Tutoring and coaching businesses: are you protecting your reputation?

Education is an emotive issue, with clients coming by word of mouth. For coaches, teachers and trainers, it pays to have support to counter complaints

From personal trainers to private tutors, life coaches to pottery teachers, training professionals come in many guises. Whether they teach evening classes, give language lessons over the internet or make the park their classroom, they are making a business out of their knowledge while keeping their independence.

This is a fast-growing and dynamic segment of the UK economy. Private tuition, for example, is booming in Britain, with an estimated 2.8m pupils being tutored at any one time. It is believed that 24 per cent of young learners have used a tutor over the past year, driving up the value of the UK market to £6.5bn.

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Source: Guardian