Im useless at trying to find companies online can you find this one??!!!?

Question

ive just had a call to attend an interview for a job i applied for problem is i cant remember applying, i know the job is a call centre job but i cant find any info about the company?

its called LVG and they are based on the 4th floor of the cotton exchange building in liverpool !! does anyone know of it? or a website that shows info on it?

its so i can be prepared for my interview monday haha

thanks

xx

Answer 1

LVG Ltd seem to have a call centre in the Liverpool Corn Exchange...They're a Driving Instructor College

http://www.theinstructorcollege.co.uk/

The company that was to become LVG was founded in 1993 and traded out of a room in the old London Airport at Croydon.

David Little, co-founder with Nick Buckingham, says: "At first, it was two people, two cars and one office in Airport House."

Initially, the company was a traditional driving school - Airport Driving School - built on Little and Buckingham's experience in the field, but it soon became clear to them that there was an absence in the industry of an independent organisation training driving instructors. While the big driving schools ran their own tuition programmes for the people who work in their branded cars, no substantial company was offering the service as a stand-alone product.

Little and Buckingham decided to address the issue by establishing The Instructor College (TIC) out of their premises in Croydon. Less than three years later, the success of that operation encouraged them to open a second college in Harrow, north London, in 1996 followed by a third in Gateshead a year later.

The Gateshead business was a major step forward for the company as it entailed managing an operation at the other end of England from the two initial sites in the London area. That meant Little and Buckingham had to rapidly learn the skills of managing from a distance, but, having done so, it opened the door to The Instructor College becoming a truly national operation.

In tandem with the growth of TIC, the next step in the group's development was the amalgamation with accountancy operation FBTC. FBTC was run by Grahame Bellingham, a friend and former colleague of Little and Buckingham. By chance, Little and Buckingham and Bellingham independently moved into the same office building in Lansdowne Place, Brighton, in 1997. At that time, FBTC was specialising in tax advice to self-employed driving instructors and Bellingham was also supervising accountancy for Little and Buckingham's business. Quickly, the three men decided to follow the logic of their commercial and physical proximity and cement the business relationship under one roof. Mindful of where that roof was, they called the new joint operation Lansdowne Venture Group (LVG) Limited. Now the company has moved from Lansdowne Place, it is simply known as LVG Limited.

The next operation to be brought into the LVG fold was industry publication Driving School News. The magazine was a successful trade paper and, as a significant player in the business, LVG had a strong relationship with it. When the previous owner decided to sell, LVG was delighted to take over the reins and re-launch the magazine as adiNEWS, now the leading publication in the industry.

LVG also established Professional Driving Instructor Aids (PDIA), which makes and markets the in-car tools used by driving instructors, before coming full circle in 2004 with its commitment to a driving school: Red Driving School.

"We always had the idea of having a driving school," says Little, "because, after all, that's what Airport Driving School was founded as. The idea remained with us until the right moment arrived."

When that right moment came, Red was launched with a strong image - striking black cars in a red livery - and the full range of marketing and support services behind it. LVG's regional managers ensure that all operators of Red cars receive comprehensive advice and guidance on all aspects of their trade, from training to tax, and the company's marketing departments and call centres ensure new clients continue to be attracted to the company.

LVG's current portfolio was completed with the acquisition of a second driving school, LetsDrive Limited, in December 2004. The company was bought from administrators as a going concern, along with its sister company, LetsDrive Training and Development Limited, which is a driving instructor training operation. All staff were retained.

LVG now operates Red Driving School/TIC and The Instructor College Direct as separate brands. The operations dovetail well as The Instructor College Direct runs purely in-car training while The Instructor College is based in bricks-and-mortar colleges.

Of the philosophy behind LVG's achievements, David Little - co-founder of the group - says: "A key to success and growth is not so much getting it wrong and learning from your mistakes but, rather, accepting from the outset that you are not experienced in every aspect of business and then to bring in the people who do know and listen to their advice.

"The whole thing is then geared around succeeding, and helping people to succeed, rather than just setting them targets and berating them when they fail to meet those targets."

Answer 2

do you know the full name of the company?

Answer 3

Liverpool Victoria Group?

Answer 4

Business rent office space here.  They are mainly insurance companies.

A type of LVG in google is also coming up with a driving school.