Impressive Results Announced
Despite the current financial downturn, Develop – the leading technical skills training provider in the UK, has announced profits up by *18% against the previous year with plans for even greater success in the future.
Develop is a national operator that delivers technical training and assessments across the UK, supported by five dedicated regional Training Centres. Develop is one of the few providers delivering multi-utility training for both traditional and environmental technologies and is the only one that offers a distinctive blend of technical and behavioural training
“We are extremely proud of the progress that Develop has made over the last 12 months.” Commented Develop’s Executive Chairman, Rod Tompsett, who has been in post for two years. “We are delighted to be able to report that our financial performance has exceeded expectations in a very challenging economic environment.”
It was reported in April this year that more than two-fifths of organisations have decreased funding for learning and development and only one in 10 anticipate an increase in the next 12 months, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. This is borne out with an increasing demand for far more efficient training and a greater return on training investment.
Develop attributes its positive results to some significant achievements this year as well as the successful implementation of a strategy to innovate, drive efficiencies and improve quality and delivery of its training.
Major accomplishments include Develop being retained by National Grid as a core supplier of technical training and being awarded the contract for the supply of technical training by Anglian Water Group. Develop also achieved first stage recognition on training excellence accreditation (TX, formerly the Training Quality Standard) and is working towards full recognition as a provider of training excellence.
The amount of training delivered by Develop has increased, most significantly in facilities management. Also Develop’s ground-breaking behavioural training and assessments
offer has contributed the best ever results this year.
With one of Develop’s objectives being ‘to innovate and to invest in the future’ advances have been established this year to help clients maximise their budgets through greater efficiencies, specifically through bespoke IT.
Develop is already planning for even better results in 2012 and working hard to ensure that its success continues. Significant investments are planned in the on-going commitment to deliver best value and effective training to its clients, utilising the local Training Centres and extending its highly specialised offer for the growing environmental technologies sector.
Rod added; “Despite our success in 2011 we are very aware it is a challenging environment. But it is our belief that by continuing to innovate and drive efficiencies will allow us to better service our client base of major utility, construction and facilities management companies, and public sector bodies. We have a committed and highly skilled team at Develop who are all dedicated to achieving even better results in the coming years.”
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For further information contact Kathryn Greenwood or Clare Farley on 0115 852 4717 or email kathryn@edenpr.co.uk/ clare@edenpr.co.uk
Notes to Editors
Develop Training Limited is the leading technical skills training provider in the UK, has a turnover in excess of £16m and employs 115 staff (including over 39 full time trainers).
Originating in 2000, Develop operate through Training Centres across the UK offering training, consultancy and assessment programmes across all industry sectors. Clients include major utility, construction and facilities management companies, as well as public sector bodies such as the NHS, councils and the Ministry of Defence.
Develop provides training from apprenticeship level to post professional development offering in excess of 400 open and bespoke courses. As part of ongoing investment in maintaining its position at the forefront the technical training sector, Develop is investing in behavioural training and has created a revolutionary new leadership program called MaTE ‘Managing a Technical Environment’.
