Business Skills Course Reviews
Advance your skills with our Business Skills training, available in London or online.
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Advance your skills with our Business Skills training, available in London or online.
Check out our reviews and discover why we’re your top-rated provider.
"I love that this was a small cohort - made it easier to be vulnerable. Michael was incredible. He understood all our challenges (given the whole class was female) and was empathetic. I've taken a lot from this course and would recommend to others."
CLEO Systems
"Very welcoming and friendly arrival. Comfortable surroundings. Friendly, knowledgeable and interesting trainer."
EBRD
"Good catering. Good workspace - quiet and intimate but not crowded. Teacher was very engaging and provided helpful advice. Good breaks."
House of Commons
"Interactive session, enjoyed small group session which enabled it to be tailored to our needs and discuss relevant specific examples. Well structured. Great venue."
Impetus
"The staff and building was great, staff are freidnly and lunch was great Michael used some very relevant and relatable answers and gave me the confidence to now be a manager as I understand why certain decisions are made It was great how the examples were applied to me personally too and would recommend"
Octopus Electric Vehicles
"Great trainer, very knowledgeable, experienced and enthusiastic. Good practical tips that I can use when public speaking which is exactly what I wanted. A very good holistic and general overview of the subject matter. Thank you."
Agile Business Consortium
"The trainer was excellent, and provided an engaging and useful session. Everyone at the centre was friendly, helpful and made the day really enjoyable. Great food and refreshments!"
Hat Trick International
"Great training, very appropriate for my position + changed due to my expertise."
The Folio Society
"Good knowledge and very interesting course, great references and experience"
"Course was great, very informative and I've walked away with lots of new skills."
Cubic
"The overall experience was very good, the trainer was great and the centre well equipped."
University College London
"Our trainer Michael was great at explaining how we can present better, tips on when we get nervous and helping us to understand how to control it better."
BBC
"The course was really well structured and informative. It was clear the presenter was very knowledgeable and knew what he was talking about."
Taylor Woodrow
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"The centre is comfortable, clean and in a beautiful location. Staff are professional, helpful and friendly a really relaxed atmosphere. The course was well organised and run, the trainer was very professional, informative and made facing a camera feel natural to someone who would normally hide from one. Thank you for an informative and positive day."
London Ambulance Service
"Really useful information and tools to apply and use in my daily job. The session was lead in an engaging way."
"The training was great – Michael is a superb teacher and made the whole process of learning fun, easy to digest and relatable. The things he taught me are practical and I can see how I can apply them to my working day The training itself was great - I don't do a lot of course but I could see this was a course built on a great deal of experience in a range of areas. The distractions that Michael had, I since discovered, were not distractions and were built in as part of the learning process. It reinforced my assertion that Media Training knows what its doing... I didn't feel I had been hit over the head with a load of text books. Thanks"
Mercator Digital
"A lot of valuable content and examples were shared during the call, which I found very helpful."
Norac Foods UK
"The session was very well organised. I have learned so much, thank you!"
NHS (SDHC)
"Made to feel very comfortable before and during my course. My course was one to one so very in depth and informative. My trainer was great and I will be taking lot of ideas away from my training today. Lunch was also very nice. Thank you."
BearingNet
"Remaining engaging. I was the only attendant but Michael was stellar. Learnt so much and kept my interest!"
Lloyds Banking Group
"Thank you so much for the course Michael! It was very useful and I will use what I learned today."
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"Friendly supportive team, great course, Vince was really knowledgeable"
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"The trainer took the time to ask what everyone wanted out of the day at the start, so that he could tailor the day to meet all of our needs."
Lloyds Banking Group
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"Vince was great, I have come away from this session with so much information and knowledge."
mannion daniels
"Michael was a fantastic trainer - so knowledgable, very funny and engaging for the full day."
BBC
"This is the first course that I have attended and I was nervous but I felt relaxed and settled in. I liked the parts where we were asked to engage in answers."
