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TrainingZONE LearningWIRE - Issue 148
17 April 2001
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk
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1. How to avoid bad debts...and ensure prompt payment!
2. What's to become of Learning Partnerships?
3. TrainingZONE monthly themes
4. New product reviews
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Editor's note
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In the last few weeks, many trainers will have been wading
through piles of invoices and receipts tying up their finances
from the last financial year. Some may still be waiting for
delayed invoices, others may be writing off bad debts. If either
of these scenarios sound a familiar headache, TrainingZONE can
help. Our ICC reports allow you to access in-depth information
about a company's financial well-being before you decide to take
them on as a client, and after the training has taken place,
PayMentor will follow the progress of payments and check your
clients are happy. Two great services from TrainingZONE designed
to make your life easier.
Stephanie Phillips
Editor, TrainingZONE
mailto:editor@trainingzone.co.uk
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RESOURCES
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A comprehensive library of practical resources is available at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/toolkit
How to avoid bad debts...
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Bad debt is the most serious problem affecting small and medium-
sized businesses, but it can be avoided if you know whether
clients are likely to have problems paying before you start
working from them. If you're worried the next invoice you send
out won't be paid, you can put your mind at rest by checking out
the financial health of 1.6 million companies and 2 million
unincorporated businesses through TrainingZONE's ICC reports.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/icc
...And how to ensure prompt payment!
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Once you've checked the credit status of your clients,
TrainingZONE can help you follow the progress of the financial
aspects of your contracts using PayMentor, a new online tool
which effectively tracks your payments system automatically. It
checks that clients are happy with your work; it reminds them
about due payment dates; it chases them if they don't pay on
time; it notifies credit bureaux of seriously bad debtors and it
uses specialist agents to enforce payment if that becomes
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any of the work - leaving you free to focus on the positive side
of customer relations. This service is available now in the
TrainingZONE Toolkit or direct at
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Index of monthly themes
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This month, TrainingZONE launched the first in a series of
monthly themes, designed to bring together news, resources and
topical comment on the issues that affect training professionals
today. You can find out what we've got planned for the months
ahead at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/42843
This month's theme: Workplace training schemes
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/42840
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NEWS AND INFORMATION
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For all the latest training and learning news and features, see
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news
What's to become of Learning Partnerships?
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/40571
Government Watch
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/43549
E-learning and basic skills
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/43619
The latest news from EmpNTO: TDLB, teaching qualifications...
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/43607
Mentoring: Remind me - why are we doing this?
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/42289
Collaborate online for free!
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/43671
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Bookings are already warming up for The H.O.T. event of the year!
Can you afford to miss it? See
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/hot
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WORK OPPORTUNITIES
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This week's hot jobs and tenders for work include:
Programme Office Co-ordinator, Cheshire, salary neg.
Custodian IT Trainer, Public Sector, to 40k
IT Trainers, Central Scotland, contract to 1k, start asap
For further details, plus many more contracts and jobs, see
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Reviews
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TrainingZONE regularly brings you the latest publications and
products on the market - reviewed by training practitioners for
training practitioners. Published this week are:
Pen and Paper Games for Training reviewed
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/43811
The Development Games Manual and Kit reviewed
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/43695
Any Answers
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The hot topics for conversation among training professionals this
week:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/anyanswers
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