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Editor: Emily Pattullo
ISBN: 1-84168-269-1

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This report covers: public sector training, work-based training for young people, WBTYP, Connexions Service, Work-based learning for adults, WBLA, Investors in People, IiP, Welfare to Work, Youth Cards, Advanced Modern Apprenticeships, Foundation Modern Apprenticeships, Private Sector training, Training Locations, on-the-job training, face-to-face training,coaching,mentoring,formal education, conferences, non-electronic open learning, CD-ROM, DVD, video, intranets, combuter based learning, CBT, internet, action learning, audio, extranets, accounting and finance, general management, human resources, personal development, information technology, outdoor training, presentation skills, project management, quality assurance, sales and marketing,

Companies covered include: BPP Holdings, Bureau Veritas Quality International, The Coverdale Organisation, Croner Training, Croner CCH Group, Det Norske Veritas, Euromoney Training, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Fielden-Cegos, Forum Europe, Franklin Covey Europe, Hawksmere, Hemsley Fraser Training, Huthwaite Research Group, Impact Development Training, Informatics CTEC, Informatics Investments, Invicta Training, John Matchett, Learning Tree International, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, Marcus Bohn Associates, Midland Group Training Services, NCC Education Services, PA Consulting Group, Parity Training, Pera Integrated Training, RRC Business Training, The Rapid Results College, RSM Marketing Improvements, Skillsgroup, Spring Group, Survive, TACK International, WTI, Brathay Development Training, BSI Business Solutions, Chartered Institue of Environmental Health, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Dove Nest Management training and Development, FT Knowledge, GBS Training, The Industrial Society, Knowledge Pool, The Leadership Trust (Training), Monadknock International, National Education Training Group, Oxford Publicity Partnership, Pitman training, Rievers of Tarset, Smallpeice Enterprises, Spearhead Training Group, Structured Training, Woodland Grange,Xansa,

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This report looks at the UK training market. There are two sectors: public and private. The public sector covers the many government initiatives that have been put in place to improve the number of skilled people in the UK, especially among the young. Government expenditure on public-sector training for the year 2000/2001 is estimated to be between £3.5bn and £4bn. This report, however, focuses primarily on the private sector of the training industry. Key Note estimates the value of the private-sector training market to be £17.9bn in 2001.

Although the market remains relatively strong, expenditure per employee by private-sector companies fell slightly during 2001. Meanwhile, government statistics show that, between 1995 and 2000, the percentage of employees receiving training steadily increased. This is also likely to have been the case during 2001. The fall in the growth rate of the training market during 2001 is indicative of employers' greater concern about training costs. It also represents a slight move towards more in-house training, which tends to be cheaper than outsourced training.

The popularity of technology-based training, such as online learning, is lower than expected. Traditional classroom-based training, including team assignments, structured games and role playing, is still the favoured method of training. E-learning is gradually expanding but is used for more specific purposes.

In the public sector, the most important development was the launch of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in April 2001, which has replaced the Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs). The LSC will eventually be responsible for a large education-and-training budget, which will include the funding of further education. One of the aims of the LSC is to improve and increase the skills of young people entering the job market. This will have an impact on the employment market and should redress the problem of poor literacy and numeracy skills.

Employers are most interested in how to evaluate training, how to create 'blended' programmes of training (blending technology-based learning with classroom-based training) and how to tailor training to individual needs, which demands a better understanding of the process of training. For some employers, the creation of their own 'corporate university' is a prime priority.

Key Note forecasts that the training market will decline in value in 2002, and that the market's value will be static in 2003. Even before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in September 2001, there were growing doubts about the health of the global economy. Current international uncertainties make the likelihood of a recession a stronger possibility. If this does happen, it may be short-lived. Key Note forecasts a return to growth in 2004.

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