About us

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.

About Laidlaw & Constable

In today's competitive global market place, the need for skilled people has become increasingly acute as companies seek to add value within the knowledge economy.   As a company, we are committed to working with our clients to help harness and develop the personal skills of their staff.  Our aim is to encourage individuals to fulfil their potential and maximise their efficiency.

Laidlaw & Constable's Mission Statement

Our Purpose
Laidlaw & Constable Ltd is a private limited company committed to providing high value training and consultancy services to organisations within the private, public and non-profit sectors.  Our purpose is simple: it is to deliver practical, innovative training solutions and consultancy services designed to add value for our clients by helping develop one of their most important assets - their people.

Our Ethos
At Laidlaw & Constable a culture exists that encourages and promotes openness, originality and independent thought. Internally we strive to be an energetic and enthusiastic team that thrives on providing a high quality professional and flexible service.  We endeavour to find innovative ways to meet our clients' requirements and put originality before traditional thought.  We aim to work openly and honestly with all stakeholders to ensure the organisation and team work in a seamless and efficient manner - "together making it happen".

Our Vision
Our long-term vision is to:

• Raise our company profile to become a quality focused market leading provider in the training & consultancy sector.
• Create an environment, which is focused on continual improvement, engaged in evaluating and implementing best practice methods, business excellence and quality of service provision.
• Continually strive towards a culture of openness, creativity, honesty and integrity amongst all stakeholders.
• Create a professional working environment with training consultants confident to help our clients make positive lasting and substantial improvements to their company's performance.
• Build a great company that is able to attract, develop, excite and retain exceptional people.

Our Values
We will achieve our purpose by working in accordance with the following core values:

• Being Professional – we will listen to our clients and make every endeavour to understand, achieve and exceed their expectations.  We will respond immediately and will always look for ways to improve what we do.
• Being Innovative and Creative – by encouraging fresh ideas, following them through and not being afraid to try something new.
• Adopting an Open and Sharing Culture – by being open and honest with all stakeholders and adopting an open-book approach to business.  And by sharing information to create efficiency and developing effective business relationships
• Employing the Right People – by ensuring our team has the right skills and experience to say with confidence ‘we know what we’re doing’.  By a commitment to training and developing our people.

Why Laidlaw & Constable?
Our approach has been proven to work for us and more importantly our clients.  Some of our strengths are listed below.  Isn’t this what you should be looking for in a training partner?

Proven Track Record
We have been training since 1991, providing our clients with practical, innovative training and consultancy solutions.  Our clients include leading City firms, national and multi-national corporations as well as government and regulatory bodies within the public and non-profit making sectors.

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Commitment to Quality
Our superior level of quality is maintained by adhering to the Institute of IT Training's (IITT) Code of Practice and through a policy of placing TAP accredited trainers wherever possible on training projects.  We first gained the IITT’s Standard member status in February 2000 and in 2002 was awarded Gold Standard.

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Consultative & Flexible Approach
Laidlaw & Constable adopt a consultative and flexible approach when establishing and delivering a training programme. Tailored solutions are arrived at through iterative discussion.  Our recommendations take into account the environment in which you operate, your business objectives, an analysis of your training needs and, equally important, an evaluation of the most suitable training method for the requirement in question. While tailored training has long been our hallmark, the last few years has seen a response to client demand by extending the scope of our service provision to encompass a public schedule of pragmatic training interventions.

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Professional and Conscientious Staff
At Laidlaw & Constable, a culture exists that encourages and promotes openness, originality and independent thought. Internally we strive to be an energetic and enthusiastic team that thrives on providing the highest quality professional and flexible service.  So whether you are arranging an ad-hoc scheduled public course or planning a complete training programme we will always listen and provide a practical, cost effective solution to meet your particular training requirements.  We will look to find innovative ways of meeting your requirement by putting creativity before conformity. Our clients have come to expect a personal service and dealing with highly motivated people who have a stake in the future of our relationship.

Trainers
All our trainers are taught to a high standard in the skills necessary to conduct, deliver and develop training courses and programmes.  As an absolute minimum they will have two years industry experience as well as some form of ‘tertiary level’ qualification, which is IT, personal development and/or teaching related.  We employ a mix of in-house trainers and external associates which provides the ability to assign an appropriately experienced training consultant against each and every requirement.

Manageable Class Sizes
We have always encouraged our clients to focus on the quality of training and therefore advocate smaller class sizes, which we believe optimises delegates' learning experience.  Interventions can range from full one/two day sessions to multiple modular style i-Bites that can be delivered on a one-to-one or group basis throughout a day.  Ideal class sizes would normally be between six to eight attendees.

Location
Laidlaw & Constable’s Central London training facilities are situated in the very heart of London’s West End, with Regent Street and Oxford Street shopping districts right on our doorstep. The training centre is easily accessible by public transport - Oxford Circus tube station (Bakerloo, Victoria & Central Lines), Bond Street tube station (Jubilee and Circle Lines) and Regent’s Park tube station (Bakerloo Line) are all within five minutes walk. The nearest British Rail stations are Euston, Kings Cross, Marylebone and St Pancras and all are either two to three tube stops or a ten minute taxi journey away.

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Competitive Pricing
One of our main objectives is to ensure we provide maximum return on your training investment.  You will note that our pricing has been carefully considered and structured in such a way to ensure even our one-to-one training rates, whether it be public or private sessions, are amongst the most competitive in the market place.

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Job Opportunities

Laidlaw & Constable is among one of the industry's leading suppliers of IT training who hold Gold Status Accreditation with the Institute of IT Training. We deliver learning solutions to corporate, non-commercial, national and local government agencies.

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