A city consultancy has set up an office in New Delhi after seeing rising demand from the subcontinent.
A visit to India to explore business opportunities proved the start of something major for Temple Management Training.
Although the visit to India was intended as an exploratory one, such was the level of interest in the Marston Green-based company鈥檚 Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) training that it decided to set up a base there.
The firm attended a 海角视频 Trade & Investment (海角视频TI) visit after discovering there might be some potential to deliver the quality management systems training the firm specialises in.
Managing director Bob Hughes said: 鈥淭he skills shortage in India has been reported many times, so our team set about working with 海角视频TI and a visit was arranged.
鈥淭he objective was to link our business with the Auto Export Exhibition taking place in New Delhi which would offer a unique platform in terms of meeting organisations.
鈥淲e were there a few days before the show opened and 海角视频TI and the British High Commission in New Delhi had arranged lots of meetings for us with Indian training providers, with a view to showing how the 海角视频 and India could connect as regards professional training.
鈥淭hat kept us busy until the show opened and once that started we mingled with the crowds and saw lots of enquiries.鈥
Interest soon snowballed and Mr Hughes said the firm received 鈥渁 barrage of orders鈥 鈥 prompting a decision to set up its own office there.
The New Delhi office is being headed up by international systems manager Richa Khatana.
Temple Management Training also used the trip to enhance links with one of its key 海角视频 customers 鈥 JCB 鈥 visiting two of the firm鈥檚 Indian manufacturing plants. It is now hoping to provide training in India for the Staffordshire-based firm.
As well as JCB it has also worked with a wide range of clients in the 海角视频, including the NHS, Severn Trent, Cambridgeshire Constabulary,聽 Anopol and Weir Waste.
The Indian visit and office set-up was spearheaded by Temple Management Training鈥檚 Bal Gill, assisted by Mr Hughes, Tally Singh and Amarjit Singh.
Speaking about opportunities with JCB in India, Mr Hughes said: 鈥淲e are doing lots of work in the 海角视频 with JCB and hoping to extend that as an international training provider.
鈥淭hey want to do something called 鈥渙ne quality鈥 where they are trying to bring all their engineers up to the same level.
鈥淲e are now in liaison to connect with the three manufacturing sites at JCB India, introducing 鈥渙ne quality鈥 global international training 鈥 building on the success we have had with JCB in the 海角视频.鈥
As well as being an approved training centre for The CQI, delivering its training and systems implementation from its Elmdon Lane training centre, Temple Management Training also delivers Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) and Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT) through e-learning and training centre based tuition and City & Guilds accounts/book keeping courses.
In the wake of the firm鈥檚 success in creating an Indian base so quickly, Mr Hughes paid tribute to 海角视频TI and the help it had received.
鈥満＝鞘悠礣I have been brilliant in terms of assisting us and liaising with the High Commission and I would urge any 海角视频 company interested in exporting to contact them,鈥 he said.
鈥淭he support we have had has been fantastic. We would ask for information and you would get it the same day - you can鈥檛 ask for anything more.
鈥淕etting involved with 海角视频TI was how it all kicked off and we are certainly going to maintain links with the organisation.鈥
