in Practice Conference Discussing 'The Future of e-Assessment'
BTL | 09/11/2009
Dr Husam Baki, Technical Director at BTL Group Ltd, will be discussing 'The Future of e-Assessment' at the e-Assessment in Practice Conference, Shrivenham, on the 11th & 12th November 2009. Dr Baki will be supported by Seyhan Baki, Educational Advisor at BTL.
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eCornell Voted 'Best Leadership Development Program' by Readers of eLearning Magazine
eCornell | 06/11/2009
eCornell's suite of online Leadership & Strategic Management Certificate Programs has been named 'Best Leadership Development Program' at the 2009 Best of eLearning Reader's Choice Awards hosted by eLearning magazine. The winners in 16 categories were announced at the virtual eLearning Summit on November 5.
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Ambient Performance announces European support for RemoteOperations™, Forterra Systems new virtual world service.
Ambient Performance | 05/11/2009
Ambient Performance, a market leader in providing private virtual worlds and related services for business, government and educational institutions based on the Forterra Systems OLIVE platform, today announced the support of RemoteOperations™ for organizations that need to continue normal operations in the event they are directly affected by the H1N1 flu outbreak. The solution, based on 3D Internet technology, allows users to work from remote locations and be as productive as they would be in live settings without the risk of spreading or being exposed to the potentially fatal virus.
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Interactive marketing tips for HR on show at CIPD 2009
The Chartered Institute of Marketing | 05/11/2009
New virtual learning option showcased; Top-level qualifications for both sales and marketing professionals; Marketing tips and techniques for more effective HR.
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Real transformation needs more than one skill set
Amnis | 04/11/2009
Achieving real transformation in healthcare organisations requires more than a single skill set and, as many healthcare organisations have found, improvement programmes based on Lean are simply not enough according to Amnis, the quality, innovation and productivity organisation.
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The X Factor - Information Transfer's unique talent for explaining the complex recognized through new client wins
Information Transfer | 04/11/2009
United Biscuits and Magnox South may not have a lot in common; UB is one of the world's pre-eminent branded snack businesses, producing some of the best known and loved products, such as Penguin and Jaffa Cakes. Magnox South is the contractor currently responsible for decommissioning five nuclear sites on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. However, they do both have one thing in common: they have an ongoing need to ensure that employees understand their technical processes; and they have both recently commissioned Information Transfer to help them do that.
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BTL Sponsors Assessment Tomorrow: Assessment for Learning and the Impact of Technology
BTL | 03/11/2009
BTL Group Ltd is once again delighted to support and sponsor the Assessment Tomorrow event on 11th November at the Hilton Hotel, Edinburgh.
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Clean sheet for Amnis and the Institute of Healthcare Management
Amnis | 28/10/2009
The first masterclass in a series of five being run jointly by the specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, and the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) has been hailed a resounding success, with all the delegates rating the programme as ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’.
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Association announces legal help line for members
The Learning Practitioners' Association | 28/10/2009
The Learning Practitioners’ Association which incorporates the TrainerBase has announced the launch of a free legal help line for members.
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Skillauto’s search for the best automotive technician begins
Institute of the Motor Industry | 27/10/2009
Outstanding automotive technicians who wish to showcase their skills can now put themselves to the test by entering the Skillauto 2010 competition.
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'Can-Do' attitude the key to winning University of Arts London contract for AccessPlanit
AccessPlanit | 26/10/2009
Lancaster based software specialist, AccessPlanit, has just completed a highly successful project to install its 'Course Manager' software platform at the University of the Arts London.
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QDP sponsors Quality Community of Practice Conference for Scotland’s Colleges, offering delegates free trial of its survey services
QDP Services | 22/10/2009
The event takes place on 23rd October at Argyll Court in Stirling under the banner of ‘Moving Quality Forward.’ Organised by Scotland’s Colleges it focuses on the emerging new approaches to quality in further education in Scotland. QDP, whose survey feedback services are familiar to quality professionals of over half of FE colleges in England and Wales is the event’s perfect partner.
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BTL Showcases e-Assessment Tools for Functional Skills and Initial Assessment at FAB 2009
BTL | 20/10/2009
BTL Group Ltd is pleased to be exhibiting at the Federation of Awarding Bodies conference held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 4th and 5th November 2009.
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Amnis and Terema achieve a full house
Amnis | 19/10/2009
The collaboration between Amnis, the specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, and Terema, the human factors organisation, was a resounding success at the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) congress, in Harrogate, in October.
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New Learning Portal Offers SMEs Free Training Expertise and Top Courses at Discount Prices
KnowledgePool | 19/10/2009
A new learning portal, launched today, offers small-medium sized companies free training expertise and discounted prices on thousands of courses from the UK’s top training providers.
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Amnis generates enthusiasm for Lean skills
Amnis | 15/10/2009
As part of its collaborative training programme with The Institute of Operations Management (IOM), an executive arm of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the professional organisation for operational management professionals, Amnis - the specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler – has just concluded an Accelerated Lean Skills Programme for Institute members.
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Further Education providers and QDP welcome LSC's latest decision on the National Learner Survey
QDP Services | 14/10/2009
After listening to concerns raised by many further education providers, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has allowed independent learner surveys to be run at the same time as their own National Learner Survey. This is great news for Quality Improvement professionals and the sector as a whole.
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Happy's Henry Stewart rated as 'A Thinker Shaping the Future'
Happy | 14/10/2009
The list of the world's 50 most influential business gurus is published today (15th October) at the Thinkers 50 conference in Bucharest. Henry Stewart, speaking at the conference, is included in the additional list of 'ones to watch'. Henry is Founder and Chief Executive of Happy Ltd, an award-winning training provider based in central London. 'He is one of the thinkers who we believe will shape the future of business' explained list compiler Stuart Crainer.
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The Institute of Healthcare Management and Amnis combine to provide five workshops on key healthcare issues
Amnis | 13/10/2009
The specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, has agreed a programme of five one-day workshops with the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM).
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The Projects Group and PM Professional Learning agree to merge
The Projects Group | 12/10/2009
The boards of The Projects Group Ltd (TPG) and PM Professional Learning (PMPL) are delighted to announce that they have reached agreement in principle to merge the two companies.
