Not sure really but the word is they are pretty desperate to get people through the door (as many FTO's probably are!). I received an email recently offering discount!
"Dear Candidate,
We are pleased to inform you that we are offering a new course in August 09.
Start date will be on the 17th August 09 and we have a discount only available for this course.
We have decided to offer you the August course at a new price of GBP76.000. This means a reduction of 5K, so do not miss this opportunity!!
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind Regards,
Mary Jo Sanchez
Sales and Marketing."
Incidentally I emailed them back enquiring why there was discount for the August course and they replied that it was a new course that hadn't been pre-programmed. This didn't really make a lot of sense to me, why introduce an additional course start date in these times?!
Anyone else heard anything? I would hope that FTE are commercially sound!