Trainer Testimonials

“Despite the massive influx of online training directories in competition with Underoak, I believe the quality and subsequent conversion rates we achieve through the enquiries you generate, make Underoak the undisputed market leader for as far as we are concerned. I look forward to continuing to work with Underoak as you evolve and enhance your already excellent levels of service. May both our businesses flourish as a result!”
Richard MacMillan, Managing Director
Cosensa Learning & Development

“Underoak offers a convenient, accessible, central platform for us to market all our courses and conferences to a wide and varied audience. We receive regular referrals which more often than not are converted into bookings and with over 60 meetings a year, having this tool at our disposal is invaluable to the College. Their staff are reliable and always willing to help, and the fact that we use them year on year is testament to professional, friendly service they provide.”
Sian Hanson, Conference Marketing Assistant
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

“We receive referrals and more recently links to our website on a daily basis from Underoak. A good proportion of these are converted into bookings, and even when they are not, the contact details are retained on our database, giving us further marketing opportunities. We find their systems efficient and any queries are dealt with efficiently.”
Mary Shirt, Training Administrator
PTP Training and Marketing

“From an advertisers point of view I have found the Underoak website to be a fantastic tool. It has certainly increased our presence in the market thus resulting in increased delegate numbers. The support they offer is of a very high standard & all the comments I have received from our delegates have been positive. Thank you Underoak.”
Marie Devitt, UK Course Co-ordinator
Intavent Orthofix Ltd

“We have benefited from Underoak’s excellent service for many years and we have enjoyed a fantastic return from the highest quality leads they have regularly provided for us. Underoak plays a vital role in our marketing strategy and I often recommend it for our training partners. We are very grateful for the service and as Underoak is continuously improving I’m sure we continue to benefit for many more years to come.”
Adam Kara, Customer Relations Manager
JPD Training

“We are delighted with the quick and efficient service that Underoak provides in finding new customers for our courses. I would be happy to recommend them to other organisations.”
Anni Hall, Education Programme Co-ordinator, Oncology & Palliative Care
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

“Having used Underoak for the past 4 years, we have had excellent referral rates, which have proved to be good quality leads with many delegates booking on to our courses. Very helpful and friendly staff.”
Wendy Wood, Dental Postgraduate Education Manager
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

“The Underoak UK Training Index has been incredibly useful for WIMAT. The site is very easy to use and staff are always approachable and efficient with any enquiries. As an organiser of many specialised surgical training courses, Underoak has enabled us to present our courses to a much wider audience. We are delighted with the high ratio of feedback which we receive through the site and the resulting attendance on our courses. Thank you, Underoak!”
Kelly Westlake, Senior Course Co-ordinator
Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy WIMAT

“We are delighted with the Underoak service which we have been using to advertise our courses since 2003. We treat the Underoak enquiries as warm leads, promptly respond and follow-up. We believe that this has helped us to maintain our excellent 75% bookings ratio. This is definitely one of our best sources of new business.”
Jack Tiley, CEO
Keys Training

“Underoak has provided us with a steady stream of enquiries since 2006 and we are very pleased with their service. The site is easy to use and we would be happy to recommend it to other organisations. ”
Lorraine Judge, Head of Education Section
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

“This is our fourth year we have been advertising our training courses with Underoak and during this period we have had a 98% conversion rate of enquiries to bookings! Underoak have generated a lot of business for Pathways Training which has resulted in enquiries every week which are converted to bookings. We even have a new client who found Pathways through Underoak and they spent £10k with us last year...A BIG THANK YOU!”
Kim Kelly, Director
Pathways Training and Consultancy

“I have used Underoak to advertise our courses for some time and a number of the delegates attending our courses have come via the Underoak website. Whenever you contact Underoak, they are always very prompt in their response and any enquiries are dealt with efficiently. The site is very user-friendly and the courses are easy to find. Long may they continue!”
Alison Whitelaw, Institute Administrator
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

