City & Guilds Kineo Launched at Tate Modern
On 17th September over 80 clients and friends attended an event at the Tate Modern to celebrate the launch of the forthcoming City & Guilds Kineo company.
There were a number of key announcements at the event including:
- City & Guilds Kineo will be launching the first Elearning Apprenticeship Academy in the UK with new elearning qualifications mapped to national standards
- Sponge and Learning Pool will be joining City & Guilds Kineo in their Adapt open source authoring tool project
- The City & Guilds Kineo company will be offering a range of new services including an Apprenticeship+ programme for employers
- The launch of a new brand and forthcoming website for City & Guilds Kineo
Chris Jones, CEO and Director General of City & Guilds
commented "At City & Guilds we have a history of over 135
years of designing high quality learning. We acquired Kineo as we
were drawn to their innovation, their quality, their values and
their customer service. We are confident the new City & Guilds
Kineo organisation will be a major force in workplace
learning."
Steve Rayson, Managing Director Designate of City & Guilds
Kineo, commented "This is a very exciting day for us. We can
now provide fully integrated solutions from design to delivery to
accreditation. Our new services in areas such as apprenticeships,
compliance, sales, management and technical training are already
driving significant new revenues.
"City & Guilds Kineo will start life on a high following
record sales of over £5m in the last quarter and being named the
top elearning development company by
ElearningIndustry.com.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our
clients old, and new, for their support. We are very much
looking forward to the years ahead."
The presentation slides from the launch event can be viewed here.