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Formerly known as HRD, the CIPD L&D Shown is the UK’s leading Learning & Development event, boasting over 100 exhibitors and 3,400+ visitors including senior L&D decision makers as well as HR professionals.
As ever, the goal is to provide
a showcase for the innovative new solutions being offered in HR-related fields,
spanning a range of specific sub-areas from L&D to organisational development
(OD), leadership development, learning & talent development and technology
for learning. And this is achieved by combining a free Exhibition, populated by providers of different development-focused
services and products, with a Conference
portion of the event, which involves a number of paid seminars delivered by
leading industry professionals. Perhaps most importantly, the event also
provides a rare and highly valuable opportunity for HR and L&D
professionals to network with one another, drawing inspiration and best
practice examples from industry peers.
In this
context, Findcourses.co.uk will be participating in the event as a provider of
a range of services dedicated to helping training buyers – including HR
Managers, L&D professionals and individuals – source the right training providers and professional development
opportunities for their needs. Foremost among these is the Findcourses.co.uk website,
which remains the core of the company’s offering with a growing database of over 12,000 professional development
courses. Partnered with The Independent
and the London Evening Standard, this
makes it the UK’s largest search engine dedicated to professional development,
reaching a large and rapidly growing number of users each month. The ultimate
goal: to give every visitor the possibility of finding, comparing and receiving
additional information about an extensive range of UK-based courses. In
addition to spanning virtually all industries and sectors, from Leadership
Development to Human Resources and Oil & Gas, Findcourses.co.uk also covers
different delivery methods, listing open courses as well as in-house providers
and a vast array of e-learning programmes.
Another growing focus is FindCourses
PRO – a customised training procurement
solution developed ad hoc for clients looking to reduce thecosts associated with purchasing training by streamlining and centralising the buying process. Traditionally
intended for large organisations making frequent training purchases, the
solution is entirely customisable (in terms of design as well as having access
to existing framework agreements), while providing access to a multitude of
additional providers & discounts and significantly reducing administrative
costs. What is new in 2014 is the recently launched PRO Lite: an off-the-shelf
solution that makes all of these benefits accessible to smaller
organisations by providing a ready-made version of a standard PRO training
portal. Geared directly towards HR and L&D departments, it is thus an ideal
tool for small- to medium-sized companies preferring a web-based booking system
that is immediately ready for use.
In addition, Findcourses.co.uk
will be promoting national Learning at
Work Week (previously Learning at Work Day), due to take place between 19th-25th
May with the theme “Learning Connections” with the goal of putting the
spotlight of the importance of workplace learning and development. Working in
partnership with the Campaign for Learning for the third year running,
Findcourses.co.uk will be doing its part to raise awareness of the initiative
and confirm its support of workplace learning with a dedicated match-making service. This will put
organisations looking to host a LAW Week event in contact with training companies
willing to offer their services free-of-charge, with the goal of generating
greater interest and commitment to workplace development among staff, as well
as building bridges between providers and consumers of training across the
country.
Interested companies and providers will be able to leave their contact details directly
at Stand 110.
Press Contact: Cecilia Razelli
cecilia.razelli@findcourses.co.uk
+44(0)203 318 6280
Findcourses.co.uk is part of the Educations.com
Media Group, which operates across Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the
United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Russia and the USA, helping over 16
million users find training each year. Findcourses.co.uk also publishes an annual Training
Barometer that provides an overall analysis of the developments seen on the
market during the previous year as well as an outlook for the future.
On Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th
January, Findcourses.co.uk attended the
2014 edition of the Learning and Skills exhibition at Olympia 2 in London. In
its fifth year as Europe’s foremost event dedicated to workplace development,
Learning and Skills 2014 once again partnered with the Learning Technologies
exhibition and conference in a bid to cover the full spectrum of products,
methods and services being made available for modern professional development. With over 6,000 visitors, 230
exhibitors and 140 free seminars, the event provided a multi-faceted and
vibrant environment in which training companies, solutions providers and HR and
L&D professionals came together to discuss the training challenges they
face and share best practice methods of tackling them in a demanding business
environment.