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HML Executive Discusses Business Impact of Learning and Talent Management in Webinar
Cornerstone OnDemand | 07/10/2009
Cornerstone OnDemand-sponsored session examines HML's integrated strategy for managing and developing its employees - and how this is driving real business results.
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Hot Lava Mobile to Boost Quality of Education for 150,000 African Students
Outstart | 07/10/2009
Mobile learning pilot project turns African students' mobile devices into platform for creating, delivering and tracking education.
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Bray Leino BroadSkill staff help spruce up North Devon Hospice
Bray Leino BroadSkill | 05/10/2009
Staff from Bray Leino BroadSkill have taken a much-needed break from running one of the country’s most successful training companies to spend a day helping to improve the grounds and facilities at North Devon Hospice.
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'Lean' book is made available as a free download
Amnis | 05/10/2009
'Uncovering Lean', an e-book that reveals the secrets of 'Lean', is now available to download for free. Based on Mark Eaton's popular book, 'Lean for practitioners' (ISBN 978-1-905823-58-1), that is focused on the healthcare sector, 'Uncovering Lean' will appeal to those from healthcare, manufacturing, local government as well as the service sector - and is now available free as a download for people who sign up to receive Amnis' email newsletter from http://www.amnis.uk.com.
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QDP's Destination survey offers evidence required by the revised Common Inspection Framework
QDP Services | 01/10/2009
Ofsted’s revised Common Inspection Framework dictates that the progress of learners who have completed their courses becomes an “essential indicator” of a providers’ success and recommends that learner destination data is collected and made part of self assessment. QDP is prepared for this recommendation and offers quality management teams around the country a tried and tested Destination Survey.
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Staffordshire University launches JISC funded initiative for federating open courseware using HarvestRoad Hive DR
eXact learning solutions | 21/09/2009
Staffordshire University is taking part in a pilot study to explore the issues and benefits involved in making its ‘stock’ of learning content freely available.
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Amnis shows that transforming healthcare services involves more that just patients
Amnis | 20/09/2009
Improvements in quality for patients, along with improvements in service productivity, can be achieved at the same time as improvements in staff morale. This has been the experience of the specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis.
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Amnis urges pre-squeeze acceleration in Community Services development
Amnis | 17/09/2009
The specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, has outlined plans to transform the quality and productivity of Community Services.
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GP Strategies Acquires Milsom Industrial Designs Limited Expanding Technical Expertise in the Aerospace Industry
General Physics | 16/09/2009
GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), the parent of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), announced that on September 4, 2009 its wholly owned subsidiary General Physics (UK) Ltd acquired certain operating assets and the business of Milsom Industrial Designs Limited, a provider of technical documentation, technical publications, technical recruiting and engineering design services.
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Coastal's New Driver Training Program Takes You Back To The Basics
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 15/09/2009
Coastal Training Technologies expands its award-winning driver training series with Street Smarts, a program that reminds drivers to follow simple yet life-saving rules on the road. The Street Smarts DVD can be previewed FREE for 7 days with no obligation. To order, call 888-203-9811 and speak to an account representative, or visit www.coastal.com to watch a full-length online preview.
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Need to Enhance Peoples Performance?
The Performance Solution | 15/09/2009
'Finally assessments that provide RESULTS for behavioural change' Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. 'The versatility of Extended DISC lends itself in inclusion in several of our Leaddership Development Programmes' Ashley Miles, Director, Worldwide Learning & Development, Pfizer Inc. 'There are many good assessment tools on the market for use in coaching and leadership development - Extended DISC is just more effective' Jerold Tucker, Principal, The Global Coaching Network Inc.
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Functional Skills and Initial Assessments using e-Assessment tools: FREE London seminar hosted by BTL
BTL | 14/09/2009
BTL Group Ltd, a leading provider of e-Assessment solutions, will be hosting a FREE half-day seminar exploring Skills Assessments created using e-Assessment tools. The seminar will take place on 29th October 2009 in London, and will be focusing on Functional Skills and Initial Assessments.
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Praise for 'Lean' book for healthcare professionals
Amnis | 14/09/2009
Mark Eaton's updated book on the secrets of 'Lean' for healthcare practitioners - 'Lean for practitioners' (ISBN 978-1-905823-58-1) - published at the end of August, has already generated high praise from healthcare professionals. So Amnis has decided to give away 50 copies of the book, on request.
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BTL Supports Assessment Tomorrow's Far Eastern e-Assessment Seminars
BTL | 11/09/2009
BTL Group Ltd will be speaking and exhibiting at the next series of Assessment Tomorrow seminars being held in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur on the 24th and 30th September 2009.
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Yellow Pages help businesses to show ‘you’re OK with ATA’
Institute of the Motor Industry | 11/09/2009
The Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme, in partnership with the Yell Group, is pleased to announce the introduction of a new Yellow Pages Corporate Advertising Scheme (CAS) for businesses that employ ATA registered technicians.
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Amnis advocates a strategic approach to ensuring NHS efficiency
Amnis | 10/09/2009
According to the specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, there needs to be a fundamental shift in the way healthcare organisations work, both internally and across health economies - if the opportunities identified recently for improvements in the efficiency of healthcare are to be realised.
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Amnis adds Tim Escudier to its board
Amnis | 08/09/2009
The specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, has strengthened its board’s healthcare expertise by adding Tim Escudier as an advisor to the board.
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Success for the UK automotive team at WorldSkills Calgary 2009
Institute of the Motor Industry | 08/09/2009
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has applauded the achievements of the UK automotive team on their performance at the 2009 Worldskills competition in Canada.
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QA acquires Remarc to provide the widest range of training in the North: Delivering more courses, more often, from more locations
QA | 07/09/2009
Remarc has today become part of QA, following the acquisition of the company. By joining QA, Remarc customers will have access to a wider schedule of training courses, across a greater number of subject areas and in more locations.
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WorldSkills Calgary 2009 - Competition Report
Institute of the Motor Industry | 04/09/2009
The WorldSkills competition has begun in Calgary, Canada with 900 competitors from around the world competing across 45 different skill categories.
