GLOBAL project management training company 20/20 Business Insight has invested £250,000 in a new centre in Aberdeen.
The Dundee firm said it had set up the training and project-delivery facility at Burnbank Business Centre, Altens, in response to rising demand from clients – particularly in the energy sector.
The company has relocated three senior staff to the site from its main base in Tayside, including director of consulting services Doug Littlejohn, with further appointments expected later in the year.
Trainees from across the oil and gas industry will be taught by 20/20’s Association of Project Management (APM) and Project Management International (PMI) accredited lecturers at the Granite City site.
Delegates at the centre this week include representatives from oil and gas businesses including Centrica, Acergy, Nexen, JP Kenny, Petrofac, Stena Drilling and Expro.
The opening of the training facility follows the firm’s move to new, larger offices at Ingleside, Broughty Ferry, Dundee. Tony Marks, managing director of 20/20, said the Aberdeen base allowed the company to offer a more complete service to clients in a purpose-designed venue closer to one of the main centres of operations for one of their largest growth markets.
Doug Littlejohn, director of consultancy services for 20/20, added: “As well as providing in-house and external courses from the new project delivery centre, we will be running all global consulting services from Aberdeen going forward.”