In this context, Findcourses.co.ukparticipated in the event as a provider of a range of services
dedicated to helping training buyers – including HR Managers, L&D
professionals and individuals – source the right training providers and
professional development opportunities for their needs. First among these is
the Findcourses.co.uk website, which, listing over 11,000 courses taking place across the UK, is the country’s leading search engine dedicated to
professional development, partnered with both The Independent and
the London Evening Standard.
This is then supported by Findcourses.co.uk’s
long-standing Training
Quote Service, which facilitates the search & buying processes by
allowing users to contact Findcourses.co.uk advisors with their training needs,
and then receive detailed, relevant quotes directly from the training providers
that are able to meet their requirements. This unique service fulfils the
double purpose of saving HR and L&D professionals time, by virtually
eliminating the need to find and compare training options, and of saving money
by guaranteeing that they receive the most competitive quotes.
Finally, Findcourses.co.uk has taken the foundational
principles of these two services and combined them with an innovative
technological platform to develop FindCourses PRO: a professional
training procurement solution that takes the form of a customised portal
integrated directly into an organisation’s intranet. Using Findcourses.co.uk’s
extensive database of suppliers and courses, while simultaneously including
company-specific framework agreements and discounts, this streamlined solution
provides extensive cost savings by dramatically reducing administrative
burdens, centralising the procurement process in a single, easy-to-use system.
The response received from the many visitors to the
Findcourses.co.uk stand confirmed that this portfolio of services continues to
be of extreme interest and relevance in a training industry that, in becoming
increasingly varied and technology-based, is also becoming more difficult to
navigate. More specifically, the feedback given by the HR professionals
participating in the event pointed to a real need for a “connector” between
providers and consumers of training that matches the needs of both parties to
produce win-win results. And this is precisely the role that Findcourses.co.uk
has taken on, acting as a bridge between the two sides in pursuit of one ultimate
goal: to help every user find the right professional development solution, be
it for themselves or their staff.
This vision is inherited from FindCourses Global AB,
parent company of Findcourses.co.uk, which operates across Sweden, Finland,
Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom to help over 500,000 users find
training each month. FindCourses Global is in turn part of the Educations.com
Media Group (EMG), the leading provider of education marketing in Northern
Europe.
Press Contact: Cecilia Razelli
cecilia.razelli@findcourses.co.uk
+44(0)203 318 6280
Findcourses.co.uk is the
UK’s largest search engine dedicated to Professional Development,
allowing users to search, find and compare thousands of training courses
in the UK. Findcourses.co.uk is partnered with The Independent and the London Evening Standard and powers their Training & Courses Guides, providing a search service to hundreds of thousands of users every month.
Happy 21st birthday to SquareOne Training! A leading provider of flexible computer skills courses, SquareOne has been working with Findcourses.co.uk since 2011, listing their portfolio of open and in-house courses on our professional development search engine to reach users searching for training in their area of expertise.
Over the years, this relationship has seen us at Findcourses.co.uk help many a user and company find the ideal IT training solution across a range of sub-topics including Excel, web design, CAD and others.
Speaking about Findcourses.co.uk in December 2012, Managing Director Lisa McGinley said:
“Since joining Findcourses.co.uk we have received a large number enquiries, many of which have converted into course bookings. This has resulted in SquareOne forming countless new business partnerships with many companies. […] Each and every member of the team is enthusiastic and a pleasure to work with. In short, Findcourses.co.uk has become an essential part of our marketing strategy and we look forward to working with them to achieve future success.”
As a result of the growing success they have seen over the past 21 years, SquareOne are offering a discount to anyone who quotes Birthday21 when booking a closed course with them. The offer is valid for a limited period so if IT training is on your to-do list, get in touch with SquareOne now and claim your discount!
