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A new parliamentary advisory committee launched by the Association of Professional Sales has its first working meeting today. The expert panel of leading academics, businesspeople and consultants was set up by the APS to help the Association engage with the government and devolved assemblies to promote the importance of business-to-business (B2B) selling on the UK … Read more

The Association of Professional Sales (APS) in partnership with the Association of Bid Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) is celebrating a new milestone in business development. The APS, working with APMP UK, has been approved by Ofqual, the government?s exam regulator, to be end point assessors for an apprenticeship in bid and proposal management. Bid and … Read more

Safestyle UK, the windows and doors company, has become a market leader in its campaign for professional, ethical selling. The company is the first in the home improvement sector to be awarded ethical sales business accreditation after its sales team passed the professional registration assessment established by the Association of Professional Sales (APS). Having set … Read more

The Association of Professional Sales (APS) is merging with the Institute of Sales Management (ISM) to form a single, unified membership body for the sales profession. In a momentous development for UK sales, the two bodies which have represented salespeople in the UK concluded negotiations this week. The merger will result in a new organisation, … Read more

MPs on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Professional Sales have published a major new report on the vital role that B2B selling must play in the UK?s recovery from recession. The report finds that the B2B sales sector will be key to the country?s fortunes in 2021 and beyond, helping to propel the economy out … Read more

An MP-led inquiry is warning that Britain is suffering from a shortage of salespeople and of sales expertise. Much more needs to be done to recruit and train people with strong business-to-business selling skills, to drive the economy out of the recession caused by the Covid-19 crisis, and to find new global trading opportunities outside … Read more

The Association Of Professional Sales (APS) is moving into an important new phase of its work in Asia Pacific and Japan strengthening its support for professional salespeople across the region. After three years building interest and connections, through its head office in Singapore, APS Asia has been formally incorporated as a business to provide a … Read more

In a clear commitment to ethical selling, a new cohort of salespeople at Royal Caribbean Group have won the industry-leading Investor in Sales Award. The award, conferred by the Association of Professional Sales (APS), is granted to sales teams who pass an exacting test to appear on the APS register of professional, trustworthy sellers. In … Read more

Two corporate members of the Association of Professional Sales (APS) have been named winners of the prestigious Princess Royal Training Awards 2020. Royal Mail and Brother UK were among a select group of companies to receive the award, conferred by HRH the Princess Royal for training excellence. Royal Mail was praised for its Business to … Read more

They are the pioneers of the sales profession – 15 young salespeople who have become the first to complete a new, nationally-recognised apprenticeship in sales. Their success leads the way for thousands more to follow. The fifteen, who have successfully followed the Level 4 apprenticeship for sales executives, were trained by their employers and the … Read more

MPs will tomorrow be discussing initiatives to keep the UK selling through the coronavirus crisis. Sales leaders are welcome to attend and listen in to the virtual meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Professional Sales. The evening session, on Tuesday 23 June, will be hosted by APPG chair, Mark Pawsey, the MP for … Read more

When business is tough, key allies can help you not only survive, but thrive. In today’s lunchtime webinar, hosted by the Association of Professional Sales (APS) alliance experts Peter Simoons and Anoop Nathwani explained how successful collaborations could boost business through the coronavirus crisis. Good partnerships between companies combine strengths and resources to mitigate risk … Read more