[HLUG] Open Advantage are back !

[Julian Robbins]

Hi

Just a quick post to say, Open Advantage openadvantage.org are back ! 
Based in Birmingham and covering the Midlands, they are an independent 
resource of Open Source experts that will help companies get the most 
out of Open Source.

They have just got more funding to continue I learnt on Friday, and will 
having a big announcement soon about the new ways they will be able to 
help small businesses.

In the past I went on a 5 day Plone course, and a 2 day PHP/MySQL course 
absolutely for free !

The restrictions to who can attend courses will be a bit tighter this 
time, but they can help companies in Objective 1 areas. Some of 
Herefordshire fits into this category including Leominster. Many of the 
smaller day or half day evnets dont have so much in the way of 
restrictions.

I believe you have to be a registered small business, but not an 
individual to get help from them. They also used to post lots of really 
useful info on their site concerning Open Source, so even if you can't 
make it Brum, or don't have a specific interest in their courses, you 
can still get help from them.

I have mentioned our LUG and they may well join us, so they can post 
about their forthcoming training and events.

Basically, our business got probably £3k worth of high quality training 
for free from them, with no strings, so its well worth watching out for 
them.

Cheers

Julian