Posted By JayJay Hi John ! You didnt mention what type of training ??

Posted By Anwar Afzal Hi John Sorry i dont have anything in Edinburgh but i do have something do the road a bit. its a very nice venue with all mod cons etc and can be for a small function of 10 -20 or a large function of around 500 but as i said its down the road in Birmingham. West Midlands.

Posted By Ian H John You could try laterooms.com or www.mwbex.com They may be able to help. Ian

Posted By steve e ashton John In the past I have organised single-day events at a number of locations in and around Edinburgh. Not sure whether any could support full week events, but you might try 1 The City Council for Woodhall house (I think its called - it's the Council training centre in the Craiglockhart area) 2 Any of the larger peripheral hotels - most of which are only too happy to fill their spaces - try Norton House (Ingliston) or Houston House (Broxburn) or the airport Hilton which I have used in the past. Can't recommend any from recent experience, but they were all good about eight years back. Don't know their current rates. 3 Alternatively, consider approaching any of the universities - if you can schedule your courses to avoid term times, again, you will find they are usually glad to get your business, and they may be some way cheaper than the hotels... Good luck Steve

Posted By John Watson Saf I have to completely disagree regarding my posting. Hereunder is the dictionary definition of an advert: advertisement n : a public promotion of some product or service Tell me which bit of my post is a “public promotion” of a course. I have not mentioned our company, nor where exactly the courses MAY be (the last time I looked Edinburgh was a big place), nor any pricing nor any dates….for goodness sake until asked I did not even mention the course type? Need I go on? I asked for, and received, some useful information regarding venues, and thank you to those who responded. For those that saw this post as an advert, then I can only appologise, it certainly was not and is not my intention. If we are going to get this touchy then frankly we may as well close the forums, and this would be a shame. John

Posted By GJB John, I am sure SAF was not 'having a go' at you directly, but their are rules for forum users and there are rules that are made up by 'representatives' of a certain organisation of which we are apparently 'the voice'?? I cannot divulge more at this time on the forum, but am happy to discuss 'offline' I also have a contact that may be able to help. Regards.

Posted By SAF Please don't take it personally that wasn't my intention John but there does seem to be some confusion. Surely by announcing that you are holding a course and looking for a venue, on a public forum is not a promotion of your service? Could I not do the same by saying that I need HS staff within my region salary range 25-30K, please advise. Also people have responded offering solutions, isn't that a promotion of a product or service. So to the 'powers that be', an answer please. Note, Still no response to my first posting

Posted By Hazel Harvey SAF, I think you will see that John didn't even mention a course in his initial posting, he merely asked for advise on sourcing a venue in the Edinburgh area, this could have been for any sort of activity. It was only after someone asked him what sort of course that any mention of this was made. This is the sort of advice that is given between members in all the avalable networking opportunities and as such is not advertising. Had John stated he was running a course on a particular date on a particular subject this would have been advertising and would have been removed. Hazel Harvey Director of Professional Affairs