McGregor Boyall Associates Limited
"Making us feel comfortable and relaxed. Giving great examples and tips. Getting everyone involved and making us all feel equally included. It was a great course and I would 100% recommend to others. This will change my perspective on public speaking, and I'll keep working on the little things! Thank you :)"
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"The trainer was very knowledgable and used relevant examples to discuss. There were some very clear takeaways from the day. The trainer was patient with me during filming! Overall an excellent experience."
"The trainer, Anita, was amazing! Covered so much in the session and gave relevant examples for me and my business."
"Very organised and lovely environment to learn in. Michael was a very engaging and I liked his light hearted approach to the training."
"Very accessible level of training but still in depth. Lots of tools which can be taken forward. Centre was great, I will look to do more training courses here!"
Tracy Gilbert MP
"I really enjoyed the class and found the lecturer very knowledgeable and fun"
Houlihan Lokey
"Great course and it was very enjoyable to be off-site and participate in person. There were good examples given throughout the course and lots to take away and think about. The day was broken up well."
EBRD
"Michael was very amiable and engaging, and his anecdotal style of training was very vivid and made it easy and enjoyable to follow."
Book Tokens Ltd
"The course was very informative and relevant to my requirements"
VINCI Construction
"I loved the location. The course content was well thought out and I felt the trainer really tried to adapt to my specific requirements which was great."
Barwood Capital
"The trainer was really nice and facilitated our discussion really well."
Building Digital UK
"Natalia was great at facilitating an open and safe environment, and ensured we had fun along the way"
BDUK
"Very very good facilitation of the session - Natalia allowed us the time and space to discuss proactively and positive rather than driving the day using the powerpoint as a rigid guide. Excellent."
BDUK
"Great trainer who was authentic in her delivery. Venue, facilities, lunch were also all fab!"
BDUK
"Group size, and Michael was very engaging. It was also a very digestible size course, relaxed, but informative."
Workplace Futures Group
"Anita was an amazing trainer, so knowledgeable and enthusiastic, making everything personalised and focused for our company and context. Thanks so much Anita and Media Training. Would 100% recommend."
Literacy Tree
"Making it easy to understand and light hearted. Very informative with great examples."
Specsavers
"Loved Michael's approach to explaining assertiveness and he made a simple topic very engaging and loved his humour- thank you!"
Specsavers
"The trainer was very engaging and make the topic interesting and fun. I enjoyed having to present to put things I learnt to practice."
Lendable
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"My trainer was amazing she really spoke through each step."
NCC T/AS C WING
"Really good delivery, friendly team and excellent resources and post course materials to read/watch."
Arden Strategies
"Michael was brilliant. He understood that public speaking is an extremely difficult thing for me and others and gave guidance as well as an understanding as to why. Michael, was fantastic! Highly recommend!"
Oliver
"Michael is a superb trainer, really insightful and so knowledgable. I felt the course was really tailored to what I needed and I've come away with loads of great ideas I can start using straight away. I'm so pleased I did the course, it's been very worthwhile and I'll recommend it to colleagues!"
TTG Media
"Great examples that brought the course to life! Trainer Michael was excellent and very experience- very funny and incredible at answering questions and giving practical advice,"
Arden Strategies
"Michael was knowledgeable, engaging and interesting. Enjoyed spending time in his company"
Blevins Franks
"Really well organised and planned. Premises are great, well kept and overall great. Well done."
Blevins Franks
"Michael was an excellent trainer and our 2 day trainer course flew by. He was very interactive, humorous and informative on so many different subjects, which really kept me intrigued all throughout the course. The Media training centre was very clean, well organised and well kept. Would definitely highly recommend to a friend!"
Blevins Franks
"Catering to additional requests. I enjoyed the course held by Michael. He is a very good trainer and good at making the group feel comfortable. I'd like to attend further courses run by Michael."
Blevins Franks
"Michael was a joy, his enthusiasm and knowledge was brilliant! i loved every minute. It has really helped!"
