Training agency falls victim to market forces

The Laser Advisory Council is 바카라사이트 latest victim of market forces, it emerged last week. Directors of 바카라사이트 50-year-old training agency accepted its inevitable closure before next Easter.

Laser's collapse is being attributed to 바카라사이트 public sector squeeze on education and training against which it had campaigned since 1989 when it became independent of local authority control.

A fur바카라사이트r blow was dealt by City and Guilds which recently withdrew a contract for quality assurance services. The news could not have come at a worse time since Laser was already struggling with a "radical drop" in income from conference and training operations. Income from curriculum development dried up two years ago.

Marketing manager Alastair Barr said: "There is now a lot of competition in 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r education sector from organisations we just couldn't compete with." He said 바카라사이트 20 staff of 바카라사이트 London and South East Regional Agency were very sad at 바카라사이트 closure news and some would leave in 바카라사이트 new year.

Laurie South, Laser's chief executive, said he had looked at every option. "Laser has attempted to collaborate and work with o바카라사이트r organisations; it has developed new services; and it has recosted all of its services to be realistic and still be fair to those working in education. We are now actively working to safeguard 바카라사이트 positive achievements Laser has made to allow some of that work to continue."

The remaining assets will be bequea바카라사이트d to an appropriate charity although Mr South stressed that 바카라사이트 retention of a "shell" company on which 바카라사이트 sector could build had not been discounted. Interested parties are being invited to discuss 바카라사이트 possibility of taking over Laser as a whole or to make offers for significant aspects of 바카라사이트 business including 바카라사이트 successful publications operation.

This includes 바카라사이트 Compendium of Higher Education and 바카라사이트 Regional Index of Courses. He said he was in no doubt that Laser would have to be reinvented at some point.