Espresso wins Institute of IT Trainingís prestigious Silver Award

Espresso wins Institute of IT Trainingís prestigious Silver Award: ëTraining Department of the Yearí

Leading education provider Espresso Group is proud to announce that it has won the prestigious silver award, ëTraining Department of the Yearí, at the 2009 IT Training Awards held at the Dorchester Hotel, London.

Celebrating quality, excellence and best practice within IT training since 1995, the awards are firmly established as the benchmark for excellence throughout the industry. Having already received a number of esteemed awards in the education sector, Espresso is thrilled to have been recognised nationally for not only its educational accomplishments but also its training achievements.

The ëTraining Department of the Yearí award recognises a training department within a private sector organisation providing exceptional IT training to internal clients. This covers training development, management, delivery and operations. Judges praised Espresso Group for demonstrating consistent high quality and innovation – both in terms of content, client support and instructional techniques. In particular, they commended how close it is to its customers on a number of levels, and how it clearly understands Government ICT plans. Overall, they described Espresso Group as a fully blended solution; face to face, online and other value-add to support product training.

Lewis Bronze, co-founder and chief executive officer of Espresso Education, comments: ìFor many years now, one of Espressoís unique differentiators in the market has been the quality, depth and care taken with the training we provide to Local Authorities and schools. We know it is consistently one of the things that schools appreciate most about our company, and I am delighted this has been recognised with a national award.î

Christine Roche, professional development manager: ìWe would like to extend our thanks and congratulations to the many high-quality trainers that work on our behalf all across the UK. We also hope that schools will be as proud as we are - as they are now being booked and trained by an 'IT Training Award winning' training department!î

Espresso Group have for many years put training at the top of their agenda, including providing feedback models as well as post training evaluations.

Alan Bellinger, chair of the judges and of the institute, says: ìEspresso Group takes an innovative approach to training, which has been deployed extremely well. What Espresso Group provides is not just a product but support and help to teachers and schools – overall it is a fantastic product with a very good service behind it.î

Espresso Primary, part of Espresso Group, was also awarded a prestigious BETT Award for Early Years Solutions (its fifth BETT award so far) in January this year.