A recent survey conducted by Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and KPMG reveals that only one in ten businesses think London’s status as a world city will grow over the next five years. While a third of Businesses surveyed fear the capital’s standing will shrink.

106 businesses took part in the survey representing almost half a million employees in the UK.

77% of bosses described London as a good place to do business compared to 95% a year ago and 32% now see London’s significance as a global city slipping over the next five years, compared with just 13% two years ago.

The poll of senior executives in the biannual survey also showed 81% expect their sales and revenue growth to suffer in the months ahead

London is also facing a skills shortage as 79% of firms struggle to find people with specific technical skills and 41% cited they have worries about managerial skills.

This survey further demonstrates the need for UK businesses to invest in suitable and continual training and development programs. Advance Your Sales deliver Sales Training, Sales Management Training, Leadership training and Executive Coaching across the UK.

To find out more details and discuss your companies individual training needs contact our London office on 0208 938 3768 or visit www.Advance-Your-Sales.com

*Source: CBI - London Business Survey

The UK Register of Learning Providers is a ‘one-stop’ portal to be used by government departments, agencies, learners, and employers to share key information about learning providers.

The UKRLP allows providers to update their information in only one place and share this across agencies such as, the Learning and Skills Council, the National Learning Directory, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and UCAS.

Each of UKRLP providers has been verified against a recognised external source and has been allocated a UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN). This is the unique identifier used to share information with the UKRLP partner agencies.

The Advance Business Corporation LTD ñ Advance Your Sales ñ Sales Training UKPRN Number is: 10024623

The UKPLP portal allows you to view learning providers’ contact details such as, legal address, website, and email address, and it provides a link to relevant information help by stakeholder agencies. For example, you can view the courses held within the National Learning Directory.

The stakeholders participating in the UKRLP project require that learning providers with which they engage have a UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN).

Registration on the UKRLP means that an individual or organisation has been verified against a recognised legal source.

Employees that have bad bosses are at an increased risk of suffering a heart attack, new research has suggested.

A recent study that was printed in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal looked at more than 3,000 men in Sweden over an 11-year period and the research found that there was a direct link between the likelihood of a heart attack occurring and management quality at work.

The worse a boss was considered to be, the greater the risk that an employee would suffer a heart attack.

This study is in keeping with other highly publicised research suggesting that workplace stress can have an adverse effect on an employee’s health.

Advance Your Sales offer training and consultancy to Sales Managers and Sales Directors that has allowed Sales Managers to increase the performance of sales people whilst improving motivation and morale.

Several of our clients have said that staff retention has also been improved.

To find out more about our Sales Management Training Courses and how they can help you implement real world strategies and process that can increase performance whilst maintaining staff motivation please visit our website: www.advance-your-sales.com or contact our London office on: 0208 938 3768.

Turnover in the UK’s recruitment industry hit a record high of more than £27 billion between April 07 and March 08.*

The placement of permanent staff saw a growth from over £3.5 billion to over £4.2 billion this is an increase of 21.7%.*

In the same time period the number of permanent placements fell from 787,280 to 726,863.* This information suggests that UK employers are willing to pay more for the right staff.

With UK employers placing greater importance on the recruitment and retention of the right people training is becoming increasingly important.

Advance Your Sales deliver a totally tailored sales induction program that has been proven to significantly increase the successful recruitment and retention of sales staff.

We will design and deliver a sales induction program that is based around your organisations own processes, systems and products. We can offer sales training based around your products and services and asses your new sales people against agreed targets and performance indicators.

Please contact us today to discuss your organisations individual sales induction requirements.

Bedford: 01234 367525 London: 0208 938 3768 Milton Keynes: 01908 313069

* The Recruitment & Employment Confederation

It is essential that businesses of all sizes offer staff adequate levels training especially in times of economic downturn. This is perhaps even truer of sales organisations that depend on sales team for both their short survival and long term success.

