Findcourses.co.uk to exhibit at CIPD L&D Show in London

On 30^th April-1^st May, Findcourses.co.uk will once again be exhibiting at the yearly CIPD L&D Show held in Olympia London. Formerly known as HRD, it 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 Learning at Work Week (previously Learning at Work Day), a national event dedicated to highlighting and celebrating the importance of learning in the workplace, due to take place between 19^th-25^th May with the theme “Learning Connections”. 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
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