Released on: November 11, 2011, 6:37 pm
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Payday Express
Industry: Financial
Workers at a Bromley-based finance company are benefiting from top-flight training and development designed to equip them for long-term careers in this growing sector.
Payday Express, a British provider of short-term finance solutions, is seeing positive results from its focus on staff development, with a motivated and effective team of employees.
Staff at the company based in Bromley, Kent enjoy a full, ongoing training and development programme within their different teams, and are given encouragement by their team leaders and managers to identify and pursue opportunities for external training in specific job-related disciplines which will help them develop their careers.
Ann Shepperly, for example, started work at Payday Express as a collections agent. However, a secondment within the company to carry out User Acceptance Testing (UAT) on its new Loan Management System showed her that she had an affinity for and valuable skills to offer as a software tester.
She has now taken on a role within the company's IT department as a QA test analyst, and is undertaking further training, with full company support, to help her to learn the extra skills her new role demands.
Another Payday Express staff member whose ambition has led to her gaining a new role, is Ann's former collections department colleague, Militza Smith. Now working in the company's fraud protection and liaison department, studying on a financial crime awareness course was the key to her gaining the confidence needed for her new role.
"Completing the course while still relatively new to the job was a great experience," she said. "I was experiencing some of the situations I was learning about, and I tried to incorporate the solutions into my daily work. "The course was a fantastic start on a career path that I had not even previously considered. It has broadened my horizons and taught me to think outside the box," Militza added.
Emma Furlong, group trainer for Payday Express, believes that the company's
commitment to its workforce's continual development keeps staff motivated and
productive, and benefits not only them, but also the company and its customers. "We
aim to offer a variety of internal training courses, and arrange external courses
for specific skills, so that our staff challenge themselves, broaden their skill
sets, and grow within their chosen careers," she said.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
About Payday Express
Payday Express is one of the UK’s leading payday advance loans specialists, and it
offers an online service to help employed people across the country get access to no fax payday loans. The company is committed to responsible lending and provides customers
with a discreet, simple and reliable service that will cover their short-term credit
needs.
For further information: Please contact Ashleigh Slade
Email: enquiries@paydayexpress.co.uk
Website: http://www.paydayexpress.co.uk
Telephone: 0800 652 4661
4th Floor Northside House
69 Tweedy Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 3WA