From: davef@gbdirect.co.uk
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:06:12 +0000
To: davef@gbdirect.co.uk
Subject: Training Pages (UK's Largest Online Training Directory) Reaches 10,000 Courses


UK's Largest Online Training Directory Reaches 10,000 Courses
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Training Pages, the U.K's largest online training directory just got bigger.

Today Training Pages announced that it had just passed the landmark of ten
thousand (10,000) distinct and separate courses.

With 10,000 courses, nearly 1,000 training companies and 350 categories,
Training Pages now dwarfs its competitors.

Managing Director, Chris Morrow, commented:
"It is rather gratifying to be ten times the size of better-funded and
media-backed alternatives, but this is only a milestone on the way to bigger
and better things".

"In the near future, Training Pages will be fully upgraded with even more
course categories, a new interface and a whole host of new functions".

Training Pages founder and Technical Director, Mike Banahan, added:
"This vindicates our decision to base our business model on low
overheads and an internet-only marketing strategy.  Using open standard
technologies ** and the internet's own native marketing techniques, we have
been able to offer services and functionality at prices which the
typical 'new media' company couldn't hope to match".

** TECHNICAL NOTE: Training Pages runs entirely on open source software,
including the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, the MySQL
database and the PHP scripting language.


BACKGROUND FOR JOURNALISTS AND EDITORS
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Training Pages can provide journalists specialising in training, information
technology, management and professional development with a range of free
information services, e.g.

  * Statistics collection and analysis of trends in professional
    development across a range of industries.

  * Training diaries outlining who is putting on which courses when and
    where in the next few weeks or months.

CONTACT
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Dave Fisher,
P.R. and Internet Marketing,
Training Pages,
27, Park Drive,
Bradford,
BD9 4DS

Tel: 01274 772277
Fax: 01274 772281
email: davef@trainingpages.co.uk
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DAVE FISHER, GBdirect Consultancy and Training
27 Park Drive, Bradford, BD9 4DS, tel: +44 (0)1274 772277
mail: davef@gbdirect.co.uk http://www.gbdirect.co.uk
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