| RANK |
COMPANY
|
REV (£M) |
SUBJECTS
|
SUBSIDIARIES/TRADING NAMES |
OWNER
|
|
1
|
Babcock International |
195
|
Naval, military, engineering, employment training |
Babcock Training, VT Flagship |
Babcock International Group plc |
|
2
|
A4E |
191
|
Employment training |
|
|
|
3
|
Ufi |
180
|
Personal skills, employment training, business |
learndirect |
|
|
4
|
Kaplan |
175
|
Professional skills |
Kaplan Professional (Accountancy, law, management), Kaplan Law School, Kaplan Financial, Kaplan Altior (Law), Kaplan Hawksmere (management, business, law, finance etc), Kaplan Open Learning, Kaplan IT, Atlantic Link. |
Kaplan Inc (US)/The Washington Post Company (US) |
|
5
|
BPP |
160
|
Professional skills |
BPP Professional Education (Accountancy, financial services), BPP University College of Professional Studies (Law, Business School, degrees), BPP Learning Media, MPW (Private 5th/6th form colleges) |
Apollo Global (US) |
|
6
|
QA |
93
|
IT, management, business |
|
QA-IQ Holdings Ltd |
|
7
|
ESG Group/Paragon Skills |
70*
|
Employment training |
Sheffield Trainers Ltd, Sencia, Triangle Training, Orient Gold, Platinum Training |
|
|
8
|
JHP Group |
63
|
Employment training |
|
|
|
9
|
Melorio (now Pearson in Practice) |
58
|
IT, construction, logistics, healthcare |
Zenos (IT), Learning World Academies (Construction), Construction Learning World, Logistics |
Pearson plc |
|
10
|
Aviation Training International |
58
|
Aviation (military) |
|
AgustaWestland (IT) and Boeing (US) |
|
11
|
Avanta Enterprise |
50*
|
Employment training |
TNG, InBiz (self employment) |
|
|
12
|
Reed in Partnership |
47
|
Employment training |
|
Reed Global/Finem Ltd. |
|
13
|
Wilmington Group |
43
|
Professional skills |
Central Law Training, Mercia (Accountancy), Bond Solon (Law), Quorum Training (Finance), |
Listed on London Stock Exchange |
|
14
|
Informa |
43*
|
Business and professional skills |
Achieve Global (Sales, leadership development), CPDCast (Law), ESI International (Project management, business skills), Forum (Business skills), ICBI (Financial conferences), IIR (IT, technical and scientific conferences), IIR Management Development, IFF Training (Finance, energy), Omega Performance (Financial services skills), PTI Europe (Pharma). |
Listed on London Stock Exchange |
|
15
|
Pertemps People Development Group |
39
|
Employment training |
|
Employment Services Holdings (AUS) |
|
16
|
Petrofac Training |
39#
|
Energy industry |
|
Petrofac Ltd |
|
17
|
Elmfield Training |
34
|
Employment training |
|
|
|
18
|
First4skills (formerly Protocol Skills) |
32
|
Employment training |
|
Aldford Training/CBPE Nominees |
|
19
|
Euromoney Training |
30
|
Finance |
Euromoney, D C Gardner |
Euromoney Institutional Investor plc |
|
20
|
Skills Training UK |
28
|
Employment training |
|
|
|
21
|
CAE Aircrew Training Services |
26
|
Aviation - military and commercial |
|
CAE (CAN) |
|
22
|
Business Employment Services Training |
26
|
Employment training |
|
Best Holdings |
|
23
|
IBM |
21*
|
IT, management, business |
|
IBM (US) |
|
24
|
TBG Learning |
21#
|
Employment training |
|
Rehab Group (IRL) |
|
25
|
Knowledgepool |
20
|
Managed learning services |
|
Root Capital |
|
26
|
Learning Tree International |
19
|
IT, management |
|
Learning Tree International Inc (US) |
|
27
|
TQ Education and Training |
19
|
Military, government and commercial |
Catalis |
|
|
28
|
SkillSoft |
19*
|
IT, management, business |
|
Skillsoft plc (IR) |
|
29
|
SAP |
18
|
IT, business |
|
SAP AG (DE) |
|
30
|
Lifetime Training Group |
17
|
Leisure, hospitality, care |
Rapido |
|
|
31
|
7 City Learning |
16#
|
Finance |
|
|
|
32
|
Oxford Aviation Academy |
16
|
Aviation |
|
Oxford Aviation Academy SARL (LUX) |
|
33
|
General Physics (UK) |
16#
|
IT, business, H&S |
|
General Physics Corp (US) |
|
34
|
Thales Training & Simulation |
15#
|
Aviation (MoD) |
|
Thales SA (FR) |
|
35
|
Develop Training |
15
|
Health & safety, FM, utilities |
|
|
|
36
|
Maximus Employment & Training |
15
|
Employment training |
|
Maximus Inc (US) |
|
37
|
Defence Training Services |
14
|
Military |
|
|
|
38
|
Impact Development Training |
14
|
Leadership, behavioural change |
|
|
|
39
|
Global Knowledge |
13
|
IT, management |
|
Global Knowledge Inc (US) |
|
40
|
Training 2000 |
13*
|
Employment training |
|
(Charity) |
|
41
|
Oracle University |
13*
|
IT, business |
|
Oracle Inc (US) |
|
42
|
Logica |
13*
|
IT, business |
|
Listed on LSE and Euronext (NL) |
|
43
|
Assima |
13*
|
IT, business |
|
Listed on Euronext (FR) |
|
44
|
Total People |
12
|
Employment training |
|
|
|
45
|
Marcus Evans |
12#
|
Conferences, business, languages |
Marcus Evans, Linguarama |
Marcus Evans (Bermuda) |
|
46
|
Falck Nutec |
12#
|
Safety |
|
Falck Holding A/S (DK) |
|
47
|
Fast Training Services |
12
|
Military (naval) |
|
|
|
48
|
ILX Group |
12
|
IT, business |
|
Listed on AIM |
|
49
|
Reed Learning |
11
|
Business, management |
|
Reed Global |
|
50
|
Peopleserve |
11#
|
Disability training |
|
ResCare (US) |
| All revenue figures are for FY2010 or CY2010 except those marked #, which are 2009 figures. An asterisk (*) indicates an estimated figure. |