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Amnis helps organisations to accelerate their Lean skills
Amnis | 02/09/2009
In September, Amnis is running a rare ‘open’ version of its acclaimed three-day ‘Accelerated Lean Skills’ programme.
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Young automotive technicians going for gold at WorldSkills in Canada
Institute of the Motor Industry | 01/09/2009
Three young automotive technicians are in Calgary, Canada, representing the United Kingdom at the 40th WorldSkills competition.
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Customer Consulting launches new healthcare division: Transforming Patient Pathways
Customer Consulting | 27/08/2009
Customer and change management company Customer Consulting Ltd (CCL) has launched a new division whose offerings are aimed at the healthcare sector. The division, called ‘Transforming Patient Pathways’ (TPP), was set up in response to the increasing levels of work that CCL and its consultants are carrying out in both the NHS and the commercial healthcare sectors.
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WJEC Successfully Deliver First Ever A-Level Examinations On-screen Using BTL Surpass
BTL | 26/08/2009
BTL Group Ltd is delighted to announce that, during the summer of 2009, WJEC - the Cardiff-based awarding body - successfully delivered the first ever on-screen A-Level examinations in England and Wales, using BTL’s Surpass e-Assessment solution.
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Coastal Shows Cultural Competency in Action with New Training Program
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 25/08/2009
Virginia Beach, VA, August 25, 2009 – Coastal just released its second Cultural Competency program Cultural Competency: Problem Solving with Communication. This new DVD illustrates how patients from different cultures can receive better care through respect and cultural sensitivity.
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New edition of ‘Lean’ book for healthcare professionals
Amnis | 24/08/2009
Mark Eaton, managing director of the specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, reveals the secrets of ‘Lean’ for healthcare practitioners in the new – sixth – edition of his book ‘Lean for practitioners’ (ISBN 978-1-905823-58-1).
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IMI announces increase to ATA network following agreement with City & Guilds
Institute of the Motor Industry | 20/08/2009
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has today (20 August 2009) announced an agreement with the qualification awarding body City & Guilds to further extend the network of centres offering Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA).
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Richardson Named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America for Third Consecutive Year
Richardson | 19/08/2009
Richardsom, a leading sales training company has been named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for the third consecutive year. Inc. 5000 is an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
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Amnis offers healthcare professionals an important adjunct to PRINCE2 training
Amnis | 06/08/2009
Specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, has developed ‘People Based Project Management’ – a programme providing the essential skills required to plan and run successful projects. The programme is relevant for any project manager – irrespective of whether they have had PRINCE2 training or not.
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Accreditation scheme gets on the grid at Brands Hatch
Institute of the Motor Industry | 06/08/2009
The Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme will be exhibiting at the British Superbike Championship taking place at Brands Hatch from 7th to 9th August.
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New voice and certification standards for UK learning practitioners
The Learning Practitioners' Association | 31/07/2009
TrainerBase has evolved into a new organisation, The Learning Practitioners' Association, to become the voice of learning practitioners in the UK and a market-place where learning practitioners attract new business and to establish its ‘Certified Learning Practitioner’ standard as the preferred choice for excellence in learning practice in the UK.
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New Advisory Panel On New Industry, New Jobs, Universities And Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 31/07/2009
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today announced the creation of a new advisory panel on New Industry, New Jobs, Universities and Skills.
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The heat is on…become July 2010 compliant with ATA Air conditioning
Institute of the Motor Industry | 29/07/2009
The Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme is reminding employers and technicians that there is now only one year to go before new European legislation regarding the handling of refrigerant gases comes into force in July 2010.
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EnlightKS acquires BdM Development
EnlightKS | 24/07/2009
EnlightKS, the leading provider of knowledge transfer, certification, ECDL/ICDL and end-user training solutions, today announced the acquisition of BdM Development in an undisclosed deal that creates one of the largest privately owned companies in the sector.
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QA sells systems division and plans to grow training business
QA | 23/07/2009
QA, the UK’s leading provider of learning solutions, has further strengthened its position in the UK training market through the sale of its sister company, solutions provider IQ Sys.
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Amnis and IOM training partnership enters fifth successful year
Amnis | 23/07/2009
Amnis, the quality, innovation and productivity enabler, has announced a collaborative training programme with The Institute of Operations Management (IOM), an executive arm of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the professional organisation for operational management professionals.
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Coastal HealthTrain 'Bags' Another Infection-Control Program
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 23/07/2009
Coastal HealthTrain recently released Infection Control: Bag Technique for home healthcare, a new program that helps prevent infection before, during and after home visits.
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Honda helps to upskill automotive lecturers from the FE sector
Institute of the Motor Industry | 22/07/2009
Fifteen lecturers from across the UK attended a three day workshop held at the Honda Institute in Slough which was designed to help increase their knowledge of new car technology for the benefit of their learners and the employers they work for.
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Amnis chief executive in demand for international conference
Amnis | 20/07/2009
Mark Eaton, managing director of the specialist quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, shares his expertise in the manufacturing sector when he addresses delegates to the Smart Manufacturing Conference, being held on 2nd and 3rd November at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, in Muscat, Oman.
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SIA Team Performance Diagnostic boosts University Of Middlesex Teams' Performance
SIA Group | 17/07/2009
Use of the SIA Group's Team Performance Diagnostic tool (TPD™) is helping to make tangible improvements in team morale, motivation, co-operation and performance at the University of Middlesex, according to the University's Head of Staff Development, Natasha Bennett.
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Outsourcing training to QA provides new opportunties for learning & development staff
QA | 17/07/2009
An outsourced learning service implemented by QA for News International has successfully transitioned the organisation’s Learning & Development to QA, and has created new opportunities for the in-house training team.
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Flight simulator to boost hospital theatre staff skills
Amnis | 16/07/2009
Specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, is offering visitors to its stand at the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) event, in Harrogate in October, the chance to try their skills at flying and landing an aircraft, via a state-of-the-art flight simulator. The simulator is being staffed by serving BA pilots, in collaboration with Amnis’ partner, Terema, the human factor specialists.
