LPR – La Palette Rouge was founded in France in 1992 and specialises in the management and rental of pallets for food manufacturers and European distributors. With over 30 years’ experience and a unique personalised approach, LPR is now the European expert in pallet pooling.

Driving efficiency by providing reusable solutions. In line with their mission, they constantly strive to provide solutions for the sustainability challenges their clients are facing. So, they keep driving efficiency, but always in the most sustainable way.

Their tireless pursuit of innovating sustainable supply chains contributes to circularity. It enables sustainable logistics to become future proof and reduce impact on a daily basis.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

LPR strive to offer development for their employees to help build on existing skills and develop and nurture new ones. Here at JPL, we have been multiple times onsite at LPR to carry out Excel training at varying levels for staff. The courses have helped increase and improve confidence in using Excel for daily jobs as well as building up skills to enable staff to tackle Excel tasks that they might come across in the future. For everyone who attended a course with us, we strived to help ensure attendees left the course equipped with the skills to use Excel to its full potential while hopefully also enjoying the day course too!

Quote from Amy Richards, HR Manager:

“Just wanted to say a big thank you for the brilliant Excel training you provided to our team. Your engaging sessions and practical examples really helped us level up our Excel game!

We appreciate the time and effort you put into customising the training to meet our needs. Your passion for Excel and your patience in guiding us through the various functions and features did not go unnoticed.

Thanks to you, I think all that participated are feeling more confident and ready to tackle any Excel task that comes their way. We’re grateful for your expertise and support.”

For more on the Microsoft Excel training courses we carried out for LPR, view our agendas here.

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Brusco Food Group aspire to set the benchmark for quality, service and integrity so their customers can buy with confidence. Furthermore, they work hard to be a trusted ingredients partner using their knowledge and expertise to bring value to their customers. As a team, they take pride in supplying a range of quality-assured and technically approved ingredients and menu components.

They believe in delivering great service in everything they do and proactively addressing problems if they occur, with honesty and solutions to challenges. Their continued success is a result of the passionate and dedicated team at Brusco who thrive on working together to deliver their purpose.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

Brusco work together as one team and are committed to developing the skills of their employees. Here at JPL, we have been multiple times to carry out Excel training for the staff at the Evesham site from Basic up to an Advanced level. These courses have helped provide important and necessary skills in Excel for staff who have not used it before to developing the existing Excel knowledge of staff who use it daily. For all who have attended, we have endeavoured to help improve their use of Excel to benefit them in their daily tasks and roles in the business.

Quote from Hannah Reece-Mills, HR Co-ordinator:

“John from JPL IT Training has delivered a number of courses for our team including basic, intermediate, and advanced Excel training. John’s expertise and teaching style is exceptional, his clear explanations and practical examples make even the most complex Excel functions easy to understand.

Employees engage and leave the sessions feeling confident. John also provides participants with a comprehensive information pack to take away, ensuring they can always refer back to what they’ve learned for long-term understanding.

Thanks to John, our team is more confident and efficient in using Excel. We would highly recommend JPL IT Training.”

For more on the Microsoft Office training courses we carried out for Brusco Food Group, view our agendas here.

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Baylis & Harding is a quintessentially British brand, family owned and loved by all, they specialise in luxury hand washes and gift sets to bring that every day luxury into every home.

Started off by Granny Baylis and Granny Harding, who filled everything to the brim with no half measures. Being liberal with ingredients to bring a bit of indulgence to their products and create those special moments for people.

Moving forwards the company listens to their customers and evolves the brand to match the changing needs of them and the world around them. Nurturing and developing their luxury brands to be more sustainable and environmentally conscious.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

John carried out Intermediate Excel training for the staff at Baylis and Harding on behalf of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce.

John helped increase and build on the staffs existing knowledge and use of the Excel package to help improve how Excel can be used effectively in the company.

By the end of the course, the attendees had learned ways and techniques to improve their daily use of Excel in their work.

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Rea Valley Tractors (RVT) was established over 38 years ago. It is a leading agricultural machinery dealer supplying an extensive range of new and used agricultural and horticultural machinery. This is supported by their professional and fully qualified service technicians and parts departments.

At the core of RVT are three main values: Committed to service, trust and respect and finally teamwork. These are the fundamental principles of the business that bring the company in unity, working together as a team. This enables high standard of customer service and satisfaction, forming a solid foundation to reach the company’s mission, vision and goals.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

RVT is committed to developing and upskilling all of their employees. Ensuring staff are equipped to grow within the company and are provided with the right learning tools to do their jobs with confidence. We provided Excel training to help build up their knowledge and confidence in the package. This then will help staff in their daily tasks and job roles in the company.

Quote from Chloe Bird, Group Training Co-ordinator:

“Recently, our employees were given the opportunity to develop their Excel skills, for this training we chose to use JPL Training to meet these needs.

John delivered the session in a relaxed manner. He ensured that all abilities were catered for and that people were learning at their own pace. For the employees that needed a little more time, they did not feel pressured to move on and for the employees that were a little more advanced, John demonstrated some great tips and tricks!!

The day sessions were interesting, enjoyable and well planned. We can totally recommend this course and have booked for future intermediate training and an advanced bespoke course.”

For more on the Microsoft Office training courses we carried out for Rea Valley Tractors, view our agendas here.

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Yesterday 10 of ISO QSL team members had the honour to attend an Excel training day at Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce at Severn House in Worcester.

