Sale of Maxim Training

Meta Corporate Finance is pleased to announce the sale of Maxim Training to KnowledgePool, the e‑Learning, IT and business skills training company.
Maxim was founded by Chris Brand and Terry Walker who were later joined by Mark Richardson. They developed a wide range of multimedia training products for management training. Their products are delivered by training professionals who are able to provide both generic product and to customise it to client requirements.

Peter Counsell of Meta said “the management team at Maxim had created an excellent base of quality product and sought our advice on maximising its value either by further rapid product development and geographical roll out or by realisation to a global player. KnowledgePool proved the most credible purchaser and best suited Maxim’s strategic objectives.”

Chris Brand, speaking on behalf of the shareholders, said: “We are happy that KnowledgePool will drive forward our objectives for Maxim far faster than we may have been able to alone. Meta’s strategic and corporate finance advice enabled us to present our case to KnowledgePool in the best possible light and for us, as shareholders, to realise the value we all knew was embedded in our product base.”

About KnowledgePool

KnowledgePool provides information technology (IT) and business skills training to corporate customers, government agencies and IT professionals through instructor-led classes and through its e-Learning service. KnowledgePool presently has training operations in the UK, Ireland, France, Finland and Portugal and a joint venture company with Fujitsu in the USA - KnowledgePool Inc.

KnowledgePool was named the UK Training Company of the Year 1999 by Computing magazine. The company’s clients include organisations from the retail; financial services; pharmaceutical; chemical and technology industries together with government departments. KnowledgePool has strategic relationships with partners such as Microsoft, NETg and the British Computer Society.

The company is part of the KnowledgePool consortium, the other consortium members being the Fujitsu group’s IT training businesses. Founded in 1994, the consortium is a provider of IT training services with operations in Europe, Asia and North America. KnowledgePool is a subsidiary of ICL, the e-Business IT services company

About Maxim Training

Brighton based Maxim Training, is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of CD-ROM and on-line multimedia for the corporate training market. Maxim develops customised and generic off-the-shelf solutions. Customised solutions meet specific client needs and off-the-shelf training programmes teach a wide range of key management skills.

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