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Healthcare organisations urged: 'Don't give up on 'Lean''
Amnis | 13/07/2009
Healthcare organisations - including hospitals - are giving up too soon on 'Lean' based improvement initiatives, according to specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis.
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Richardson Releases New Financial Services Industry Research Report: Sales Trends and Strategic Initiatives
Richardson | 09/07/2009
Richardson, a leading global sales training and performance improvement firm releases a new Financial Services Industry report: Sales Trends and Strategic Initiatives. This report reviews strategic adjustments to business processes, practices, and skill development in the Financial Services Industry.
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AQA signs exclusive 6 year partnership agreement with BTL to deliver e-Assessment programme
BTL | 09/07/2009
BTL Group Ltd is delighted to announce a 6 year partnership agreement with AQA, one of the UK’s largest Awarding Bodies to develop and deliver their e-Assessment programme, TEAL (Technology Enabled Assessment for Learners).
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Amnis helps reveal the secrets of how to improve clinical design
Amnis | 08/07/2009
According to the specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, redesigning end-to-end clinical pathways is the basis of improved healthcare performance.
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Alfa Romeo helps ATA reach the 15,000th technician mark
Institute of the Motor Industry | 08/07/2009
Alfa Romeo technician, Sean Davidson, from Palmers dealership in Hemel Hempstead, has become the 15,000th technician to achieve the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) standard.
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Basil Plews explains 'The Franchise Way' to business success
Bob Little Press & PR | 06/07/2009
Successful businessman turned franchisee and motivational speaker, Basil Plews, has published a new book to help would-be businesspeople to learn about the secrets of buying and running a successful franchised business.
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UK’s top young technician announced at the Skillauto final
Institute of the Motor Industry | 02/07/2009
Twenty year old John Couldridge who works for Inchcape Honda in Romford, Essex, has been crowned the UK’s top young automotive technician in a national skills competition.
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Richardson and ForceLogix form strategic partnership to optimize sales team effectiveness through measurement, coaching, collaboration, and training
Richardson | 25/06/2009
Richardson and ForceLogix form a strategic partnership to deliver a powerful platform that integrates the best practices of training millions of managers with an on-demand sales performance management application that integrates with most CRM systems.
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IMI launches new Government funding advice service
Institute of the Motor Industry | 24/06/2009
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) the Professional Association and Sector Skills Council for the automotive retail sector has launched a new funding advice service which has been developed to assist employers and training providers to find out about the Government funding available across all four nations and to provide guidance on how it can be accessed.
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Customer Consulting celebrates ten years
Customer Consulting | 22/06/2009
The specialist customer and change management company Customer Consulting Ltd (CCL) – founded in 1999 - is celebrating ten years of helping organisations to optimise their return on investment in customer management activities.
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Galliford Try impressed by LearningGuide's support
LearningGuide Solutions | 18/06/2009
With a substantial growth plan and the acquisition of several new companies in 2007 and 2008 it was imperative to its management that Galliford Try could provide immediate learning and support to new staff, geographically dispersed across the UK, in the use of DEMA, the company's mission critical business control system. Galliford Try selected the performance support solution LearningGuide to solve the problem.
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Echelon helps reward this year's best change management programme
Echelon Learning | 17/06/2009
The organisation development consultancy Echelon has announced that it is sponsoring the 'Best Change Management Programme' category in this year's Training Journal Awards. The Awards - now in their fourth year - take place on Tuesday 23rd June, at the Commonwealth Club in Central London, and the guest speaker at the event is John McCarthy CBE.
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Harbrook Consultants acquired by Innovise PLC
Harbrook Consultants | 17/06/2009
Harbrook Consultants, the specialist security, voice, wireless and mobile network management consultancy and Cisco training provider, has been acquired by Innovise PLC, an AIM-quoted software and IT services provider, effective from Friday 12th June 2009.
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Coastal Wakes Up Complacent Workers With New DVD Training Program
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 17/06/2009
Coastal Training Technologies has released Just Another Day, a new DVD program that dramatically reminds experienced workers of proper safety practices. The program addresses one of the ironies of workplace safety: that the more experienced workers are, the more prone they can be to the dangers. The safety awareness of these employees may be blunted by years of routine work. Confident and complacent, they treat the working day as 'just another day,' leaving them vulnerable to various safety hazards.
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Camden Provider Services choose SIA Group as partners to improve Commercial Performance
SIA Group | 16/06/2009
Sussex, 16 June 2009 - SIA Group, leaders in training and development, have today released a case study describing the company-wide positive impact Camden Provider Services has achieved with a tailored programme of Leadership and Commercial Awareness skills for Senior Managers in the Organisation.
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Customer Consulting launches interim division
Customer Consulting | 16/06/2009
The specialist customer and change management company Customer Consulting Ltd (CCL) has launched an ‘interim division’ to provide highly skilled and knowledgeable staff to help solve organisations’ temporary skills shortages. Current interim management customers for CCL include Orange, BUPA and Aviva.
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Richardson Launches RichardsonConnect™ Webinar Series
Richardson | 12/06/2009
Richardson launches RichardsonConnect webinar series - a series of complimentary online Webinars designed to help sales professionals to better navigate the challenges of today’s complex selling environment.
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Coastal Training Technologies Puts the Brakes on Aggressive Driving
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 12/06/2009
Coastal Training Technologies recently released Emotional Wreck, the third installment in its award-winning and best-selling driving safety training series. Emotional Wreck examines the deadly issue of aggressive driving, explains its causes and explores how it can be avoided.
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IMI member Richard Perriman scoops UK Top Technician title
Institute of the Motor Industry | 11/06/2009
Richard Perriman AMIMI, a technician at Martin Pilley Services in Hampshire has been crowned UK Top Technician 2009.
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Lifelong Learning UK’s Catalyst and IMI join forces to help FE teachers gain work placements in businesses
Institute of the Motor Industry | 10/06/2009
Lifelong Learning UK’s Catalyst: Business Interchange programme, and The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) today announce a partnership which aims to develop links between businesses and further education providers in the automotive industry.
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Mandelson says new department will put science at centre of vision of Britain's future prosperity
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 09/06/2009
Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has today used the Science Museum's 100th birthday celebrations to argue that the creation of a new department for Business, Innovation and Skills will put science at the centre of the Government's economic recovery plans for a prosperous, sustainable future.