Discounts apply to closed Microsoft courses booked before 31.10.2013.
On 12th September 2013, Findcourses.co.uk –
part of the FindCourses Global group of companies – will be organising its first UK event
dedicated to HR and L&D professionals. Taking advantage of the parent
company’s Swedish roots [FindCourses
Global was founded in Sweden, where it continues to have its main offices
today], the event will be hosted in collaboration with the Swedish Chamber
of Commerce in London at the prestigious Radisson Blu Edwardian Hampshire Hotel
in Leicester Square.
The main goal of the one-off event, which is the first
of its kind organised by the team, is to give target users of the Findcourses.co.uk
search engine and their peers from the Chamber’s business membership the
valuable opportunity to network, discuss and share common problems related to
staff training, as well as best practice examples. The evening will begin with
an introduction by Mattias Säker, CEO of FindCourses Global, who will present
current trends in the training industry as monitored by the FindCourses
European network, revealing how and where companies are investing in
professional training, as well as highlighting projections for the future. In
response to recent research outlining the large proportion of employees across
the UK who report having to work during their free time, it will then feature
an exclusive time management workshop, delivered by training company FranklinCovey
on the basis of their award-winning “The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity”. This interactive session will be
a unique occasion for guests to sample and take away important insights from a
renowned time management programme, designed to tangibly increase productivity
by giving individuals, teams and entire organisations the knowledge to make
high-impact choices about how to invest their time and energy in the workplace.
Networking opportunities will follow in a dedicated 1.5 hour slot during which
drinks and snacks will be served.
The decision to host the event reflects a sound
commitment to helping users in HR, L&D and even Procurement positions find
solutions to their training problems, from finding the right courses and
providers to streamlining organisational training purchases. The occasion will
be an opportunity to confirm Findcourses.co.uk’s dedication to this mission and
to gain a new insight into the problems faced by training buyers, with a view
to developing the company’s products and services in a way that responds to
their needs even more effectively in the future.
Registration for the event is free for
Findcourses.co.uk users and Swedish Chamber of Commerce members. Seats are
limited and will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis.
Findcourses.co.uk is the
UK’s largest search engine dedicated to Professional Development,
allowing users to search, find and compare thousands of training courses
in the UK. Findcourses.co.uk is partnered with The Independent and the London Evening Standard and powers their Training & Courses Guides, providing a search service to hundreds of thousands of users every month.
On 23rd
May workplaces all across the UK, including corporations, SMEs, public sector
organisations and government departments, celebrated Learning at Work (LAW)
Day, the national event dedicated to the promotion of learning and development
in the workplace. Organised by the Campaign for Learning as part of Adult
Learners’ Week, the theme of this year’s edition – the 14th since
its inception in 1999 – was ‘Many Ways to Learn’, dedicated to highlighting the
many different formats in which continuous workplace development can be secured
in support of an organisation’s overall goals.
For the
second year running, Findcourses.co.uk worked in national partnership with the
Campaign for Learning to help raise awareness of the event and to use its
experience in the sector to encourage both companies and training organisations
to support the initiative. As part of this activity, Findcourses.co.uk built on
the success stories of 2012 and once again offered a “match-making” service
dedicated to putting HR and L&D Professionals interested in organising an
event in contact with trainers looking to contribute by providing seminars,
taster sessions and workshops to their staff. “Essentially, the match-making
service we offer for Learning at Work Day is an extension of what we do all
day, every day” said Kate Butterworth, Site Manager at Findcourses.co.uk. “Our
job is to help those looking for training to find and contact the right
providers in order to advance their professional development. For Learning at
Work Day, we just extended that concept and applied it on a bigger scale in
support of a really important national initiative. We listened to the companies
that contacted us, understood the skills and areas they were looking to develop
among their staff, and got them in touch with providers that could deliver
suitable workshops and taster sessions for their LAW Day”, she continued.