Jaine Clarke, director of communications at the Learning and Skills Council, claimed that “progressive” companies are able to understand the importance of training staff, which can help them to outstrip their rivals in the marketplace and survive economic difficulties.

“Training is key if businesses are to prosper and grow - whatever the economic circumstances,” she remarked.

Advance Your Sales offer sales training courses†that are suitable for people with all levels of experience. We have sales training courses and sales training programs that are designed for people who are relatively new to selling or experienced people who wish to refresh their sales skills.

If you would like to find out more about the sales training services we offer and discuss how our strategies & processes can help your business to drastically accelerate its sales performance and profitability please contact us to arrange a free sales audit.

Bedford: 01234 367525 London: 0208 938 3768 Milton Keynes: 01908 313069

Recent research conducted by the Association of Colleges shows that 77%* of company directors believe it is important to invest in staff training in the current economic climate.

From the survey of 615 company directors and managers 76%* said training helps to diversify skills in the workforce and 84* per cent claimed that employees were more efficient following training.

18%* said their organisation would increase the amount of training they provided during the credit crunch with 55%* saying they would maintain the current levels of training.

The Government have recognised the positive effect that training can have and they have pledged £520 million this year through the Train to Gain programme.

To find out more about how Advance Your Sales can help your business through our Sales Training Courses and Sales Training Programs please click on one of the links below:

Free Sales Audit
Free Sales Audit Nationwide
Sales Training
In-House Sales Training Courses
Sales Management Training †
Sales Management Training Courses
Sales Training Courses†

Alternatively please contact one of our regional offices:

Bedford: 01234 367525 London: 0208 938 3768 Milton Keynes: 01908 313069

*Research carried out by PCP in October 2008. Based on a sample of 615 company directors and managers (208 company directors and 407 managers) of businesses with more than 20 employees

Small and medium sized businesses are constantly looking for ways to improve and succeed in this time of economic challenge. What employers do not always realise is that it is essential that you invest in training and skills in order to maximise your success.

Training increases productivity in the short term - and employers who don’t train are 2.5 times more likely to fail than those who do*.

Employers who don’t train are 2.5 times more likely to fail than those who do*

Advance Your Sales help businesses of all sizes throughout London, in a variety of industry sectors, to increase both the skills & performance of their sales force and improve the efficiency and profitability of their overall business.

We can help your business and give you free advice on how to use training to meet your short-term and long-term business objectives and overcome challenges that you may face.

We can give†free advice on how to use training to meet your short-term and long-term business objectives

To find out more about how Advance Your Sales can help you improve your London sales performance please click on one of the appropriate links below:

Free Sales Audit
Free Sales Audit London†
Sales Training London
In-House Sales Training Courses London
Sales Management Training London††
Sales Management Training Courses London
Sales Outsourcing London
Freelance & Agency Sales London††

Alternatively please contact our†London office:†0208 938 3768

*Source: Train to Gain

Advance Business Corporation Ltd The owner of the Advance Your Sales brand is pleased to announce we have reduced all our prices in line with government legislation reducing the VAT rate from 17.5% to 15%.

Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the cut in his pre-budget report last week in a bid to encourage consumers and businesses to spend more and boost the economy.

It is estimated the change will cost the treasury around £12.5bn and save the average earner around £170 a year. The 2.5% cut will last until 31 December 2009.

Mr Darling had urged retailers to pass on the reduction as soon as they could. From Monday 1st of December 2008 Advance Business Corporation Ltd will be passing the full saving on to all of its customers through all of its associated brands and products.

For further details on any of the products and services we offer contact one of our regional offices:

Bedford: 01234 367525 London: 0208 938 3768 Milton Keynes: 01908 313069

Or click on one of the relevant links below:

Free Sales Audit Milton Keynes
Free Sales Audit London
Sales Training Milton Keynes
Sales Training London
Sales Management Training Milton Keynes
Sales Management Training London
Sales Outsourcing Milton Keynes
Sales Outsourcing London