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The Knowledge - The Resource - Training

Also check out what training through your own or other relevant trade associations. See under Professional Bodies.
Academy Leadership
Brings the results driven power of proven leadership practice to the business world, providing the essential skill training required to achieve success.
W: www.academyleadership.com
Acquire It
IT and Internet training specifically for businesses and the over 50s within Surrey and Sussex. The site also contains daily news, reviews, content for the over 50s and businesses, features and discussions.
W: www.acquireit.co.uk
Acumen Limited
Tailored training and development for management, organisations, teams, leaders, salespeople and individuals.
W: www.acumenltd.com
Advance Training
Training courses for Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Javascript, Adobe Photoshop and HTML, presented on-site at your offices, within the UK. Also consultancy on search engine optimisation, and successful web marketing techniques.
W: www.advance-training.co.uk
Adelphi Associates
Their courses include customer care, finance, management,sales and computer training. Quality recognised by the Institute of Leadership and Management.
W: www.adelphi-associates.co.uk
Beginners
A database of IT training courses.
W: www.beginners.co.uk
Building Your Business
Business advice, coaching and training courses for the owners of small businesses who are looking to take more control over their companies.
W: www.buildingyourbusiness.co.uk
Business Link or national equivalent
See under Business Advice
Business Balls
Business Balls provides free resources, tools and inspiration for the ethical development of people, business and organisations.
W: www.businessballs.com
Business By Phone
Brilliant sales advice from Better Business writer Art Sobczak.
W: www.businessbyphone.com
Business Training Media
Over 1,000 management and employee training and motivation videos, CD-Roms and online training programmes. Training topics include leadership, customer services, team building, sales, and dealing with sexual harassment. Previews and free training catalogue available.
W: www.businesstrainingmedia.com
Cardell Media
Free access to articles on topics including; essential small business strategies to attract more customers, How to increase your prices without losing customers, and How to increase visitors to your website by up to 150%.
W: www.cardellmedia.co.uk
Case Consultants
Web applications development training on client sites.
W: www.casetraining.co.uk
CCS Training
Provide training in credit control, communication, negotiation and assertiveness.
W: www.ccstraining.co.uk
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
The CIPD's official site, with information on training, events, membership, and all the latest issues regarding personnel and development in the UK.
W: www.cipd.co.uk
Clear Thinking Limited
Authorised training centre for Autodesk, Discreet, Macromedia and Maxon, based in Romsey, Hampshire. One-to-one training available.
W: www.goclearthinking.co.uk
Corps Business
New media training, recruitment and design studio services.
W: www.corps.co.uk
Cranfield University's Business Growth Programme
W: www.som.cranfield.ac.uk
Cyberia Corporate Services Internet Training
Full range of scheduled or inhouse internet and intranet training course outlines. Internet strategy and management, web design, web developer courses.
W: www.theinternetcompany.co.uk
Directors Centre
Business surgeries and seminars, and Bright Marketing workshops from Robert Craven's business growth consultancy.
W: www.directorscentre.com
e-Learning Centre
An information resource for learning and development professionals and academics and staff developers.
W: www.e-learningcentre.co.uk
Elite Training
Building courses that help teams and their leaders develop the new thinking and skills that are required for effective teamwork.
W: www.elitetraining.co.uk
Eurozone 1
Training, outplacement and consultancy with a focus on Europe and key business skills supporting large and small organisations wherever they are based. Workshops range from 1-5 days.
W: www.eurozone1.btinternet.co.uk
Hayes Consulting
W: www.haynesconsulting.co.uk
The Holt
A nationwide business support organisation specialising in team and leaderships skills development, business training and specialist consultancy.
W: www.theholt.co.uk
ICS Learn
Take a distance learning business course. Gain the skills needed to be successful in business with an ICS distance learning course.
W: www.icslearn.co.uk
Inner-Leadership.com Ltd
Inner-Leadership is based on a systematic approach to achieve your highest potential in your work. The method used is provided by the work of Roberto Assagioli and is called 'Psychosynthesis'.
W: www.inner-leadership.com
John Seymour Management Training
Includes training in managing people, customers, performance and change.
W: www.managementtraining.uk.com
Leadership Trust
A provider of 'open' leadership development programmes in the UK. The programmes encourage delegates to 'look at themselves in the mirror' to understand what makes them tick.
W: www.leadership.co.uk
Learn Direct
Distance learning plus hundreds of online courses and information on 2,000 learndirect centres and 700,000 courses.
W: www.learndirect.co.uk
Marketing About
We always have things to learn when it comes to sales and marketing. You'll find great sales tips in this resource of information from the pros.
W: www.learndirect.co.uk
Mind tools
Developing your personal skills. Includes free online tools on time and stress management, memory improvement, decision making and project planning.
W: www.marketing.about.com/od/salestraining
Motiv8 Training
Delivering results to the motor, financial and retail industries worldwide through training, innovation and interaction.
W: www.motiv8training.co.uk
Mutual Advantage
Helping small and home-based businesses to understand, design and set up profitable ecommerce websites or shopping carts.
W: www.mindtools.com
NTL Training
Provides services to companies where employee training and development are integral to the success of their business.
W: www.ntl-training.co.uk
Outsources Sales
Take the acid test to help grow your business development strategy.
W: www.mutualadvantage.co.uk
Paramount Learning
Paramount Learning is a sales training consultancy providing practical business advice to facilitate impressive sales growth.
W: www.paramountlearning.co.uk
Reed Training
Reed training courses.
W: www.reedtraining.co.uk
Sales Training
Training consultancy specialising in training sales people to become more confident, well organised and professional in their sales role.
W: www.salestraining.co.uk
Sandler Sales Institute
Do not, under any circumstances go on Marcus Cauchi's sales training if you want to fail in sales! He'll leave you with no excuses!! His courses ain't cheap. But by gum Marcus knows how to turn mortals into sales people who never again have to sell their soul to land a sale.
T: 0845 458 1237
W: london1.sandler.com
SELECT
A comprehensive Business Development Training Programme.
W: www.select.org.uk
Skill Studio
Presentation skills training.
W: www.skillstudio.co.uk
Skills Builder
Instant know-how, just enough, just in time, brought to you by the publishers of Better Business. Delivering knowledge on demand, it aims to improve staff skills across a wide range of professional and business areas.
W: www.skillsbuilder.co.uk
Small Business Training Network
The Small Business Training NEtwork, sponsored by the Office of Entrepreneurial Development, is a virtual campus of free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources.
W: www.sba.gov/training/
Springfield Centre
Intensive UK-based courses.
W: www.springfieldcentre.com
3C Associates Learning & Development Consultancy
Training programmes include management development training, customer service skills, consultative sales, telephone sales training, contact centre training, supervisor training. The company, 3C, measures the return on investment in training. The site includes downloads, white papers and case studies.
W: www.3ctraining.co.uk
Training From Scratch
Courses on Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, GoLive, Photoshop for anyone involved with web design. Based in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
W: www.trainingfromscratch.co.uk
Underoak
Supplying training information and advice for over 10 years, the UK Training Index lists over 29,000 short, scheduled courses run by over 1,000 training organisations.
W: www.underoak.co.uk
Vision 2 Learn
Free training courses from Vision2Learn. Train online and gain a UK recognised qualification. Courses are free to UK residents.
W: www.vision2learn.net

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