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Customer Consulting launches benchmarking research service
Customer Consulting | 08/06/2009
The specialist customer and change management company Customer Consulting Ltd (CCL) has launched a research service which aims to help member companies to discover what truth there is behind old adages such as that ‘it’s five times more expensive to find a new customer than it is to sell to existing customers’.
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QDP offers free ECM surveys at the NCSL Annual Leadership Conference
QDP Services | 05/06/2009
In an attempt to encourage schools to compare their delivery of the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda, QDP Services (QDP) is offering a free ECM survey to every attending school at this year’s NCSL Annual Leadership Conference.
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Partnership LearningGuide Solutions and National Extension College
LearningGuide Solutions | 05/06/2009
Following the recent partnership between LearningGuide Solutions and the National Extension College (NEC) based in Cambridge, LearningGuide Solutions is adding six new NEC soft skills titles to its content services library. At the same time this enables the National Extension College to add individualized just-in-time training packages to its portfolio and make them available for use by students. All titles are being created with the LearningGuide Manager authoring tool.
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Coastal Breaks Down the Hindrances to Handwashing
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 04/06/2009
Amidst the swine flu outbreak and the occurrence of 1.7 million infections among patients every year, Coastal HealthTrain adds one more hand hygiene program, Hand Hygiene: The Best Medicine, to an already comprehensive collection on the subject.
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Supplier Management becomes a new priority for Learning Outsourcing
KnowledgePool | 03/06/2009
The organisational desire to cut supplier costs has made ‘supplier management’ the up-and-coming focus area for learning outsourcing, according to managed learning specialist KnowledgePool.
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14,000th technician achieves national standard of competence
Institute of the Motor Industry | 02/06/2009
With many cars now as technically sophisticated as some aircraft, Scottish automotive technician Andrew Millar has proved he’s got what it takes as a motor industry professional after receiving national recognition for his skills.
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Echelon's CEO offered 'fame and philanthropy' deal
Echelon Learning | 01/06/2009
Alistair Morrison, CEO of the organisation development consultancy Echelon Learning, was recently invited to take part in the fourth series of the reality TV show 'The Secret Millionaire'.
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Knowledge Solutions rebrand as EnlightKS
EnlightKS | 28/05/2009
New brand launched after the acquisition of Enlight AB by Knowledge Solutions
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Enlight AB rebrand as EnlightKS
EnlightKS | 28/05/2009
New brand launched after the acquisition of Enlight AB by Knowledge Solutions
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Bob Mosher keynote speaker at IITT conference 2009 in London
LearningGuide Solutions | 28/05/2009
LearningGuide Solutions' Bob Mosher will present the keynote speech at this year's IITT National Training Conference & Exhibition for training professionals on the 24th of September in London. The event is organised by The Institute of IT Training (IITT).
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Richardson Executives Featured on SellingPower TV
Richardson | 28/05/2009
Richardson Executives, David DiStefano, President and CEO, and Frank Donny, SVP featured on SellingPower TV. The videos can be found on http://www.sellingpower.com/video/
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Harbinger Releases Raptivity Presenter - PowerPoint gets livelier with new software from global interactivity leader
Harbinger Knowledge Products | 27/05/2009
Harbinger Knowledge Products today announced the release of Raptivity Presenter, a ground-breaking software product that helps presenters add interactions to their presentations quickly and easily.
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NetDimensions to Address Key Industry Challenges at ASTD 2009
NetDimensions | 27/05/2009
NetDimensions (London Stock Exchange, AIM: NETD), a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, will address challenges faced by organizations focused on training and compliance at the ASTD 2009 International Conference & Exposition in Washington, DC.
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QA leads IT Training Top 50: Announced as number one UK technical training provider
QA | 26/05/2009
QA has again been placed top of the UK IT training market in 2009, reporting revenues over four times that of its nearest competitor. The report, published annually by IT Training magazine, shows QA leading the top 50 providers.
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Richardson Features New Sales Enablement Technology at Selling Power's Sales 2.0 Conference
Richardson | 21/05/2009
Richardson features new SalesCallPlanner™, a break-through, technology-enabled planning tool, at Selling Power's Sales 2.0 Conference on May 21, 2009, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, MA.
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Mace Group Centralizes Training by Implementing Enterprise Knowledge Platform
NetDimensions | 14/05/2009
NetDimensions (London Stock Exchange, AIM: NETD), a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems announced today that Mace Group, the global consultancy and construction firm, has implemented the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) learning management system.
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SELEX Systems Integration Looks to Expand Innovative Training Solutions using Virtual World Technology from Forterra Systems and Ambient Performance
Ambient Performance | 11/05/2009
Ambient Performance, the European distributor and service provider for Forterra Systems, has today announced that the Finmeccanica Company, SELEX Systems Integration will expand its use of the On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE™) virtual world platform to provide innovative training solutions for a broad range of customers.
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Tata Interactive Systems' program short-listed for Training Journal Awards
Tata Interactive Systems | 06/05/2009
A Process Training program developed by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) was recently short-listed in the 'Best e-learning program' category at the Training Journal (TJ) Awards 2009.
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Echelon Learning signs partnering agreement with HT2
Echelon Learning | 05/05/2009
Organisation development consultancy Echelon has agreed a partnering arrangement with HT2 to collaborate on implementing the World Class Diamond, a diagnosis and benchmarking model for organisations which are seeking to become truly 'World Class'. The World Class Diamond model is the product of a three year research project jointly conducted between HT2, Warwick Business School and Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick.
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25% of Train to Gain learners don't finish
thePurplepod | 05/05/2009
Assessors need to pry on technology in order to decrease learner drop outs.
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The Open Group Releases First Edition of 'The SOA Source Book'
The Open Group | 29/04/2009
New Book by Global IT Standards Leader Addresses Practical Implementations of SOA for Enterprise Architects.
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Aquinas announces the appointment of Gabrielle Gardner as its Head of UK Training Operations
Aquinas | 27/04/2009
Aquinas, a leading training solution reseller, today announced the appointment of Gabrielle Gardner as its new Head of UK Training Operations. She will assume responsibility for the company's operational growth strategy and oversee the day to day operations.
