BUSINESS REPORT


TRAINERS PUT DELEGATES ON COURSE FOR SUCCESS


A team of professional trainers has developed more than 42,600 delegates since their business launched 25 years ago. The Development Company was


started by qualified and experienced trainer Adrian Green in 1994, and the following year he was joined by facilitator and coach, Kay Buckby. Since then, the Earls Barton-


based business, which provides an extensive range of courses for Northamptonshire Chamber, has extended into the elearning market. Louise Plant joined as an apprentice in 2011 and is now elearning author. The team will celebrate


‘A QUARTER


OF A CENTURY IS QUITE A LANDMARK, ESPECIALLY IN THE TRAINING INDUSTRY’


their 25th anniversary with a series of events, visiting clients past and present to thank them. Kay said: “A quarter of a century


is quite a landmark, especially in the training industry, where VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous) is the norm. We attend conferences across the world to


ensure we can respond to


learning changes. Pioneering is one of our core values, and our clients benefit from


this. There will be several


exciting developments during 2019. We have released our own Learning Management System, ideal for cost- effective hosting of content and online learning. “We will also release the Level 5 ITOL Certificate in Coaching in June,


which follows last year’s release of the Level 5 ITOL Certificate in Training and Development.” Also new for 2019 is that Kay has


qualified to facilitate the eight-week ‘Mindfulness for Life’ programme. Kay added: “Feedback from the


first course was fantastic, so contact me if the programme – run over two to two-and-a-half hours per week, would help your staff’s wellbeing.”


Visit: www.thedevco.com Email training@thedevco.com


From left: Adrian Green, Kay Buckby and Louise Plant


CROWDS FLOCK TO EXPO EVENT


More than 400 leading business people from across the county attended Northamptonshire Chamber’s latest Business Exhibition. The popular event was held


at Park Inn Northampton and featured a variety of exhibitors, a networking lunch and two free business seminars led by Chamber members. Northamptonshire Chamber


chief executive Paul Griffiths said: “We were thrilled to see so many businesses looking around the exhibition throughout the day. “There was a fantastic array


of exhibitors and it was great to see so many people at our networking lunch and attending the seminars. “Our Business Exhibition


has a reputation for being a great place for firms looking to forge new contacts, raise their profile and extend their business knowledge.” Our sister Chamber in Milton


Keynes is holding its Business Exhibition at The Ridgeway Centre in Milton Keynes from 9.30am to 3.30pm on 7 June.


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