Oliver
"Michael was great at communication, entertaining and conducted the perfect balance of humour. Michael also listened to questions and even workshopped scenarios that we have encountered in the past. I've done a few of these courses now and this is one of the best courses I've been involved in! Thank you! :D"
Oliver Agency
"Michael was so knowledgeable, patient and reactive to us and what we wanted to learn about. It felt like a bespoke course even though we knew it wasn't! I have learnt so much and thoroughly enjoyed the whole course. Thank you Michael!"
Oliver Agency
"Michael was very engaging and clear which made the training very enjoyable"
Arden Strategies
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"Very experienced, relatable, targets and straight to the point"
The Belgravia Centre
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"I had an excellent experience during my training. The building was easy to find, the lunch was tailored to my dietary needs, the training itself had lots of useful examples and practical exercises relevant to my job. The trainer was incredibly experienced and knowledgeable, and very helpful, answering all questions that I had. Thank you very much for your help, it is highly appreciated!"
The Belgravia Centre
Media Interviews for TV and Radio
"Everything. Kirsty and James very professional, warm and encouraging. Many thanks"
Churchill Fellowship
"Breaking down the processes and systems surrounding time management and how to implement practices in the workplace and in personal life."
BBC Three
"A great environment, with friendly staff and an excellent trainer."
Guild of Fine Food Ltd
"Everything! Michael was very friendly, made me feel comfortable and helped me understand! I feel we are very much on the same wave-length and hope to learn from him again soon!"
OLIVER AGENCY
"Great presenter, great content and great people on the course! The facility is lovely too. I'd love to do another course in the future, and we'll continue sending our team here in the future."
Serenity
"Michael is someone I can tell lives and breathes what he does. The energy and charisma he gave for the whole 6 hours was brilliant. He was knowledgeable, hilarious, and gave out some brilliant tips I will be using. A Great trainer!"
Receptional
"Michael was a very engaging and knowledgeable presenter who made me feel very comfortable in spite of my anxiety. Very encouraging too, which left a very positive impression."
Receptional
"This was the first time I've ended up doing a one-to-one course and I actually really enjoyed it as a format"
Rail Delivery Group
"I found Michael an engaging and knowledgeable trainer, enjoyed the course and felt I had learned some useful things."
Crimestoppers Trust
"Really enjoyed the course! Learnt a lot, and enjoyed that is was a continuation from the marketing course I did last year. Thank you for offering this course! It was great to learn from Michael again."
Arete Stories
"The course was informative, engaging, relevant and full of nice moments of humour."
University of Cambridge
"I thought Michael was great and very knowledgeable. He was articulate and clear with his points and made the whole session enjoyable."
BBC
"Good real life examples, opportunities to share own testimonies and open space to talk and breakdown for positive feedback."
BBC
"The general overview and range of points. The structure of the course and allowing regular breaks was also useful to reset and focus. Thanks Michael!"
Plank Public Relations
"ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. Michael was great. We train very similar soft skills courses and this was so refreshing for me. His approach, his commitment to the subject and his delivery was fabulous. Thanks Michael, you were engaging, funny and informative."
Media Training
"It had really good structure. The content was very relevant and felt actionable. It was a really nice training, couldn't recommend more."
SEGB
"The course content was delivered very clearly. The instructor was very encouraging and used examples from personal experiences which reinforced his content. It was a fun and engaging course and I learned many new techniques and realised how to improve myself following this course."
HS1 Ltd
"Michael was great at creating and bringing tangible examples to showcase the training models."
Formula 1
"I think Michael was a fantastic course leader. He was very engaging, insightful and informative. I think there was a good balance of course content to take away. Michael provided good examples and delivered the course in a way that was easy to take in."
WHSmith
"Course content was clear and relevant. It was well delivered and the trainer kept the group well engaged. The sessions group was small and we had opportunity to feed into the discussion."
HS1 Ltd
"This was my 3rd visit to Media Training, and I never leave disappointed. Michael created a lovely learning environment and gave me an insightful introduction to assertiveness. I was lucky enough to be the only person in the class so was able to ask all my questions and have personalised advice. I now have lots of practical tips and things to think about when approaching being more assertive in the future."
