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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.
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Utility Regulation 2011 – Delivering Investment and Customer Value
Huge investment in network infrastructure is needed to ensure that energy and water supplies continue to be available to meet demand. At the same time Government wants the UK to transition to a low carbon economy whist also keeping prices to consumers at levels which are acceptable. Is it possible to incentivise investment in infrastructure for the renewable future without over-burdening consumers? Have Regulators been influencing policy too much with their many and varied incentive mechanisms? Will the reviews of the role of Ofgem and Ofwat lead to changes in the Regulator’s role with policy functions taken back into Government? Should Ofgem and Ofwat be focussed purely on economic regulation and, if so, what will such a change mean in reality? These are the exciting and challenging questions being addressed by Government, regulators and the regulated.
The Utility Regulation conference will also take a look at how RIIO is shaping up – will it deliver the levels of investment and innovation needed in the energy transmission and gas distribution sectors? Meanwhile in the water sector, the conference will take a look at how the Gray Review of Ofwat might lead to major changes in regulation, competition and mergers. The conference will address what these developments will mean for the shareholders / owners of the utilities and their ability to deliver the returns and investment necessary to deliver our future utility networks.
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