“We have used Underoak for over four years and are extremely pleased with the service. We have had a number of referrals which have generated into bookings, most of which from people outside our usual target audience. The system is simple to use and the staff are very friendly and helpful, always trying to improve the way our courses are advertised. We can definitely encourage providers to use Underoak to promote their courses.”
Marianne Blanc, CAMS Course Coordinator
Cambridge University - Centre for Applied Medical Statistics

“We have listed our courses with Underoak since 2006 and are very pleased with the enquiries that we receive through Underoak’s UK Training Index. This is our best source of leads from the web and represents excellent return on our investment. We normally convert about 70% of them into business.”
Patrick Horne, Director
Get Paid on Time(Melfin Financial Management)

“The website is excellent and has been instrumental in attracting very many students to our short courses over the years and I'd like to express my great thanks to Underoak for their great service.”
Professor David Stubbs, Director
Robens Centre for Public Health

“Brook gets a large number of referrals from Underoak and we find the service really easy to use and an excellent marketing tool for our training courses.”
Ben Hicks, Senior Marketing Officer
Brook

“At St Christopher's Hospice we run a comprehensive Education Programme for End of Life Care and have received many enquiries and bookings through Underoak, it is always a prompt and responsive service. Thank you.”
Tracy OFlaherty, Marketing Officer
St Christopher's Hospice

“Underoak provide me with a fast an efficient way of getting our courses advertised to a wide & varied potential delegate base and the site is very user friendly for everyone. Excellent customer services and most helpful.”
Naomi Hill, Course Coordinator
Colchester Hospital - Iceni Centre

“We receive a regular flow of quality leads from Underoak that result in a good proportion of bookings. It pays for itself many times over and compares very favourably with other training directories.”
Barry Rockhill, Managing Director
GBC Learning & Development

“We are extremely delighted with the enquiries generated through Underoak. It has opened up new markets for GTC in new regions such as the Middle East and South East Asia. Keep up the fantastic job!”
Wale Ogunbufunmi, Business Development Manager
Global Training Consulting GTC

“We regularly receive Course Registration Forms from delegates who have read about training courses on the Underoak Training Index - the information we send is uploaded quickly and accurately, a very rewarding exercise.”
Tina Bynoe, Education Marketing Officer
St Christopher's Hospice

“Underoak provides an extremely consistent and efficient introduction service for our Professional Development Programme in Management.”
Stephen Swain, Professional Development Assistant
School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter

“May I take this opportunity of thanking you for the excellent service which Underoak provide. I am delighted with the service and I would highly recommend it. We estimate that the leads through Underoak cost us less that 3% of the value of the bookings that we have received.”
Barbara Sutton
SRL Associates

“I was a little sceptical of the benefits of using another training directory but was pleasantly surprised in a 40% uptake of course enquiries in the last 12 months. I will definitely continue to advertise through Underoak.”
Peter Howchin, Director
Building Skills Centre

“Thank you for the quick and efficient service you provide at Underoak. Referrals come through on a regular basis with many converting into bookings on our courses. The staff at Underoak, especially Julian, are always pleasant and very helpful. It’s a pleasure doing business with them. Thank you so very much.”
Nerina Bee
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

“Thank you Underoak for the faithful representation of our courses on your website. We have a continuous flow of enquiries from all areas, and several have taken up the opportunity for further learning, sometimes travelling many miles to do so. The system is easy and quick to use, so our response can be immediate.”
Education Administrator
Princess Alice Hospice

“The referrals from this website have helped to maximise the number of delegates to our courses. All leads are appropriate and the service from Underoak is excellent. Their website is very easy to use and referrals contain the exact information needed to pursue and complete bookings.”
Deanna Francis, Education Department
Strathcarron Hospice

“Your system is easy to follow and working well.”
Angela Williams, Course Administration
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

“We love Underoak, its a great system. The majority of leads that come to us through Underoak turn into a sale. The return on investment is far better than any magazine type advertising.”
Mark Young
Academy Class

“I’m pleased to say the majority of the leads we get ’through Underoak’ do convert into bookings, and are worth the fee we pay!”
David Dumaresq-Lucas, Business Development Manager
KITS Training