Initial
reports indicate positive reactions on the part of the providers, companies
and, most importantly, the employees that took part in the LAW Day activities
themselves. “From our own and others’ research, we have seen time and time
again that training and professional development opportunities are absolutely
crucial factors in maintaining high levels of job satisfaction across different
industries. Learning at Work Day is a fun way for organisations to show their
employees that they are committed to providing these opportunities and serious
about investing in their human resources in the long-term”, continued
Butterworth.
In other
areas of the country, a series of events organised by companies, training
providers and national partners of the Campaign for Learning – including The
Open University’s ‘Inspiring Learning’ Award and The Science Museum’s workshops
on the future of digital and countless other activities – contributed to making
the 2013 edition of Learning at Work Day a rich, fun and valuable celebration
of professional development. The hope is that increasing awareness of such
events will contribute to the creation of a true culture of workplace learning
that will help UK organisations, and the country overall, fill critical skills
gaps and maintain a competitive edge in an increasingly demanding global
market.
Press Contact: Kate Butterworth
kate.butterworth@findcourses.co.uk
+44(0)203 318 6283
Findcourses.co.uk is the UK’s largest search engine dedicated to Professional Development, allowing users to search, find and compare thousands of training courses in the UK. Findcourses.co.uk partnered with The Independent and the London Evening Standard and powers their Training & Courses Guides, providing a search service to hundreds of thousands of users every month.
IT skills have become increasingly important for professionals across virtually any industry and, with the way technology is developing, they are only likely to become more so in the future. Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite is still arguably one the most valuable among these, but with the range of courses now available across the UK, it can be hard to choose between them, particularly if you are looking for a training experience that suits your employees’ needs perfectly.
Luckily if it’s tailored IT training and consultancy you’re looking for, we’re giving you one last reason why you should drop by Findcourses.co.uk’s stand, number 509, at the CIPD HRD 2013 Exhibition and Conference tomorrow or Thursday: Appetite for Learning, one of the UK’s leading Learning Consultancies, is offering a 10% discount to anyone booking training through us on occasion of HRD.
How does it work, you ask? It’s really quite simple.
Step 1: Drop by to see Findcourses.co.uk at Olympia on Wednesday April 24th or Thursday April 25th.
Step 2: Take a quick snapshot of our stand, no. 509.
Step 3: Upload the picture to your Twitter account with the hashtag #feedyourbrain.
The discount is valid for any course title available on Appetite’s Findcourses.co.uk profile – Microsoft Office, Visio, Powerpoint, Sharepoint, Infopath, Access, Excel, Word, Project – that is booked for a minimum of 4 delegates.
Don’t have a Twitter account? Not to worry, you can e-mail your picture to Appetite for Learning directly at hello@appetiteforlearning.co.uk.
So come by to say hello and make your choice of IT training provider a little easier; we’ll be waiting, smiles at the ready.
Press
Release: 9th April 2013
Findcourses.co.uk
will exhibit its range of dedicated services and promote Learning at Work Day
at the 2013 edition of the CIPD HRD event in London
In just over two weeks’ time, on 24th-25th
April 2013, Findcourses.co.uk will exhibit at the CIPD HRD Conference & Exhibition in London, the biggest event
in the UK dedicated to HR and Learning and Development professionals.
The event consists of two parts, the first of which is a two-day Exhibition
that will showcase over 100 training
suppliers and a range of tailored services
and products geared towards solving HR and development challenges
in areas such as coaching, training, learning evaluation and talent management.
The Conference portion will instead give participants the opportunity to attend
more than 30 seminars led by best-practice organisations for useful tips,
advice and tools on a number of topics related to workplace learning and development.
As the UK’s leading
search engine for Professional
Development courses, Findcourses.co.uk is dedicated to helping training
buyers, namely HR Managers and L&D professionals, find the right training solutions for their needs.
