Building capability in retail
project management training for non-project managers

Project Management for Business Managers

Practical project management skills, tools and techniques for your business managers

Leading Change workshop for business managers

Leading Change

Skills, knowledge and best practice to enable managers to lead their people successfully through change.

Courses for retail teams

CHALLENGE your team to deliver more profit

Take a look at our highly competitive approach to getting the maximum performance from your Commercial Team.

buying and merchandising training

Essential Buying and Merchandising Skills

Explore the principles of Retail Planning, Trading and Buying.

eLearning for Retail and other customer-facing businesses

eLearning

Our customers choose us to develop eLearning content because we understand the business they are in.

Training & Development

We help people to do their jobs more effectively, offering expert-led skills training from working with a new system through to developing new managers and future leaders.

Change Management

Whatever change your business makes, it's your people who will ultimately cause it to succeed or fail. We build capability within your business to deliver sustainable change.

New Systems & Processes

Our experience with system change is unrivalled. Our Consultants' commercial backgrounds and focus on how the people, system and processes work together, is unique.
Our Consultants have commercial, retail backgrounds, many at a senior level. This, and the fact that we work with world-class retailers every day, sets us apart.
  • “We think customer service equals sales. You can’t drive sales without giving great service”
    Jean Spencer
  • "I have a wider breadth of experience since coming to First Friday because I work with best-in-class retailers on a daily basis"
    Melanie Bacon
  • "Our Client List is like a Who’s Who in Retail”
    Sue Carr

Our Clients

Leading UK retail brands choose us time and time again and we are thrilled to be expanding, both internationally and into new business sectors.

Recent clients include:

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