

When businesses are confronted with the kind of challenging economic climate we’re currently facing, managers could be forgiven for overlooking skills and training, and focussing solely on the bottom line. But with businesses that don’t invest in skills more than twice as likely to fail as those that do, training has never been more important. Not only do the right skills put businesses in a position to weather the economic storm, but they also make sure that they are ready to capitalise on opportunities when the economy turns the corner.




Ixion Holdings Ltd (Ixion) is a leading business-to-business solutions and skills support provider. Ixion specialises in managing and implementing government-funded projects and offers a full service for outsourced business support services to commercial bodies and organisations.


South London Export Club exists to support those who do business internationally or who are thinking of doing so.Bryan Terherne, the club chairman, is a seasoned overseas trader of many years standing and a member of the national executive of the Institute of Export.