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New research highlights the benefits of automotive apprenticeships
Institute of the Motor Industry | 24/04/2009
In contrast to the experiences encountered by many of the contestants on the television programme ‘The Apprentice’, research* released today (28 April 2009) from The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) shows that apprentices in the automotive sector actually find the whole experience positive and believe it has been beneficial for their future career.
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Training Synergy awards new IITT/BCS certificates
Institute of IT Training | 23/04/2009
On 18th March Training Synergy awarded some of its first certificates under the Institute of IT Training's new Trainer Performance & Monitoring Assessment service (TPMA).
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Companies Expect Economic Recovery by End of 2009, says new survey
The Ken Blanchard Companies | 23/04/2009
The latest annual Corporate Issues Survey by The Ken Blanchard Companies suggests that over 70% of international companies asked are optimistic about the economy rebounding in 2009. Only a quarter of the 1700 executive, line managers, HR and L&D professionals surveyed worldwide thought the downturn would continue unabated into 2010.
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Richardson Partners with Bank Administration Institute (BAI) to Launch Online Sales Training Solution for the Financial Services Industry
Richardson | 22/04/2009
Richardson (http://www.richardson.com), a leading sales training and performance improvement firm, today announced a partnership with Bank Administration Institute (BAI), the leading provider of information and intelligence to the financial services industry, to launch a new Sales Performance System. The Sales Performance System is an online training resource designed to help Community Banks and Credit Unions improve the performance of their frontline personnel.
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IT Training Awards 2010 - time to start compiling entries
Institute of IT Training | 22/04/2009
With six months to go before the deadline date, it's time to be thinking about your entries for the IT training industry's most prestigious awards event, the IT Training Awards 2010, sponsored by the British Computer Society.
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Institute of the Motor Industry Budget Response
Institute of the Motor Industry | 22/04/2009
Commenting on today's announcement in the budget that a UK-wide vehicle scrappage scheme is to be introduced.
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Bob Mosher to keynote at the IITT National Conference 2009
Institute of IT Training | 21/04/2009
The Institute of IT Training has announced that learning and development thought leader Bob Mosher is to fly in from the US to give the keynote address at this year's IITT National Training Conference 2009 on 23-24th September 2009.
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Customers benefit from long term partnership with QA: FTSE 100 businesses choose QA to deliver Managed Learning Services
QA | 21/04/2009
QA’s Managed Learning Service has had a significant vote of approval from its customers, with several major contract renewals already in 2009. British Airways extended its Managed Service with QA for a further two years; BSkyB has renewed its service contract for a further 2 years; and QA has also been selected as a Master Vendor for eighteen subject and vendor curriculum areas for BT.
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LearningGuide Solutions presents its new content for organisational learning & support
LearningGuide Solutions | 20/04/2009
LearningGuide Solutions UK will present its latest courseware and new release of the LearningGuide Manager authoring tool for performance support solutions at the HRD 2009 exhibition and conference on 21 to 23 of April at the ExCel in London.
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The POD way of doing business
thePurplepod | 17/04/2009
New business venture set to benefit trainers and companies.
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BTL supports centre engagement workshops for e-Assessment at AAT's annual conference
BTL | 16/04/2009
BTL Group Ltd is delighted to support the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) in promoting e-Assessment to AAT centres.
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Communicaid becomes recognised Supplier on Buying Solutions framework agreement
Communicaid | 13/04/2009
Communicaid announces its selection as a recognised training supplier on the UK Government’s Buying Solutions Learning & Development and elearning framerwork agreement. Communicaid has been selected as the sole supplier of language training and one of six suppliers of Communications and Marketing skills training.
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Tata Interactive Learning Forum examines learning strategies for current times
Tata Interactive Systems | 31/03/2009
The recently held Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF) examined the role of learning and skills in enabling companies to stay competitive.
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NetDimensions Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification through the Novel Application of its Enterprise Knowledge Platform
NetDimensions | 31/03/2009
BSI Management Systems has awarded NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, certification for a Quality Management System (QMS) that complies with the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000 standard.
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Unisys content partner of LearningGuide Solutions
LearningGuide Solutions | 26/03/2009
LearningGuide Solutions has closed a partnership with Unisys. As one of the most important suppliers of Electronic Content Management (ECM) systems, Unisys is content partner for the learning solution LearningGuide. Unisys will provide content in relation to Open Text eDOCS and EMC-Documentum.
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Young technicians to put their skills to the test at SkillAuto regional heats
Institute of the Motor Industry | 25/03/2009
Following a record number of entries received, young technicians from across the country have now been invited to compete in a series of heats to find the best young technician in the UK.
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Tata Interactive's 3D animation film on learning disabilities wins second award
Tata Interactive Systems | 24/03/2009
Global leader in learning solutions, Tata Interactive Systems, receives recognition for its corporate sustainability film.
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Echelon enters partnering agreement with Live Software Solutions
Echelon Learning | 19/03/2009
Organisation development consultancy Echelon has agreed a partnering arrangement with software developer and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Live Software Solutions (LSS).
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QA named amongst Top 20 training outsourcing companies worldwide
QA | 18/03/2009
QA’s Managed Learning Service has been selected as one of the top 20 training outsourcing companies in the world by TrainingIndustry.com. The 'Top 20' list recognises the leading training outsourcing companies for the high quality of their services and comprehensive capabilities.
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TrainerBase partners with Towergate for member insurance deals
The Learning Practitioners' Association | 17/03/2009
TrainerBase, the Trade Association for Learning Practitioners has signed a partnership deal with Towergate Professional Risks to offer TrainerBase members discounted insurance.
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KnowledgePool named again as one of the world's top training outsourcing companies
KnowledgePool | 17/03/2009
KnowledgePool, the UK market leader in managed learning, has been named as one of the Top 20 companies in the global training outsourcing industry, for the third year running, by the US-based learning portal TrainingIndustry.com.
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Communicaid Supports the European Integration of MBDA
Communicaid | 17/03/2009
Communicaid, Europe's leading Culture and Communication Skills Consultancy, has teamed up with MBDA, the global leader in missile technology, to deliver cultural training programmes designed to support the organisation's integration agenda.
