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UK demand for instantly deployable and customisable IT courseware has fuelled revenue increases at Watsonia Publishing, a leading provider of IT courseware and courseware development tools, with 2005 revenues up 50% over 2004.
Established over 18 years, Watsonia Publishing is well known in the training sector for the high standard of its IT course materials and for its unique EngineRoom software, which allows training departments to quickly customise and create tailor-made desktop IT training courses.
With its emphasis on quality and despite strong competition, 2005 saw an impressive and diverse array of leading UK organisations adopt Watsonia Publishing’s course materials for national IT Training programs, amongst them The National Trust, Mothercare, London School of Economics, Ernst & Young and Thomson Directories. Its courseware is also used by many local authorities, including Dundee, Buckinghamshire, Kent, East Ayrshire, North Wiltshire and Bexley Councils, and a host of Universities, including Kent, Abertay, London South Bank and both Nottingham’s Trent and the University of Nottingham.
“2005 was a landmark year for Watsonia Publishing with our courseware becoming firmly established with learning providers and enterprise training teams in both the public and commercial sectors,” said Managing Director David Kelly.
“The time and cost incurred by instructors when developing and customising desktop training content internally can no longer be justified. The UK market’s response in 2005 demonstrates the value that companies now place on buying in good quality courseware materials that can be quickly adapted and deployed for company-training programmes.”
Michaela Jordon is ICT Training Officer at Leicestershire County Council and said: "Having Watsonia Publishing’s courseware available at our finger-tips and the ability to customise it in an instant has been extremely valuable for Leicestershire County Council’s training department and it’s saving us a considerable amount of time over older methods of gathering and preparing materials for IT courses.”
Jordon added: “We have found the people at Watsonia Publishing to be very helpful and a pleasure to work with."
Amber Miro, User Services Manager at the world-renowned London School of Economics and Political Science added: "After a four-month rigorous assessment of the leading providers we selected Watsonia Publishing courseware as the product that best met the evolving needs of LSE’s staff and students. It offers excellent value for money.”
In 2005, Watsonia Publishing became the first ever courseware publisher to earn full accreditation by the Institute of IT Training. Watsonia Publishing’s desktop courseware materials are also approved by the ECDL Foundation for use in courses that prepare students for ECDL qualifications.