The report of the first ever AsTrE member market trend census, which was conducted at the beginning of 2019, has been very well received by AsTrE members. AsTrE committee, therefore, proposes to run the census regularly twice a year, with the next one starting in July 2019. This is so that the data can be…

The 2019 AsTrE AGM will be on the 6th September 2019 at Holden Bars and online. We plan to repeat the business intelligence survey during August, only this time the APM, APMG and Axelos have said they will share it to a wider group of training providers. The theme for the meeting will be Agile…

The March 2019 AsTrE meeting voted unanimously to form a company limited by guarantee to protect the Organisation and Officers. As there were half the members present the vote was quorate. This structure is used widely by voluntary not-for-profit organisations such as after school clubs or sports clubs. It is the least bureaucratic structure whilst…

At the March 2019 AsTrE meeting members identified that some Social Media training would be helpful. Especially the opportunities for AsTrE members to collaborate and coordinate social media campaigns. We have had the offer of a collaborative Social Media Workshop to be run by the APMG Marketing Team. This will include information about making the…

The training assocation for accreditiied training providers has just completed it’s first business intligence cencus of it’s members. Despite the currnet uncertantly the vast majority of members (56%) are forecasting growth in 2019, with a further 25% expecting the trunover to stay the same.  Only 19% are forecasting a fall in turnover.   This is…

What will 2019 be like for training providers? Will it prove challenging market? Or will we continue to see continued growth in professional training? What products or services will like to attract customers during 2019? To help answer these questions AsTrE is launching a census of its members. This totally anomalous survey will collect the…

Paul Naybour, Business Development Director of Parallel Project Training, is to chair the Association for the Promotion of Excellence in Consultancy and Training (AsTrE) for the next two years. Following on from Dean Taylor who has done a sterling job of leading AsTrE for the past two years. Paul was appointed as Chair at the…

We are aware that several members have fed back on the PRINCE2 2017 exams being perceived to be more difficult than the 2009 ones and some trainers experiencing unexpectedly poor results. In light of this we have gained agreement from AXELOS to have a day with the PRINCE2 Chief Examiner, Michelle Rowlands, who will go…