King's College London
"Michael was very knowledgeable and has given me some excellent tips for going forward in my management career (and my personal life!)"
King's College London
"Michael was absolutely brilliant, I would highly recommend him to the rest of my team."
Lloyds Banking Group
"The course was very informative and helpful and provided tips/guidance that I can put into action and plan in doing so for my role in interviewing/hosting panels."
Electronic Specifier
"I found Michael to be extremely engaging, and thoroughly enjoyed the course. One of the best I have been on."
Oliver
"This course was fantastic, I've had both theory and workshopped assertiveness methods I can transfer into my job and daily life straightaway. It was also a fun and engaging way to spend the time. Thanks to Michael. Thank you!"
BBC
"Friendly, the trainer was knowledgeable and all round nice guy. Had a great time thank you."
Regency Creative
"Being able to breakdown assertiveness, allowing for questions. Good notes to takeaway"
BBC
"Course was engaging, informative, and inspiring, I will definitely be using the skills I learnt in todays session in my work."
CW+
"Clear and engaging teaching with ability to absorb information in a way that works for different people. Some great suggested extra reading."
BBC
"From beginning to end, the whole experience was great. Thoughtful welcome, seamless registration and really appreciated there being notepads!"
BBC
"A well structured day with lots of breaks meant I was able to focus for the whole time. Michael is a really engaging, knowledgeable speaker and I learned a lot, thank you!"
OLIVER Agency
"Approachable trainer who gave real-world, useful examples to help with further development."
Class Professional Publishing
"Course content was great, Michael tailored it to suit my questions and requirements. This is going to be so helpful in my new role, thank you!"
OLIVER Agency
"The course was incredibly detailed, engaging and examples were given perfectly."
Lloyds Banking Group
"Michael had great energy and enthusiasm. Wasn't sure what to expect but it was really engaging."
MoneySavingExpert.com
"Everything else. Trainer was charismatic, interesting, experienced and engaging. Loved the venue, training space, refreshments and location. Will definitely look into other available courses provided. Thank you"
Registry Trust Limited
"Excellent, great interaction with my tutor Michael, great preparation and facilitated course. Very much appreciated for every advice and suggestions of additional courses that i will consider to do."
Manor Production Services
"Michael was very friendly and super informative, he answered all my questions and gave great advise. Looking forward to hopefully seeing him again on my next course. Very knowledgeable and a great asset to Media Training"
Class Publishing
"Michael was very knowledgeable and approachable, very interesting session and very good tips to go forward."
All3Media
"Really relevant material for me and hugely engaging course facilitator. First time in the beautiful new building, great food as always."
Integrity
"Michael was excellent, knowledgeable and full of good examples. Incredibly helpful"
History Hit
"I am really thankful to Michael, he is brilliant trainer. All information was very useful, clear and with good examples. I would definitely attend another course where he is training. Thank you"
Childrensalon
"I really enjoyed the course, Michael was excellent. -The food was great and the media staff were friendly and helpful. Can't wait to do another media training course in the future"
Arete Stories
"Very knowledgable trainer, very friendly and relatable. He outlined so many other factors about delivery, gestures and biology that I didn't consider before."
CloudSource
"Wonderful delivery and very engaging content. Thank you for a very educational and fun day!"
House of Commons
"Felt like a safe environment to learn and experiment with public speaking styles. I feel much more knowledgeable about best practices."
Estee Lauder Companies
"Professional. Confident. Very organized and optimistic. Really enjoyed the course! Found very useful and I do believe it will improve a lot in my job role."
Childrensalon
"Great trainer, friendly and informative, energetic and enthusiastic"
CloudSource Ltd
"Small group, with a great trainer. Was originally apprehensive about joining this course, but Michael did an excellent job with amazing public speaking insight. Would recommend."
