Learndirect

Learndirect sells online courses and qualifications, including nursing, teaching, healthcare, accounting, English and maths, and career-oriented short courses, with study available at the learner's own pace. It also offers ClickHSE, a compliance training platform for UK employers covering areas such as fire safety, first aid, GDPR and food hygiene.

Learners pay monthly course fees, and the company offers buy-now-pay-later credit terms on selected products through a regulated partner, where learndirect acts as a credit broker. Business customers pay per licence or per user for compliance training, with volume discounts. The website states that the company has trained 75,000 UK businesses and that its customers include NHS, FedEx and the Ministry of Defence.

The company is headquartered in Bournemouth, Dorset, with its head office in the centre of Bournemouth. The website says it was launched in 2000 and has helped around 4.5 million learners. It presents itself as the UK's largest online skills and training provider, and its careers page lists sales and e-commerce roles among current openings.

Product: Online vocational courses and qualifications for individuals, plus ClickHSE compliance training for businesses.