Foreword

Executive Summary

Market Definition

REPORT COVERAGE

MARKET SECTORS

Sector Headings

The Public Sector

The Private Sector

Training Delivery

Training Locations

MARKET TRENDS

Public Sector

Private Sector

ECONOMIC TRENDS

Population

Gross Domestic Product

Inflation

Unemployment

MARKET POSITION

Market Size

THE PUBLIC SECTOR

THE PRIVATE SECTOR

Employer's Expenditure on Training

Number of Employees Receiving Training

Location of Training

Industry Background

RECENT HISTORY

Education of to Year-Olds

White Paper on Further Education

The Leitch Review of Skills

Other Developments

NUMBER OF PROVIDERS

NUMBER OF COMPANIES

EMPLOYMENT

REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACE

DISTRIBUTION

HOW ROBUST IS THE MARKET?

LEGISLATION

KEY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

British Institute of Learning and Development

Campaign for Learning

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Chartered Management Institute

Institute of Leadership and Management

Learning and Skills Council

Sector Skills Councils

UK Online

Competitor Analysis

THE MARKETPLACE

Independent Training Organisations

Professional Institutes

Academic Institutions

IT Companies

Management Consultancies

Business Publishers

Sole Practitioners

Internal Trainers

MARKET SECTORS

General Management

Accountancy and Finance Training

Quality Assurance

Sales and Marketing

Human Resources Management/Personal Development

Outdoor Training

IT

Project Management

MARKET LEADERS

Academee Ltd

Adkins and Matchett (UK) Ltd

Assima PLC

Barleythorpe Training and Conference Centre

BPP Holdings PLC

Brathay Development Training

BSI Business Learning

The Capita Group PLC

Cegos UK Ltd

The Chartered Institute of Marketing

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Computeach International Ltd

The Coverdale Organisation Ltd

Develop UK Ltd

Dove Nest Management Training and Development Ltd

Epic Group PLC

Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC

Franklin Covey Europe Ltd

Global Knowledge

GBS Corporate Training PLC

Hemsley Fraser Group Ltd

Huthwaite Research Group Ltd

IBM Training

Impact Development Training Ltd

Invicta Training Ltd

Kaplan Hawksmere

Leadership Management International UK Ltd

The Leadership Trust (Training) Ltd

Learning to Inspire Ltd

Learning Tree International Ltd

Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd

LOGICA PLC

Marcus Bohn Associates Ltd

The Matchett Group Ltd

Midland Group Training Services Ltd

New Horizons

Oracle University

The Oxford Publicity Partnership

Parity Training Ltd

Pera International

Pitman Training Group PLC

PPI Learning Services

PTP

QA-Xpertise

Reed Learning Ltd

RRC Training

SAP (UK) Ltd

SkillSoft UK Ltd

SkillSoft NETg Ltd

Smallpeice Enterprises Ltd

Spearhead Training Group Ltd

Structured Training Ltd

TACK International Ltd

Training Synergy

Wolters Kluwer (UK) Ltd

Woodland Grange

Steria UK

MARKETING ACTIVITY

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Buying Behaviour

INTRODUCTION

EXPENDITURE

TRAINING METHODS

COACHING

E-LEARNING

TRENDS IN TRAINING APPROACH

Current Issues

MARKET UNCERTAINTY

CORPORATE CHANGES

THE IMPACT OF THE LEITCH REPORT

A TALENT FOR TALENT MANAGEMENT?

CONCERNS ABOUT QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS

TRAINING EVALUATION

MANAGED TRAINING SERVICES

HELPING PEOPLE LEARN

The Global Market

OVERVIEW

Forecasts

INTRODUCTION

General Economic Forecasts

FORECASTS/2009 TO/

MARKET GROWTH

FUTURE TRENDS

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

Turnover (Sales)

Pre-Tax Profits

Profit Margin

Average Remuneration

Sales per Employee

FURTHER INFORMATION

BPP Holdings PLC

Previous Name(s) and Date(s) of Change

Principal Activities

SIC Codes

Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Profile

Sales

Profits

Employees

Balance Sheet/Ratios

Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC

Previous Name(s) and Date(s) of Change

Principal Activities

SIC Codes

Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Profile

Sales

Profits

Employees

Balance Sheet/Ratios

Hemsley Fraser Group Ltd

Previous Name(s) and Date(s) of Change

Principal Activities

SIC Code

Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Profile

Sales

Profits

Employees

Balance Sheet/Ratios

The Matchett Group Ltd

Previous Name(s) and Date(s) of Change

Principal Activities

SIC Codes

Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Profile

Sales

Profits

Employees

Balance Sheet/Ratios

Parity Training Ltd

Previous Name(s) and Date(s) of Change

Principal Activities

SIC Codes

Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Profile

Sales

Profits

Employees

Balance Sheet/Ratios

Reed Learning Ltd

Previous Name(s) and Date(s) of Change

Principal Activities

SIC Codes

Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Profile

Sales

Profits

Employees

Balance Sheet/Ratios

Skillsoft UK Ltd

Previous Name(s) and Date(s) of Change

Principal Activities

SIC Code

Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Profile

Sales

Profits

Employees

Balance Sheet/Ratios

Further Sources

Associations

Publications

Government Publications

Other Sources

Bisnode Sources

ICC Ltd

Key Note Ltd

Key Note Research

The Key Note Range of Reports