Business Advice Direct (BAD) a national company now boasting over 20 Learndirect centres across the UK has teamed up with Savoy to bring a Learndirect Centre back to Netherton.

Fiona Wright Business Advice Direct's “Head of Funded Learning Officer” explains a little bit about BAD's ethos. “ To thousands of learners, whose numbers are ever increasing, the BAD brand is synonymous with a warm welcome and user friendly flexible training in the relaxed setting of easy to reach local centres.

Many BAD tutors started out as learners themselves, and they have a keen desire to help others. They understand how daunting it can be to go back to a learning environment and ensure that the centres are welcoming and easy to access and use. BAD specialises in employing quality people who are committed, caring and responsive – and, essentially, always willing to go the extra mile to help learners achieve their dreams.

BAD promises to help learners train, or retrain, for future employment, whether their current unemployment has resulted from disability, parenthood, adverse economic conditions, divorce or simply lack of skills – and BAD consistently delivers and fulfils this promise”

Chris Woods the Savoy Centre Manager said of the new partnership:-
“It's good to have Online Learning in the shape of Learndirect back at the Centre. This enables us to offer local people more choice in the way they want to learn. Any opportunity to work with organizations with the same aims and objectives as we have in up-skilling and supporting local people in their search for education, training and employment has to be good for all concerned”