Through its partnerships with The Independent and the London
Evening Standard, it reaches a growing
number of users and aims to make the
buying process as streamlined and cost-effective for them as possible.
This goal is supported by a range of strategic services offered by the
company in addition to its advanced search engine for professional courses, all
of which will be presented at the Exhibition. Primary among these is a
personalised Training
Quotes Service, which facilitates the buying process by allowing users
to contact Findcourses.co.uk advisers with
their training needs, and then receive
detailed, relevant quotes from the
training providers that meet their needs. This allows training buyers to save time, and in many cases also to reduce costs, by having a single point
of contact that deals with a number of providers on their behalf.
Another growing focus is FindCourses
PRO – a customised training
portal solution developed ad hoc for clients that want to reduce the costs associated with purchasing training by centralising the buying process. It allows companies to maintain
flexibility in terms of providers while greatly reducing complexity,
particularly for large international
companies such as those already using the product including Volvo, Swedish
Match, Henkel, Axel Johnson International and Skandia.
In addition, Findcourses.co.uk will be promoting its
involvement in the 2013 edition of Learning
at Work (LAW) Day scheduled for
23rd May, which will revolve around the theme ‘Many Ways to Learn!’. For
the second year running, Findcourses.co.uk will be working in partnership with
the Campaign for Learning to raise
awareness of the initiative and support workplace learning with a dedicated match-making
service, which will put organisations looking to organise LAW Day event
in contact with training providers willing to offer their services. Interested
companies and providers will be able to leave their contact details directly at
the Findcourses.co.uk stand.
The entire Findcourses.co.uk
team will be available throughout the two days of the Exhibition at Stand 509 to offer visitors more information on all of these services
and initiatives, as well advice on
sourcing training providers and
insights into current training industry
trends.
Findcourses.co.uk
publishes an annual Training
Barometer that provides an overall analysis of the developments seen on the
market during the previous year as well as an outlook for the future.
Press Contact: Kate Butterworth
kate.butterworth@findcourses.co.uk
+44(0)203 318 6283
Findcourses.co.uk is the UK’s largest search engine dedicated to Professional Development – search, find and compare thousands of training courses in the UK. Findcourses.co.uk partnered with The Independent to power The Independent’s Training & Courses Site: http://courses.independent.co.uk/ – providing a search service to hundreds of thousands of users every month.
As technology contin
ues to evolve and the economic situation remains uncertain, developing expert skills for specific sectors like Oil & Gas is something that is becoming increasingly important. That’s why Findcourses.co.uk is happy to welcome on board MDT International, an expert provider of Financial, Commercial and Management Courses dedicated to professionals working for petroleum and energy companies.
The key to the MDT approach is using real examples to provide a context for the learning experience, giving participants the opportunity to apply the skills acquired with practical exercises and case studies. This allows them to perfect their abilities in a variety of functional areas from business communication to leadership to contract strategy management, while always keeping the specificities of the Oil and Gas sector in mind.
Their open courses are available in various international locations including Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, London, Perth and Aberdeen. In addition, MDT International offers clients the possibility of opting for an in-house training option in order to have the course content tailored to their specific needs, whether the original material covers negotiation skills, production accounting, project economics or auditing.
With highly professional trainers that boast years of experience both in the petroleum and the training industry, they are a sure bet for all your managerial, commercial and financial oil and gas training needs. Take a look at MDT International’s profile on Findcourses.co.uk and see for yourselves!
Findcourses.co.uk will
be participating in the fourth edition of the Learning and Skills exhibition,
due to take place in London on 29th-30th January 2013
On 29th-30th
January, Findcourses.co.uk will be
exhibiting at the Learning and Skills
exhibition in London, Europe’s leading
showcase of workplace learning and development. The event will host over
230 exhibitors and 120 free seminars revolving around the theme of learning and
development, giving companies and organisations a range of tools and methods
with which to build on their employees’ professional training and growth.
