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Findcourses.co.uk exhibits at Learning & Skills 2014

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


Topics

  • Education

Categories

  • learning and skills 2014
  • learning technologies
  • exhibition
  • conference
  • workplace development
  • findcourses pro
  • findcourses.co.uk
  • training
  • professional development

Regions

  • England

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.

Contacts

Kate Butterworth

Press contact Information Manager Site Management +44 (0) 20 3318 6283

Cecilia Razelli

Press contact Editor