What we deliver
Our programmes
Practical, funded and built around real life. Every programme is delivered by practitioners who have done it, not just taught it.
Most programmes are fully funded through a mix of sources, so they are available at little or no cost to people and organisations who qualify.
Most popular
Pull NOT Push!
A practical, high-impact course for businesses and individuals ready to sell with confidence.
From the founder’s book, Pull NOT Push, a revolution in selling for people who hate it. Over four focused sessions you build the confidence to guide customers through their buying journey, rather than forcing them through a sales process. Delivered in small cohorts, practical and immediately usable.
Suitable for businesses and individuals ready to sell with confidence, and for Universal Credit claimants on the self-employed route through DWP, where it forms part of the six-month support package.
The customer journey and listening properly
How people make decisions, and how to follow the buying journey instead of fighting it.
Asking the right questions
Designing a discovery process that works for your business, using techniques that feel natural.
Why, what and how people buy
What you are really selling in the eyes of your buyer, and letting customers find their own way to a deal.
Persuasion and negotiation
Getting to the close without the need for objections, so closing becomes effortless.
Small cohorts, maximum 6
Commercial Foundations
For businesses ready to stop winging it and build a strategy that actually sticks.
Twelve sessions over six months, covering discovery process design, value proposition, ideal customer and pricing, routes to market, prospecting, pitching, objection handling, referrals and measurement. It finishes with a full Pull NOT Push training month to put everything into practice. Every participant graduates with a complete, working sales system they can run themselves from day one.
Suitable for SMEs and sole traders who want a complete, working sales system.
£250 + VAT per month
Accredited
Sales and AI apprenticeships
Real commercial skills with a recognised qualification.
Two Level 4 pathways: Sales Executive in the Sales Zone, and AI and Automation Practitioner in the Tech Zone. Both are delivered by practitioners inside the Hub, combining real commercial experience with an accredited qualification. Level 6 progression routes are in development for graduates ready to go further.
Suitable for organisations growing revenue through their own talent, and individuals who want a career in sales or sales and marketing support.
One of a kind
The Aspire Sales Hub
The only dedicated sales environment in the region built specifically for apprentices.
Most SMEs would like to invest in a sales apprentice, but they have no sales team, no sales manager and no infrastructure to develop one properly. The Hub solves that. Apprentices spend three days a week working, being managed and being performance mentored by experienced sales professionals, on behalf of the employers who hire them.
Suitable for SME employers hiring apprentices, and young people starting a sales career.
For employers
- Real commercial results from day one
- No internal infrastructure required, and no management expertise needed in the discipline
- Academy practitioners handle coaching, performance management and compliance
- Apprentices deliver your commercial or digital strategy
For apprentices
- A structured, fully funded route into a commercial or digital career
- Real experience in a professional environment, with expert daily coaching
- A Level 4 qualification with a clear path to permanent employment
- Stay in the community you grew up in
18 to 24 year olds
The Aspire Talent Pipeline
Train, develop and place the next generation of sales professionals.
Through government apprenticeship incentive schemes we recruit talented 18 to 24 year olds directly, train and develop them in the Hub, and bring them to employment-ready standard. When they are ready we place them with an employer partner. Employers can also keep their new hire in the Hub on an ongoing basis, which gives them professional sales management without the infrastructure cost.
Suitable for young people seeking a structured route into a sales career, and employers looking for work-ready sales talent.
Ready to take
the next step?
Whether you want to start a business, grow your career or build your sales team, we are here to help. Most programmes are fully funded for people who qualify.
