21^st December 2012

Growth Engineering achieve ISMM recognition for e-learning sales platform 

Growth Engineering Ltd has achieved recognized centre status from the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management allowing it to deliver sales qualifications across its e-learning platforms 

Sales Training and Online Technology provider Growth Engineering has achieved recognised centre status to award sales qualifications. Their e-learning platform will help deliver certified sales training and assist companies in setting up their own sales academies, helping them to embed a consistent and  professional sales organisation.

Ben Turner, Head of Sales for the ISMM said “This is a really exciting step for the sales training industry, our quest to professionalise sales people through best in class training programmes has really taken off and the partnership with Growth Engineering will now help someone make the journey from good sales person to excellent sales professional cost effectively and more efficiently, allowing their training and development to be accessed, any time, and anywhere”.

Working with Growth Engineering has been seamless, the quality of content and ambition of the organisation has made them the ideal business to deliver professional sales training programmes online. The e-learning platform that they have developed is not only one of the first in the industry but also one of the most user friendly and scaleable, offering a cost effective way for organisations to get their sales people valuable qualifications”.

Juliette Denny, Managing Director of Growth Engineering said “ We are delighted and very excited to be working with the ISMM on delivering their sales qualifications.  Recently, many organisations are looking at sales academies as a way of rolling out sales competencies, delivering training and raising the bar of sales performance.  Delivering through a blended learning approach reinforced through an online platform and eLearning is an ideal way of offering a consistent cost effective training solution delivering tangible visible results that can be monitored and benchmarked.”

The partnership between Growth Engineering and the ISMM has already started bearing fruit, as the first certified professionals are starting to complete the courses. In a time of economic uncertainty, it is a business imperative to get more from sales training, and ISMM sales qualifications give an assured high standard of quality. Growth Engineering can now make the high demand for this model scalable across any business in the UK or overseas, no matter how big the organisation or sales force is.

About The Institute of Sales & Marketing Management

The Institute of Sales & Marketing Management (ISMM) is the UK's largest association for sales professionals. Founded in 1911 to promote standards of excellence in sales and sales management and to enhance the status and profile of sales as a profession, the ISMM supports, represents and promotes the sales profession. It has been the authoritative voice of selling and the custodian of sales standards, ethics and best practice for many years.

The ISMM is also responsible for establishing benchmarks of professionalism in sales. It is the only membership body recognised by the UK Government regulatory body Ofqual as an awarding organisation to offer qualifications in sales, marketing and sales management.

The ISMM’s annual British Excellence in Sales & Marketing Awards (BESMA) are the most prestigious awards for the sales profession.

Further information from:

Ben Turner, ISMM, +44 (0)1582 840001; bturner@ismm.co.uk 

Juliette Denny, Growth Engineering, +44 1753 840 331; Juliette.denny@growthengineering.co.uk