In early 2019, our Head of Learning - Lawrence White was enjoying life to the full.  As a 52-year-old he enjoyed keeping fit, was still an active if somewhat slower rugby player and he played cricket for his local team in the summer months.  He had just taken up road...

Everyone's experience of working from home has been different After weeks of working from home, many employees have now found their flow and established routines that suit them well. Consequently, they have been able to both heighten their productivity and achieve a...

The last twelve months have naturally seen a huge rise in the use of virtual learning solutions. Having already adopted a blended model before Covid-19 hit, we were in a better position than most to make a successful break away from the classroom. That said, we have...

As we approach our twenty-five years in business, I wanted to examine the reasons as to why I have spent those years doing what I do and enjoying it (mostly!) I want to start by examining the "why". Whilst we were undoubtedly naïve and overly optimistic in the early...

The Start Phoenix Training and Development has been running for almost twenty-five years. The first 'paid for' training course - and I wouldn't describe it any other way - that we delivered was on October 5th 1995 and that has always been the day we recognise as our...