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Lifelong friends and owners of global training provider Nine Dots Development<\/a> are celebrating their 10th year in business after hitting the \u00a32 million sales mark for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set up by Jordan Burke and James Davison, who have been friends since they met at nursery aged one, Derby-based Nine Dots delivers apprenticeships, fast-track leadership courses and bespoke development programmes to companies worldwide, including BAE Systems, Fred Perry, Scania and Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jordan and James credit their hard-working team for successfully harnessing the growing demand for leadership and management training, HR training and apprenticeships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nine Dots team of 25 staff and 50-strong consultant network help companies upskill their employees so they can become effective managers and leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James said: \u201cOur courses have been transformative for thousands of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we look back to why we started, this feels like an incredible achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn our first year we turned over \u00a373,000 and in the early years we were seeing 75% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re so proud of our growth and it\u2019s testament to the hard work of every single member of the Nine Dots family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine Dots was formed after James experienced first hand how damaging a lack of management training can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having started his career firstly for a food delivery chain and then as a talented software engineer, he found himself promoted while not being provided with support and training in how to manage a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThat experience I had as a young employee turned me from a productive and happy worker to someone who was disillusioned and wanted to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo many people perform well at a job and get promoted, only to find that management is a completely different skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually not one that a lot of people have naturally. There\u2019s a lot of bad management around because people manage in a way that suits them and doesn\u2019t necessarily work for the business. At Nine Dots we aim to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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While James was struggling, Jordan was employed in a commercial role within the training sector and spotted gaps in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They merged their skills to form Nine Dots \u2013 and they have not looked back since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan said: \u201cWe were determined that Nine Dots would help people and businesses to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to deliver training that turned work days, which can feel like swimming through treacle for people without the right support, to productive days driving commercial and personal success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have seen first-hand what a lack of training can cause and also, happily, what the right training can achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are beyond proud of our growth and look forward to seeing what the next 10 years will bring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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