After weeks of wrangling and negotiation the company has finally splashed out and agreed that I can have the course that I originally requested. Although I can't, because I missed it, then I missed the next one so they're sending me to London for five days. It's with QA.com[/url] who are the company's named provider. Thanks to those who replied.
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