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BTL Sponsors e-Assessment Question 2009
BTL | 17/03/2009
BTL Group Ltd is once again delighted to sponsor and exhibit at the 7th e-Assessment Question Conference, being held at the Novotel St Pancras, London, on 18 and 19 March 2009.
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Free Basic Skills Training to Empower U.S. Workforce
ALISON | 16/03/2009
Ireland-based ALISON, supplier of the ALISON.com free online learning web site, said today that its acclaimed Basic Skills Training courseware will be integrated into online workforce support systems provided by Florida-based Geographic Solutions, Inc. Geographic Solutions is the leading U.S. provider of software solutions for workforce development, employment, and training, serving 29 state agencies in support of federally funded employment and training programs.
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Echelon gains ISO 9001: 2008 quality assurance accreditation
Echelon Learning | 16/03/2009
Organisation development consultancy Echelon has become one of the first organisations to be awarded the ISO 9001: 2008 quality assurance accreditation.
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IMI Awards Give ATA Stamp of Approval in Cyprus
Institute of the Motor Industry | 13/03/2009
IMI Awards are proud to announce they have given KEKMA Training Limassol Limited the stamp of approval to offer ATA (Automotive Technician Accreditation) assessments. KEKMA opened a purpose built satellite facility in Nicosia, Cyprus where they can now offer ATA Air Conditioning Refrigerant Handler, making KEKMA the first ATA approved centre in Europe outside the UK and Ireland.
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Going the extra mile to improve motor industry skills
Institute of the Motor Industry | 13/03/2009
- Winners of the first Skillmiles Recognition Awards are announced by the IMI.
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Car retail groups prove they are great companies to work for
Institute of the Motor Industry | 13/03/2009
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) congratulates both the Sytner Group and Peter Vardy Limited on achieving places in the Sunday Times newspaper's annual 'Best Companies to Work For' list. The Sytner Group finished sixth in the 'Best 20 Big Companies' list with Peter Vardy Limited finishing in the top 100 companies list
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Coastal Training Technologies To Sell STOP™ Training Programs
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 12/03/2009
Coastal Training Technologies is now offering STOP™ (Safety Training Observation Program), DuPont's premier safety product. This training philosophy has been successfully used by organizations worldwide for the past 30 years. STOP™ effectively reduces lost workdays, increases productivity and boosts employees' morale.
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Communicaid Wins Prestigious European Union Language Training Contract
Communicaid | 11/03/2009
Communicaid has recently been awarded the contract for the provision of all language training* to the European Commission in Brussels. This highly prestigious contract will see Communicaid open a new language training centre in Brussels in the Spring of 2009.
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Can you be Master of all you Survey?
The Performance Solution | 11/03/2009
With at least 600,000 jobs forecast to be lost in 2009 there is intense pressure on organisations to drive up productivity and performance. For most organisations improving the individual and team performance of people is the clearest way to drive up the productivity and performance of the organisation.
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Impact International celebrates success as 9th Best Small Company to Work For in the UK
Impact International | 09/03/2009
A Cumbrian people development company has been named as one of the very best places to work in the UK in a prestigious business award. Impact International, headquartered in the Lake District, was ranked 9th in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For at the official awards ceremony on March 11th. Impact is delighted with the result, which is the company's best placing yet in an increasingly competitive and challenging environment.
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Pearson and Raytheon Form Content Partnership
Raytheon Professional Services | 09/03/2009
Pearson Learning Solutions has formed a partnership with Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) through which Pearson will supply content, content development, and content licensing to Raytheon Professional Services (RPS) for their client training and courses throughout the world.
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Bray Leino BroadSkill delivers Inspiration, Success and Efficiency on anniversary of integration
Bray Leino BroadSkill | 08/03/2009
Leading training and development consultancy Bray Leino BroadSkill has redefined its core offer into three key areas - Inspiration, Success and Efficiency - to meet clients’ training and employee engagement needs in these changing and challenging times.
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Richardson Releases New Sales 2.0 Sales Call Planning Tool with Real-time Coaching and Training
Richardson | 04/03/2009
Richardson (http://www.richardson.com), a leading sales training and performance improvement firm, today announced at the Selling Power Sales 2.0 Conference the launch of the Richardson SalesCallPlanner™, an online, real-time planning and training solution that integrates with all major Client Relationship Management (CRM) platforms to help maximize every sales call.
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UK's first Masters in Digital Marketing Communications (MSc) enters its third year
Econsultancy | 04/03/2009
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and Internet research and training specialist, Econsultancy, announce that registration is open for the 2009 Masters in Digital Marketing Communications (MSc) student intake.
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Happy Computers Goes Carbon Neutral
Happy | 27/02/2009
Happy Computers this week became the first training provider in the UK to announce it has become carbon neutral in its impact on the environment; and Chief Executive Henry Stewart says he will be happy to help other training providers do the same.
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NetDimensions Takes User Experience to the Next level with Latest EKP Release
NetDimensions | 25/02/2009
NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems announced the release of the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) 5.6 today.
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QA celebrates National Apprenticeship Week - More young learners start 6 month development programme
QA | 23/02/2009
QA, the UK’s leading learning services provider, has kicked off National Apprenticeship Week (23-27th February) by celebrating a group of new learners taking their first steps towards achieving its new Credit-based apprenticeship Diploma qualification.
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Raytheon voted No. 1 in HRO Today's Learning 'Baker's Dozen'
Raytheon Professional Services | 23/02/2009
Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), was named the No.1 training outsource provider by HRO Today Magazine's 'Baker's Dozen in Learning.' This is the first time the magazine solicited input from customers to rank training outsourcing providers.
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Train to Gain Providers given money to grow?
thePurplepod | 20/02/2009
How will they increase the number of learners by 50% without compromising on quality?
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Tata Interactive's 3D animation film on learning disabilities wins the FICCI BAF Award 2009
Tata Interactive Systems | 20/02/2009
Global leader in learning solutions, Tata Interactive Systems, receives recognition for its corporate sustainability film.
