Shares in digital learning services provider Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM) gained more than 8% to 175p as it guided for annual revenue and earnings to be ahead of market expectations following a pandemic-led rise in demand for digital learning and talent management.In a full year trading update, Learning Technologies said revenue would total not not less than £131 million, up from £130.1 milli

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Some firms don't like to be dubbed 'buy-and-build' but Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM) chief executive officer (CEO) Jonathan Satchell says his firm is 'unashamedly so'. The digital training company's February 2017 acquisition of e-learning software firm NetDimensions is the latest in a long line of acquisitions. At £53.6m it's also the biggest to date.NetDimensions caught the eye of Shares a lo

Increasingly large and complex contract implementations are driving contract values higher for niche high consequence industries learning management systems (LMS) supplier NetDimensions (NETD:AIM).The average first year contract value for new business jumped 98% in 2015 to $210,000. Added to efficiency savings (using resellers in China, closing two offices) there is every chance that the company w

'It's all about high consequence industries,' says Matthew Chaloner. This appears to be a bit of a NetDimensions (NETD:AIM) mantra, the company's chief financial officer uses the term half a dozen times or more during our chat. His company is a Hong Kong-based talent management and training software specialist that's been around since first setting up shop in 1999 and it has enjoyed quite a rise i

Giant US human resources (HR) technology company Workday (WDAY:NYSE) is launching head first into the learning management services (LMS) space, a move that could raise awareness of UK-quoted specialist NetDimensions (NETD:AIM).The Wall Street-quoted Americans made the announcement on 29 September, introducing Workday Learning, the company's new solution for LMS, career development, video content s

London markets make steady progress higher on early trade on Friday, apparently supplying an upbeat end to a mixed week for UK equities. Investors are likely to remain poised ahead of inevitable news likely from today's meeting of Eurozone finance ministers. The FTSE 100 index adds 40-odd points, or 0.6%, to 7,094, although midcap gains appear capped by a mixed bag of corporate news on Friday, the

Analysts believe there remains a largely untapped opportunity for NetDimensions (NETD:AIM) to sell more items to existing clients. Success would see analysts upgrade their earnings forecasts, in turn acting as a catalyst to push up the share price.The Hong Kong-based talent management software specialist has close to a 450 installed client base. While all are signed up to the company's Learning Ma