A new white paper outlining how organisations can increase the return on their learning investment by up to 238%, through cost savings as well as efficiency and effectiveness improvements, has been published by KnowledgePool, the managed learning company.
Organisations could gain 60 percent more benefit from their training budgets by implementing a proper ‘governance framework’ to protect against ‘flawed commissioning’, claims KnowledgePool, the managed learning company.
Seven out of ten learning & development teams are too busy fire-fighting their day-to-day challenges to focus on the strategic talent and learning issues in their organisations, according to a survey by KnowledgePool, the managed learning company.
Virgin Media, one of the UK’s leading entertainment and communications companies, has improved the quality of its external training and achieved significant annual savings on course fees alone, through an innovative outsourced learning contract.
A shake-up of providers has been predicted in the global market for managed learning because client organisations are looking for new capabilities such as 'demand planning' and the expertise to match the right intervention to the needs of individual learners.
For the fourth successive year, the US-based learning portal TrainingIndustry.com has named KnowledgePool, the UK market leader in managed learning, as one of the global training outsourcing industry’s Top 20 providers.
UK organisations could be wasting an estimated £9.5bn on training each year, according to a new study from KnowledgePool, the managed learning specialist, which finds that a quarter of all training fails to yield a significant performance improvement.
A new learning portal, launched today, offers small-medium sized companies free training expertise and discounted prices on thousands of courses from the UK’s top training providers.
The organisational desire to cut supplier costs has made ‘supplier management’ the up-and-coming focus area for learning outsourcing, according to managed learning specialist KnowledgePool.
KnowledgePool, the UK market leader in managed learning, has been named as one of the Top 20 companies in the global training outsourcing industry, for the third year running, by the US-based learning portal TrainingIndustry.com.
Managed learning services company KnowledgePool today announced strong financial results after another year of profitable growth through new business wins and a major acquisition.
Ladbrokes, Britain's biggest bookmaker, is aiming to further improve the performance of its UK shop business by introducing a series of HR initiatives and creating a more supportive management style. The HR initiatives include a new focus on performance management and talent management. The company has also created a leadership framework and it is working with learning specialist KnowledgePool to design, develop and deliver new training programmes.
Organisations can cut up to 30 per cent off their learning costs by addressing four areas of inefficiency, according to a new white paper launched today by KnowledgePool.
Called Are You Cutting It?, the paper exposes supplier management, administration, scheduling and solution design as four areas where organisations can make significant savings. It features a worked example showing how a company with a £1m learning budget could cut its learning costs by 31.9 per cent.
KnowledgePool, the UK market leader in managed learning, has been named as one of the Top 20 companies in the global training outsourcing industry, for the second year running, by the web-based knowledge community TrainingOutsourcing.com.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has enhanced its strategic consultancy and service delivery capability with the appointment of Al Bird to the newly-created role of Learning Consultancy Director.
In a move to consolidate its position as the UK market leader in managed learning, KnowledgePool has acquired Business Training Partnership (BTP).
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has introduced a new 'strategic learning diagnostic' service, offering an independent and confidential assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of an organisation's learning operation and a benchmark of the results against best practice.
Managed learning services company KnowledgePool today announced strong financial results, after an exceptional year of accolades, new business wins and expansion.
The company - which manages learning for major clients such as British Airways, Lloyds TSB and Merrill Lynch - achieved an operating profit on a turnover of £14.2m, a 90% increase in revenues. Its position as the UK market leader in managed learning has been verified by NelsonHall, the outsourcing analyst firm, which maintains that KnowledgePool has 16% of a £110m UK market that is growing at 13% per annum.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has created a new division, which will be led by CEO Paul Jefferson, to more clearly align its services to the needs of financial services organisations.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has enhanced its operational, client relationship and customer service expertise after making three new appointments to strengthen its senior management team.
Managed learning services company KnowledgePool has been named as one of the top 20 companies in the training outsourcing industry, by the web-based knowledge community TrainingOutsourcing.com.