Help for Heroes
"The trainer was fantastic and very knowledgeable and experienced. We had time to share personal anecdotes and the trainer shared specific advise. It's been brilliant."
RedwoodBBDO
"Great delivery of course, great trainer, good environment and course set up. Hopefully will return for further courses in the future."
The Church Of England
"The course was great. It was fantastic to learn about all the different techniques."
Cherry Advertisting
"Lovely place and trainer, and relevant, meaningful discussion. Smaller group allowed for more effective and personalised experience, and for advice and sharing to occur between other people in attendance as well as between myself and the trainer."
Association of British Insurers
"Michael was knowledgeable, engaging, & friendly. It was a great day and feel much more confident following the course."
Lyfeguard
"This was my first zoom training session and I found the set-up really simple. The trainer was very knowledgable and I found it a very relaxed way to learn new things. As a small class we were able to really make the training bespoke which I found really beneficial to my future roles and the course and trainer really exceeded what I expected to get from the course."
MoD
"I particularly appreciated the warm welcome from everyone right from the start, and the way the trainer made the course content really tailored and bespoke. Fantastic setting and premises too, and delicious lunch."
National Trust
"Really informative course with plenty of content covered that I can take forward in my future experiences. I think it's a good balance over the 2 days. I particularly enjoyed the scenario based questions where we discussed everything as a group."
TTG Media
"Good service. Very good set up and location. Helpful and accommodating staff."
House of Lords
"This is the second course that I have attended and the venue is perfect for learning. F&B is fantastic. Good selection of courses available and looking forward to coming back in June for Time Management."
Kent Golf Limited
Interview Skills for Job Applicants
"Excellent delivery. The topic was taught with exceptional experience/knowledge and lots of very insightful advice - thank you :)"
MOD
"Tina was excellent throughout the day, I found it very informative and will be putting some of the methods in to practice. The site had a nice relaxed feel to it and the food was excellent."
Peach Design
"The pace of the course was really good and I like the style of delivery. The trainer was knowledgeable and friendly which was very reassuring for the subject of the course."
British Red Cross
"Making us feel comfortable, make us feel good about ourselves and enabling loads of learning."
Estee Lauder Companies
"Great interaction with the group, very knowledgeable and informative session."
Estee Lauder Companies
"Excellent facilities and the course tutor was extremely knowledgeable which gave the confidence required to feel free to ask questions until we felt we had covered everything."
Ed Broking LLP
"Very useful training experience; Tina was highly personable and hugely helpful"
ExchangeWire
"The course was highly enjoyable. Tina was very approachable and gave great feedback and advice. I feel like I've gained something from today and am really glad that I attended."
ExchangeWire
"I felt very comfortable speaking to Tina throughout the training."
University of Portsmouth
"Relatable and helpful for the idea of public speaking no issues with the course at all - good pace couldn't have been shorter."
Met Pol
"Excellent presenter keeping the course engaging and relevant one of the best I have had"
Met Police
"Structuring your presentations around the Golden Triangle, and ensuring content v audience is right"
Met Police
"Positive learning style. Michael was engaging and entertaining. Good confidence building course."
NaCTSO
"Brilliant to be able to come and learn in person instead of online. Great location, great food, great, course and great Trainer!"
Gateway Housing Association
"The course tutor was engaging and made learning fun! The room/setting was lovely too."
Leo Roberts
"Engaging content and delivery despite being virtual. Good balance of content and breaks."
Marshall eLearning Consultancy
Structuring Your Remote Working Day
"Michael was absolutely fantastic- really personalised course and so helpful. Thank you!"
UK Parliament
"I loved the fact that the training was completely bespoke to me and really answered to all my needs"
Estée Lauder Companies
"Tina was fantastic, friendly and I genuinely felt that having her chit-chat approach benefitted me throughout the session."
Kinly
"Good hands on examples - with personal discussions to allow for individual questions"
Guerillascope
"Running this as an online course worked really well - even though we weren't all in the same room Tina really got us talking and working together."