“Underoak’s UK Training Index has generated far more effective training enquiries for our Company than any other external site on the web that we’ve tried in the last 5 years.”
Tony Cowderoy, Director
MML (Kogent-MML Limited)

“We are getting lots of enquiries from the site which is great!”
Christine Jardine, Training Manager
Computeraid

“I’m just writing to say thanks very much for the recent referrals and subsequent bookings we’ve had! We are delighted to recommend Underoak!”
Anna Adams, Client Training Manager
skillstudio

“We have been using Underoak for a number of years and with their friendly staff and ease of finding information you can see why we use them. They are able to house our training information and forward the details of our events to interested parties. Thank you very much Underoak, for the not only professional, but personal service too.”
Adam Brookes, Senior Conference Administrator
Hammersmith Conference Centre, Imperial College Healthcare

“It’s been great – no comments really as the info has come to the right person and is very clear. Thanks!”
Jessica Bevan, Training Manager
Corps Business

“I would like to thank Underoak for the fantastic service which they offer and which has led to us meeting a lot of new students and friends. I would also like to thank Julian and the team for all of their help recently, it is lovely to receive such a caring and personal support when it is needed which you don’t get from other companies.”
Ellie Parr, Manager
Penny Price Aromatherapy

“I have been advertising for my Perineal Trauma course via the Underoak website which is free for NHS Medical courses and have been getting a good response from applicants. Thanks - we are very pleased with your service.”
Remon Keriakos, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Sheffield NHS Teaching Hospitals

“We are delighted with the enquiries that we have received - 4 out of 6 have booked on our courses.”
Chrissie Deluce, Marketing

“I would not hesitate to recommend Underoak for any medical organisation looking to advertise their courses. Their system is straightforward to use and we have reached a new audience via their service.”
Karina Dixon, Events Office
National Heart and Lung Institute

“Yes - everything coming through great thanks. Yes, brilliant thanks. I highly recommend Underoak as a great way of sourcing new training business.”
Matt Drought, Director
Natural Training

“We are very pleased with the website and we seem to get quite a lot of business through it.”
Corinna Kamp, Training Administrator
STS Solutions

“Great service from Underoak they deliver what they say they will...”
Jeff Boot, Director
Goldtrowel

“Management Forum are very pleased with the feedback and interest they have got from the website.”
Leigh White, Marketing Assistant
Management Forum

“I have been very impressed by the quality of the leads that I have received through the Underoak site. 80% of them have led to bookings.”
John Steel, Director

“We have had many referrals via the Underoak website. The system is easy to use and I would recommend them to any organisation hoping to broaden their client base.”
Rosy Atkinson, Course Organiser
The Symposium Office, Imperial College, London

“We very much like your new system and the enquiries that come from you I am sure will lead to new business.”
Lucy Fox
LGG Local Government Group

“Thank you for forwarding enquiries, this has helped us and course administrators contact students as soon as possible.”
Marilyn Tinsley, Course Administration
Trent RDSU Research and Development Support Unit

“I am extremely happy with your services...”
Dr Shara Cohen, Managing Director
EuroSciCon

“I am very pleased with your service, and thank you...”
Susan Findlay, Director/Senior Lecturer
North London School of Sports Massage

“We have gained students for our courses who may not otherwise have found the information about us. We get a steady trickle of enquiries which has generated new interest and good income.”
Denise Tiron, Director
Expectancy

“We have been advertising our courses on Underoak over the past 2 years and found it to be excellent value. We receive lots of requests from people who visit the site and have found that it's really easy to use. They have been very helpful.”
Elizabeth Edgar, Regional Development Manager
Royal Coll of Psychiatrists College Education and Training Centre

“We want to let you know how much we have appreciated being included in this partnership, and to let you know that we have had some really positive benefits from it by way of new customers. This is a super service that swiftly connects us with potential new customers, and enhances our potential for converting enquiries to sales through that swift response.”
Ann Parr, Business Development Manager
Age Concern Training