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Tees e-learning firm mylearnadfriend in Redcar expansion

Tees-based e-learning firm mylearnadfriend has secured additional office space and facilities to grow its future operations by moving to to UK Steel Enterprise’s Innovation Centre at Redcar

Set up by Tony Abbott and Alan Hammersley three years ago, the firm is currently helping former SSI workers into employment. Allowing ex-workers to acquire a health and safety certification that appeals to potential employers across many sectors and increases their chances of finding a new job.

The company’s e-learning software programmes have the benefit of being interactive and provide a training system for businesses and organisations across sectors from offshore, automotive, energy and healthcare to oil and gas, engineering, leisure, transport and retail.

“It is rewarding to see many former SSI workers signing up for the online health and safety courses which are helping them gain meaningful employment,” said Tony Abbott, who has decades of experience in training and learning. “Some delegates then have the confidence to go on and complete a National Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety (NEBOSH).”

“Our partnership with the College, which is leading the way in providing these e-learning opportunities, means workers can tell a potential employer that they have already completed the training and produce the certificate with their CV.

“mylearnadfriend is now making successful inroads into the further education sector in the south and we see massive potential for us in this and many other sectors.

“The real benefit of our programmes is that they can be used by businesses of every size from high street retailers right through to major corporations.

“They are cost-effective, right up-to-date, available 24-7 and can provide a complete online walk-through of company premises including demonstrations of equipment and recognition of hazards.

“With our larger offices and the facilities at the Innovation Centre in place we are looking to the future with confidence and hope to be creating jobs ourselves in the not too distant future,” he added.

Peter Taylor of UK Steel Enterprise, the business-support subsidiary of Tata Steel, said: “Former SSI workers are showing such commitment in their efforts to find new employment and mylearnadfriend is giving them new skills and qualifications needed to win jobs. We are very pleased that the company has chosen to make our Innovation Centre its new base.”

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