Kaplan Financial Ltd

Kaplan Financial was formerly known as the Financial Training Company, then as FTC Kaplan after its acquisition in February 2003 by Kaplan, Inc., a global provider of education and training services. FTC also produced exam-focussed study materials, test prep and courses for the American Academy of Financial Management, AAT, ACCA and CIMA that were also used widely in other training institutions in the public and private sectors. These materials are now produced by Kaplan Publishing, another company in the Kaplan group.

Acquisitions

Major acquisitions in the last decade include:

2003—UK Accountancy Tuition Centres Ltd (ATC), provider of accountancy and professional training in the UK

2003—Emile Woolf Colleges Ltd., provider of CIMA and ACCA training

2003—AT Foulks Lynch Ltd., publisher of accountancy training materials for ACCA, CIMA, AAT and CAT syllabi

2003—Portman College of Management, a Newcastle-based professional school offering management training programmes

2008—Hawksmere Limited, a London-based training and conference provider

2009—West of England Language Services Limited (WELS), an international group of English language schools located in the United States, Australia, and the UK