Testimonials
“SoftSmart is a leading national supplier of software products to local authorities and early years settings. A key part of the service we provide is the delivery of training and user information to our clients, ensuring that they continue to get the best results from our systems.
For some years now Mike, of Wise & Wherefores, has been a key part of the delivery of our training and also the development of our user documentation. This has required a high level of knowledge about all our software as well as a good understanding of the needs of our clients. Mike has taken it upon himself to maintain an in depth knowledge of our ever changing products thus ensuring that he continues to provide excellent and relevant training for our clients.
In order to deliver an effective training service, Wise & Wherefores has developed a range of training courses for each of our products, allowing for differing levels of users. These courses have then been delivered at sites across the country and feedback has consistently been excellent from all delegates. In particular, they have appreciated the non-technical “plain English” approach that makes the training easy to follow regardless of IT knowledge.
The Wise & Wherefores team has also proven to be highly flexible and able to deal with a variety of unforeseen situations ensuring that the delivery of the training is not disrupted and leaving the clients suitably impressed. They make every effort to maintain a high level of service and client satisfaction which clearly reflects well on us, as well as on Wise & Wherefores.
Wise & Wherefores has also been given the task of writing and updating our user manuals. This again has been done very thoroughly and the resulting documentation is creative, colourful and informative.
We have called on them to provide us with some training for our own staff, mainly on Microsoft Office applications. This further demonstrated to us how much preparation is being put in to ensure the relevance of the training provided. All our staff found these training events extremely useful and it has helped us to maintain a high level of productivity and consistency in the business.
The success and growth of our business has certainly been helped by the quality of the service and dedication of the Wise & Wherefores team in the provision of training to our clients across the country.”
Paul Richards
Managing Director
SoftSmart Ltd
Santander Consumer (UK) plc is the finance house division of Grupo Santander, the largest financial group in Europe. As the consumer finance arm of the bank, Santander Consumer was formed to provide a focused and global consumer lending business and now operates in over 17 countries.
Wise & Wherefores was appointed by Santander Consumer to deliver training on all Microsoft Office products to staff based at their UK headquarters in Redhill.
Vik Hill, Managing Director of Santander Consumer Finance, says:
“What impressed me most about our training experience with Wise & Wherefores was how the trainer took the trouble to meet with our staff to find out exactly what they wanted to achieve from the training. So the training exercises and documentation were designed to meet our specific business needs. This meant that staff could see how the training was relevant to their work and enabled them to put their new skills into practice straight away. From a business perspective, this meant we were maximising the benefit we received from the money we invested in the training.
The training was delivered in a relaxed and non-judgemental way, which gave staff the confidence to learn more. It has given them the flexibility to meet the challenges we face in an ever changing, customer-focused, business environment.
The customer is the focus of our strategy. The training provided by Wise & Wherefores has helped our staff improve the quality of the service they deliver to our customers.”
"I was delighted with the one to one Powerpoint training I received from Wise and Wherefores. It was tailored to my individual development needs, which the trainer discussed with me beforehand. In addition to the technical skills I gained, the trainer's patient approach enhanced my self confidence in my ability to use Powerpoint.
I've also used the services of Wise and Wherefores to create the layout, format and detailed tabulation for a 20,000 word business case. They offer a versatile service, which I would highly recommend".
Linda Matthews, Brighton