Training administration is learning & development’s top priority for outsourcing, according to a new survey which shows that large organisations want to offload this time-consuming work in order to redeploy staff onto higher value activities.
KnowledgePool, the UK's leading provider of vendor-independent managed learning services, has relocated to larger premises in Bracknell, Berkshire.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services specialist, is helping the training team at global communications organisation Orange to cope with fluctuating demands for customer service training in its UK call centres. 19 trainers from KnowledgePool have provided support to the Orange team since July 2005, enabling Orange to respond to high volumes of activity.
KnowledgePool, the UK's leading provider of vendor-independent managed learning services, will be outlining its pioneering approach to managed learning and delivering three, on-stand, 'hot topic' presentations at HRD 2007 (stand 563, 17-19 April, ExCeL, London).
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, won the bronze award for Training Company of the Year, at the Institute of IT Training Awards 2007, held at the Dorchester, London, on 1 February.
Learning & development teams are increasingly turning to managed learning service providers as they try to address talent shortages without losing control or increasing headcount, according to a new white paper from KnowledgePool.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has launched a white paper outlining a new approach which learning & development practitioners can use to assess their training portfolio and measure the impact of their learning interventions.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has added three new functionality features which enable clients to customise its web-based training management and administration system.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, is today celebrating the tenth anniversary of its web presence.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has been short-listed for the prestigious Training Company of the Year award, by the Institute of IT Training (IITT), the worldwide professional body for IT trainers.
A quarter of all training is wasted because delegates do not get the chance to apply their learning and they are not adequately supported by their line manager, according to a new Kirkpatrick Level 3 benchmark study from KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, has been reaccredited as a training provider - for the sixth successive year - by the Institute of IT Training (IITT), the worldwide professional body for IT trainers.
Managed learning services company KnowledgePool has been short-listed as a finalist in two of the nine categories in this year's World of Learning Awards.
The Competition Commission (CC) is aiming to improve access to training and make efficiency gains after awarding an innovative managed services contract to KnowledgePool, for training provision, administration and support.
KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company, is helping British Airways to provide customer service and operations training as well as commercial, management development and professional training.
KnowledgePool, the learning services company, today announced that it has made two promotions and two new additions to its senior management team.
Learning services company KnowledgePool has been named as one of the top 10 global emerging leaders in training outsourcing, by the web-based knowledge community TrainingOutsourcing.com.
KnowledgePool has continued its transition from an IT training provider to a specialist learning services company with the launch of a new website which outlines the services it provides to a growing client base of government and blue chip organisations.
KnowledgePool, the learning services company, is launching a new service enhancement at HRD 2006 exhibition (stand 1078). The company is introducing Kirkpatrick level three evaluation - which measures behavioural change resulting from learning - as standard for any learning it provides to its managed service clients.
KnowledgePool, the learning services company, is providing on-demand training to the 22,500 civil servants at the Home Office, as part of an innovative two-year contract.
KnowledgePool has helped Orange, the mobile communications giant, to provide induction training for 1,000 new customer service representatives in six months, after a series of advertising campaigns created a significant increase in customer response calls.
Learning services company KnowledgePool today announced strong financial results for its first full year of trading since it became an independent business under private equity ownership.
KnowledgePool, the learning services company, has added over 1,000 instructor-led and online courses, from recognised training vendors, to its searchable online catalogue, creating the UK's biggest 'live schedule' online booking system for training.
KnowledgePool, the learning services company, has been accredited as a training provider - for the fifth year - by the Institute of IT Training, the worldwide professional body for IT trainers.
Organisations can now analyse the skills of their workforce and procure training to fill any skills gaps in one online service. KnowledgePool, the learning services company, has joined up with InfoBasis, a leading provider of skills management technologies, to create the system.
KnowledgePool is the UK and Europe's leading provider of managed learning services. We help create high performance cultures with skilled and passionate people and we help our clients to become great companies to work for. Our role is to be the very best at managing learning performance and processes and we are dedicated to optimising your learning activity and driving up the impact, performance and value of all your learning investment.