SGI Reports an Increase in Foreign Languages Sales Directly Linked to the Recession

LONDON - Despite the current poor state of the economy, Saint George International (SGI), the language training specialists, have announced a marked increase in the number of foreign language course sales throughout the UK in the first 2 quarters of the year.

The school’s marketing team has concluded that this surge of activity is in fact a direct result of the economic crisis. Many professional people, recently made redundant, are turning to language study as they increasingly seek an edge in their job search or look for a career change as they find themselves dealing with an extremely competitive and saturated job market.

To underline this later point, Britain reached a bleak milestone in May this year, as figures showed the number of workers now unemployed passed 2.4 million, the highest it has been since 1995. Indeed, a recent report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel And Development suggests the jobs market will continue to shrink over the next three months, with both private and public sector chiefs planning to lay off many more people than they hire.

Improving language skills, or indeed learning a new language, is obviously one clear route open to people wanting to make themselves more employable, particularly given the international nature of companies and commercial activity these days. Employers are now particularly keen to hire people who speak more than one language and, given the current job market, having good language skills can make all the difference.

Max Loach, School Director of Saint George International comments: “Since the beginning of this year we’ve seen a very healthy increase in the number of people attending our foreign language courses throughout the UK, particularly those learning French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian and Chinese, but other languages as well.”

“This has also covered all types of language study, General, business and academic. feedback from students suggests that this situation is a direct result of the economic downturn as a good number of them have recently lost their jobs or are concerned about losing their jobs and so are taking the opportunity to improve their language skills or possibly taking the plunge to learn a new language. I do feel that learning a new language is a real positive investment in one’s future at anytime but especially during a time of crisis like the one we’re in now.”

Find out more about all the quality SGI Foreign Languages programmes at:

www.stgeorges.co.uk/foreign-languages or visit:

www.stgeorges.co.uk/

For sales enquiries at Saint George International (tel): +44(0)207-2991702

Notes to the Editor:

St. George International is an internationally recognised language training school based in London that offers a range of English courses (www.stgeorges.co.uk/english-courses/) in London, and a selection of foreign language courses (www.stgeorges.co.uk/) throughout the UK. SGI has 47 years of English language teaching to students as well as 17 years of training people to teach English to students from all over the world.

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Saint George International 79-80 Margaret Street London W1W 8TA England Tel : +44(0)20-7299-1700 Fax : +44(0)20-7299-1711

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Contact: Saint George International, 79-80 Margaret Street, London W1W 8TA, England, Tel : +44(0)20-7299-1700, Fax : +44(0)20-7299-1711