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City College’s Marcus meets Mary ‘Queen of Shops’

15 November 2011

City College Brighton and Hove Retail Trainer Marcus Pescod, the National Skills Academy for Retail ‘Trainer of the Year’ 2011, was thrilled to meet Mary Portas recently at an exclusive evening held by the National Skills Academy for Retail to celebrate the best skills shops and independent retailers. The retail guru presented Marcus with an award for the College’s success in delivering her Mary Portas Masterclasses as part of the Central South East Retail Skills Shop partnership. The series of masterclasses are an inspirational programme aimed at shop owners and managers who want to see their business succeed and flourish.

'Mary’s a huge inspiration to all retail trainers, including myself, and it was such a pleasure to meet her', says Marcus, who works as part of the College’s City Business Skills team. 'She’s really brought national attention to the importance of educating retailers to help make their shops stand out from the crowd and I was honoured to get her seal of approval for the way in which we’re delivering her masterclasses.'

Marcus Pescod and Mary Portas

Marcus Pescod and Mary Portas

Due to popular demand Marcus will be running the Mary Portas ‘Finance’ masterclass on 17th January. In addition, Marcus is able to offer a free 1 hour consultancy to local retailers. For more information on City College’s range of retail courses, please contact City Business Skills on 01273 667756 option 2 email citybusiness@ccb.ac.uk

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About City College Brighton and Hove: Situated in the heart of Brighton and praised as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in its June 2011 report, City College Brighton and Hove is an international centre of vocational excellence and one of the top performing Further Education Colleges in the country. Every year, 2,000 full-time, 7,000 part time, 400 Higher Education and 400 14-16 year old students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their place of further and higher education training. In addition, the College provides training to over 2,000 businesses via its ‘City Business Skills’ department which focuses on employer training needs. Offering over 700 courses from basic level right through to business and postgraduate training, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.