Woodspeen Training Group plc was incorporated in November 2007 with the aim of creating a substantial UK vocational training business principally by acquiring existing businesses providing Government sponsored and / or privately funded vocational training.  The Government funded vocational training market is highly fragmented and the Directors believe this provides an opportunity for the Company to build a large and profitable business by consolidating the sector and realising the synergies that such consolidation brings.

Woodspeen Training Group plc has one principal trading subsidiary - Woodspeen Training Limited - and trades using five brands: A&R Training Services; BDTS; Christopher Paul; Futures Training Centres Limited; and S&S Training Services.

The main government sponsored vocational programmes offerred by the group are "Apprenticeships" (A&R, BDTS, FTC and S&S), "Foundation Learning" (A&R, BDTS and S&S), “Learndirect” (FTC) and “Train to Gain” (FTC).

 Woodspeen expects "Apprenticeships and "Foundation Learning" to be a major growth area in the future as the school leaving age is raised. 16-18 Apprenticeships will be an alternative to those children, at the age of 16, who do not wish to continue in formal academic education.