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Learn.com announces free online education and structured job development programs to help the nation's transitioning workforce
Learn.com | 19/02/2009
Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the company plans to launch the Learn.com Personal Edition in April 2009 which will offer free web-based training and education to help individuals acquire new skills needed for the transforming economy. The Learn.com Personal Edition (LPE) will greatly prepare the displaced workforce affected by the downturn in the world economy to improve their hirability and competitive advantage.
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BTL publishes case study illustrating its involvement in TDA QTS Tests
BTL | 18/02/2009
BTL Group Ltd today published a case study covering its involvement in QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) tests; provides a detailed account of the requirements set by TDA (Training and Development Agency for Schools).
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IMI encourages businesses to support National Apprenticeship Week 2009
Institute of the Motor Industry | 17/02/2009
The second annual Apprenticeship Week will take place from Monday 23 February to Friday 27 February and is an opportunity to celebrate and recognise the essential role that Apprenticeships are playing in today's business world, ensuring that the workforce has the skills it needs in order to remain competitive, even in difficult economic circumstances.
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Echelon's NHS clients focus on their 'service DNA'
Echelon Learning | 17/02/2009
Echelon's innovative approach sees its clients improve levels of customer satisfaction and stakeholder 'value for money'.
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First authorised centres delighted by the level of take up of the IITT TPMA service
Institute of IT Training | 16/02/2009
The first batch of IITT Authorised Centres offering the IITT's new Training Performance Monitoring & Assessment service (TPMA) are reporting significant uptake on bookings as companies sign up to get their trainers assessed.
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The Valentines launch of theTrainingpod.com
thePurplepod | 13/02/2009
If you haven't heard already theTrainingpod is launching on the most romantic day of the year.
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Grants for Econsultancy's digital marketing courses now available to businesses via Learning Skills Council (LSC)
Econsultancy | 13/02/2009
- Up to £1,000 worth of business funding available through LSC's Train to Gain - Grants can be used for individual training courses or in-company training.
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Giunti Labs partners with Stoas Learning
eXact learning solutions | 12/02/2009
The leading learning and mobile content management solution provider, Giunti Labs, has named Stoas Learning, the Netherlands-based provider of digital learning solutions, as one of its 'implementation partners'.
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London Ambulance Service Chooses 'Raptivity and Elicitus Interactive eLearning Suite' as Training Creation Tools
Harbinger Knowledge Products | 11/02/2009
Harbinger Knowledge Products, the creator of Raptivity and Elicitus Suite of Products and Productivity4You which is its UK partner are pleased to announce that London Ambulance Service has chosen Raptivity and Elicitus Interactive eLearning Suite as its platform for creation of training for its staff. After a thorough evaluation of various eLearning tools, London Ambulance Service chose Raptivity and Elicitus for the ease of use and ability to create highly interactive eLearning content without the need of any programming knowledge.
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Coastal HealthTrain Program Wins Two Awards
DuPont Sustainable Solutions | 11/02/2009
Coastal's Personal Safety For Home Health Caregivers was honored with a Platinum Best of Show Aurora award and a CINE Golden Eagle award.
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Top ten learning tips from Learning Technologies visitors
Premier IT | 06/02/2009
Visitors gave their top learning tips at Learning Technologies 2009 to help share best practice learning and development with peers.
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Richardson Named 2009 Top Sales Methodology Training Company by The Sales Training Community at TrainingIndustry.com
Richardson | 06/02/2009
Richardson(http://www.richardson.com), a leading sales training and performance improvement firm, has again been named a 2009 Top Sales Methodology Training Company in the second annual list published by The Sales Training Community at TrainingIndustry.com. Richardson was also named to this category in the 2008 list.
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Valentines Day launch for new innovative training network
thePurplepod | 05/02/2009
With the economic climate in turmoil, theTrainingpod has picked the perfect date to launch.
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Replace your executives with apprentices
thePurplepod | 05/02/2009
How many highly paid professionals spend their time doing basic 'administration' work because they don't know how to use technology effectively? Young people leaving school may need training in workplace etiquette but one skill they do have is computer literacy.
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Networking company is thriving
thePurplepod | 03/02/2009
A newly formed online networking company is on its way to national success after starting out in Coventry.
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Britain comes to a stand still!
thePurplepod | 02/02/2009
Why has such an advanced country been brought to a halt? By snow!
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Virtual World Classroom to Transform Corporate Training
Ambient Performance | 30/01/2009
Leading training and development consultancy Bray Leino BroadSkill has joined forces with enterprise virtual worlds technology specialist Ambient Performance to create a ‘virtual world classroom’ training offer for the business community. The solution combines the best of classroom training with virtual world technology to enable people in different locations to learn together without ever having to leave their homes or workplaces.
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More companies turn to the web in the recession
thePurplepod | 29/01/2009
Businesses need to continue to market themselves in the economic climate, the Internet is the secret tool.
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Cegos Group and digital publishing enter cooperation
digital publishing | 28/01/2009
Two European Leaders cooperate - and realize tailor-made language training - digital publishing and the Cegos Group have signed an agreement to promote their respective e-learning training courses.
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dp bags three Worlddidac Awards
digital publishing | 28/01/2009
Most recognised international prize in the education industry for German language experts digital publishing AG.
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SpecLearn grows client base by 650% after implementing on-demand learning software
Learn.com | 28/01/2009
Learn.com® announced today that SpecLearn, a sales training service provider with headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA, has experienced exponential growth as a result of implementing the LearnCenter® platform from Learn.com.
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American Management Association Receives Two 'Best of Elearning!' Awards; OutStart LCMS Plays Key Role
Outstart | 28/01/2009
OutStart, the global leader in formal learning, informal learning and social software, congratulates American Management Association (AMA), a world leader in talent development and performance-based learning solutions, for receiving two 'Best of Elearning!' Awards for 2008 based on content developed, managed, and maintained with OutStart LCMS.
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IMI welcomes Government plans to boost training funding for the automotive sector
Institute of the Motor Industry | 28/01/2009
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) the Sector Skills Council for the automotive retail sector has today (28 January) welcomed the news from the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) that automotive employers will be able to access high quality skills support and increased funding via the Train to Gain scheme.
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