John Legge has been an absolute dream of a trainer and made it so engaging that we didn’t even notice how the evening came! Safe to say that we now know all about Fn button (and yes, we love it) and Control + Strange Button! Most of us had a very basic knowledge of Excel and we have definitely gained an in-depth knowledge and learned a lot that we haven’t known before!

Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and John Legge, thank you so much for having us! The team is already talking about the need for Advanced Excel training!

How we help Chamber of Commerce training

JPL IT Training Limited have delivered training for the Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire for 25 years in Excel, Word and PowerPoint courses for their members. The courses can be run virtually or on site.

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Ashorne Hill are a dedicated venue for meetings, training and events in Warwickshire. They provide high quality meeting rooms, conference space and accommodation for companies seeking to take time out for training and conferencing.

This is the meeting block where we trained the staff in July 2022 and the wonderful view across the Warwickshire countryside

How we help Ashorne Hill

JPL IT Training Limited have delivered training for Ashorne Hill in Excel, Word and PowerPoint courses for their staff. The courses were small in numbers therefore allowing a maximum of time time spent with each staff member.

Comments from staff members on the courses

“John was lovely and made sure we were happy before moving on. We were comfortable asking questions.  Lucy”

“Very friendly trainer. Fun whilst learning.  Sally”

“Best part of the course – all the shortcuts and John!!”

To learn more about the Microsoft Office training courses we have carried out for Ashorne Hill, view our agendas here.

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Comments from attendees on an Basic Excel Training 2013 course run on their premises:

“Really fun & enjoyable. Best part of the course: learning new easy tricks”.

“The training was very easy to follow. Best part of the course: all of it – very explanatory”.

“thoroughly enjoyed the course, I have learnt a lot that I will be able to apply in my everyday job. Best part of the course: all of it, as it was stuff I have never done and has widened my knowledge in Excel”.

“The training was great, just about at my pace. Best part of the course: the way it was conveyed by John”.

“The delivery from John is top notch. Best part of the course: becoming most efficient at things I currently do slowly”.

“Really enjoyed it, was worried at first but really enjoyed it. Thank you! Best part of the course: John is so patient, no matter how slow you are”.

“Pitched perfectly with plenty of praise given. Best part of the course: gaining confidence in using Excel”.

– Charlotte, Nora, Laura, Ian, Ben, Penny and Heather

For more information on our Microsoft Excel Training, see here.

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Excel is definitely a really useful package, we could even say that it appears to be the most popular one to use out of the Microsoft Office packages (except maybe Outlook, as it is sometimes used as a mailing package for a business).

Excel courses continue to be the bedrock of our core business. We have developed a whole range of courses to enable staff to progress through the levels of Excel starting with Basic and going all the way up!

Here’s a summary of what’s in each Excel course:

Customer Comments

Here are some comments off staff who’ve been on our excel courses (there are lots more on our website that you can view here):

“Best part of the course: Use of F11 button. John was helpful and made everything easy to understand”.

“John as a trainer has been patient, thorough and extremely knowledgeable! Best part of the course: the speed was suitable for all levels of people in the group”.

“Very accommodating and well explained. Very patient and coherent. Best part of the course: formulas and linking workbooks”.

Hints and Tips

We also provide a blog of hints and tips which we update 1-2 times on average a month. There are a lot of Excel hints and tips on the website alongside hints and tips about the other Microsoft Office packages. Take a look here at the website to take a look.

We can also bespoke i.e. build a course specially for you from existing course material – just ask us! We can also deliver courses using your own data as well as ours. If you wish to ask about bespoke courses or any of or other courses, please email johnlegge@jplcomputer.co.uk.

We wish you every success this year and look forward to hearing from you soon!

The team at JPL IT Training Limited

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A comment from an attendee on a Basic Excel 2013 course run on their premises:

“I just wanted to say many thanks for really interesting, practical and fun training today. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and actually could have kept learning, it was really engaging. I shall be practising again this weekend – can’t wait till Monday! Surely a sign of igniting a trainees desire to learn and become competent”.

– Sue

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It seems to us that as Microsoft update their versions i.e. 2010, 2013 and 365 that the use of colour in Excel in particular is increasing. This article is meant to give you an idea of where you can make an impact in Excel using some of these new features.

Sorting

You can now sort by cell colour or font colour. Simply go to the Data tab, Sort button and add levels choosing not values to sort by but by a type of colour.

Conditional formatting

By selecting a range of cells you can apply again cell or font colour to these based upon certain criteria e.g. greater than, between, less than or even on a formula to colour code the whole row. Home Tab, Conditional formatting button allows for this and also allows Data Bars and icon sets too!

Charts

Clearly charting by nature will be colourful but did you know that in the recent versions of Excel you can chart in at least 4 different ways:

• By using the QA (Quick Analysis button) at the bottom of your selected range is quick to choose a chart which suits
• By Using Sparklines you can create a chart in a cell
• By using the ever popular F11 key
• By using Insert Recommended Charts

Pivot Charts

Again these are simple to create and with them you get a Pivot Table too! Use the Insert Tab and Pivot Charts. Try using the new Timeline and Data slicer for ease of use for filtering your data on the Pivot Chart or Table.

One last thing for you experts or lovers of Excel; we launched this summer to good feedback our new Excel Master Class Bronze course. It’s for those who’ve attended either or both of our Intermediate or Advanced courses.

If you and your colleagues are interested in any of our courses mentioned above, or even going back to our Basic Excel course, then please contact us in the usual way at johnlegge@jplcomputer.co.uk or see our web site for details.

If you liked this post, why not take a look at our previous one on data analysis in Excel?

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