Partnered
with The Independent and more
recently with The London Evening Standard,
Findcourses.co.uk is the UK’s leading search engine dedicated solely to Professional Development, with over 6,500 courses available online.
Working closely with Educational Institutes across the UK and Northern Europe, Findcourses.co.uk
helps Learning and Development
Professionals and HR Managers source
training providers and suitable courses for their employees.
Having reached
its 4th edition alongside the Learning
Technologies conference and exhibition, the Learning and Skills exhibition
provides the perfect occasion for Findcourses.co.uk to meet HR Managers and L&D
Professionals, and a unique opportunity for us to share our knowledge of the training market with our end users. At
the same time, it is an occasion to converse with training buyers and to
understand their needs, how they are evolving and, as a result, how to continue
to provide the high quality services
that they require.
Findcourses.co.uk
will be presenting a number of these services, starting with our personal Training
Quotes Service, which facilitates the training buying process by
allowing L&D Professionals and HR Managers to contact our advisors with
their training needs, and then receive detailed, relevant quotes from training
providers that meet their requirements. This serves to streamline the process,
allowing training buyers to save both time and resources in their search for
the appropriate training for their employees, in the knowledge that our
professional advisors will find the right options for them.
The Findcourses.co.uk
team will also be providing a demo of our targeted Corporate
Training Brokerage service – a white
label solution for companies that want to reduce the costs
associated with purchasing training, but also maintain flexibility in terms of
providers. These portals increase efficiency by centralising the operations
associated with training buying, and can be personalised to meet
client-specific needs. As a testimony of their appeal for large organisations,
they are currently being used by a number of international companies such as
Volvo, Swedish Match, Henkel, Skandia and Axel Johnson International.
In
addition, Findcourses.co.uk will showcase our commitment to professional
development by promoting the 2013 edition of Learning
at Work Day, which will take place on 23rd May and revolve
around the theme ‘Many Ways to Learn!’.
Working in partnership with the Campaign
for Learning, Findcourses.co.uk aims to raise awareness of the initiative
and of the broader issue of workplace learning with its match-making service,
which will put organisations interested in organising a LAW Day event in
contact with providers willing to offer their services, including sample
courses or taster training sessions.
Findcourses.co.uk
will be available throughout the two days of the Learning and Skills exhibition
to offer anyone, including training providers but also interested individuals, advice
regarding sourcing training providers, trends in the training industry in the
UK and how they can benefit from our services.
For more information please contact:
Cecilia Razelli
Online Content Editor, Findcourses.co.uk
cecilia.razelli@findcourses.co.uk
Findcourses.co.uk is the UK’s largest search engine dedicated to Professional Development – search, find and compare thousands of training courses in the UK. Findcourses.co.uk partnered with The Independent to power The Independent’s Training & Courses Site: http://courses.independent.co.uk/ – providing a search service to hundreds of thousands of users every month.
Anyone involved in the IT industry knows that keeping up with the latest advancements in technology is an absolutely essential part of the job, perhaps more so than in other industries.
That’s why Education and Consultancy providers like Fast Lane offer training solutions in the IT sector for all existing, advanced and emerging technologies and aim to provide innovative, creative ideas and solutions that can help keep their clients one step ahead of the competition.
Fast Lane operate worldwide and offer a number of scheduled courses that focus on a variety of areas and software including Cisco, Microsoft SQL, NetApp and others. Alongside these open courses, Fast Lane provides onsite training and company-specific solutions that are tailored to suit specific needs and provide just the right kind of training for your company.
Regardless of the delivery method, Fast Lane IT training courses are all based on a set of core values that include excellence, flexibility and innovation. This has no doubt played a significant role in the fact that they have featured in the TrainingIndustry.com Top 20 IT Training List for the past five years: a recognition of their continuing efforts to be among the leading providers of training in the IT industry.
So if you’re an IT company or professional, go check out their profile on FindCourses and find the training that will help keep you on top.
Training & Courses for Professional Development 