…Flagship venue to offer greater choice, more courses and an unrivalled location in the City of London…

LONDON – Wednesday 5th September 2012 - QA, the global training company that transforms performance through learning, today announced the opening of its flagship training centre, in the City of London on Monday 10th September 2012. The expansion is to help meet increasing demand for QA’s broad portfolio of courses and show cases the continued delivery of world class training in an engaging and stimulating environment.

Located in St. Katherine Docks next to Tower Bridge and The Tower of London, International House, the new QA training centre has been designed and built in a warehouse style building, giving a light and modern environment with great views. QA have created a state-of-the-art training facility with 33 dedicated training rooms, four delegate breakout areas, PC access and Wi-Fi throughout, and an onsite Cafe. The venue offers a stunning back drop to modern learning and hosts a suite which will hold 100 people for networking and peer-to-peer summits on a range of learning topics. The centre is ideally positioned to support local and international organisations through its accessibility, transport links and enhanced facilities for delegates.

William Macpherson, Chief Executive Officer, comments, “QA remains one of the world’s largest business learning providers delivering in excess of 500,000 delegate days of training support around the world. We are delighted to open our new training facility in the heart of London. The facility offers a modern, inspirational setting which embodies our high quality standards and ensures delegates are in the best possible environment to succeed. Due to the size and scale of the venue, delegates will benefit from a wider choice of courses across our curriculum, delivered by our market leading trainers.”

The purpose built St. Katherine Docks training venue is within easy reach of the Docklands, Moorgate and Liverpool Street.

QA will use the centre to provide its full range of courses including; Technical, Business Applications, Project and Service Management, Leadership, Management and Business Skills, and a range of accredited Project Management courses covering the world’s leading best practice methodologies ( including Agile, APM, PMI®, PRINCE2®, P3O®, PPS , MSP®, and MoR®.) Course profiles are available at http://www.qa.com/courses-and-skills-paths.aspx