Roald Dahl Story Company
"I really enjoyed how personal the course was, there was lots of exercises and time given to think about the questions and to reflect on your answers."
RSM
"Adapting to my needs, engaging and overall friendliness and knowledge"
Arete Stories
Structuring Your Remote Working Day
"Lots of practical skills and examples used that can be taken and put straight into practice. Made very relevant and tailored to individuals. Overall very helpful. :)"
Ongo
"The trainer was very knowledgeable and able to have conversations around topics rather than reading off a script, which was appreciated."
RSM International
"The trainer was excellent and approachable, which made the session educational but relaxed and engaging. And the course ran incredibly smoothly and the setup was easy, which took out any stress of getting started."
International Alert
"I was very happy with the course today. In this case it was highly beneficial that I was the only participant, as Michael was able to adapt the course specifically to my needs and current situation, which gave me tools and methods that I can implement straight away. Thanks a lot!"
EMBL
"Good speed of speaking, intuitive, good listening and tailoring it to what I need professionally"
Houston
"Great at generating conversation, creating a safe environment to discuss current concerns with personal time management, relaxed space and good at sharing examples of where improvements can be made"
Catch Digital
"Tina was amazing, her patience was incredible together with the course and the delivery of it. Thanks a lot."
Associated British Foods
"Using experts in the field to teach is what made this course relevant and worth the money - this means so much more when you self fund a course as i have done today. Totally worth it and i learned lots"
N/A
"Very efficient breaks and lunch service with the current situation. The trainer make what was a nerve-wracking subject for me very friendly and accessible."
Cherry Advertising
"Knowledgeable, approachable, friendly trainer. Media Training managed the COVID situation exceptionally well."
Orsted
"Trainer was brilliant and had great patience for all the 1,000,000 questions that were asked."
Anomaly
"Lots of exercises, great examples from day to day life that I did not know about."
Velo marketing
"Communication was clear concise and to the point. Open discussion encouraged"
Berkely st edward
"Lovely environment for learning. Course instructor knowledgable and friendly. Course informative and very useful!"
House of Lords
"Brilliant that the class sizes were so small (4) something that I can't find in other courses. Felt confident to openly discuss topics and hear others experiences"
NetJets
"It was a really relaxed friendly environment, where I felt I could say anything and not be judged."
Ed Broking LLP
"Great coach, excellent communication and I enjoyed having the chance to discuss the ideas and practice examples."
CoppaFeel!
"Very informative, I liked that the class size was small as it allowed me to gain more information from the trainer. It was also well organised. The food and drinks provided were nice too"
Infinity Group
"The whole environment of the training centre environment was very nice and Tina was very friendly"
Spreckley
"Great food and lovely facilities. Tina was very friendly and helpful and all examples used and discussed were relevant and useful."
Fulwell 73
"Explanation of all Assertiveness and the different states. The course was relaxed and the teacher very knowledgeable and made it easy to understand. Would highly recommend this course in future."
Engie
"Delivering the educational content in a relaxed, informal setting and making everyone feel open to share their own thoughts."
Haygarth
"Making it friendly and fun rather than boring. Tina was very funny and light hearted rather than boring."
Berkeley St Edward
"Approachable and friendly, relaxed environment. Didn't feel like school!"
Ed Broking
"Very friendly environment and trainer, who was clearly enthusiastic about what she was teaching."
NS&I
"All staff are very friendly and helpful. Great learning environment & great lunch!"
SMP Group
"Overly environment, extremely friendly staff, trainer was amazing!!!!"
Das Global
"The trainer, Emma, is so nice and down to earth, very easy manner, very patient and a good listener"
REPLY LTD
"Great environment to learn, felt very relaxed and happy to be here."
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
"Friendly, interactive. There was lots of ability to ask questions and tailor the course"
Maxus
"Great customer service, extremely friendly staff, great quality refreshments & food. Last, but by no means least- really experienced and knowledgable trainers! Tom was great, learnt lots of great tips and tricks, and adapted to suit my learning style! 100% great, will recommend to colleagues"
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