How's business?

I have been standing somewhat taller this week since discovering an article in the London student rating tutoring with us as the best part-time job: 5/5 for pay, 4/5 for career enhancement, 4/5 for flexibility of hours and 5/5 for fun. Ref: page 19, http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1ikox/Issue5LondonStudentN/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F102153%2FIssue-5-London-Student--Nov-16th-2009-%3Frefid%3D4384

I was buzzing with adrenaline on finding out that the company that I had put so much of my time, money and effort into had been recognised for the service that it offers. In a time where graduate unemployment is rocketing and where graduates are caught in the catch 22 of not having work experience so they can’t get work to get work experience to get work... With us, undergraduates and graduates can get work experience and can earn money befitting of their ability, whilst developing the skills of themselves and others.

The outlook seems bright; the number of our facebook fans is currently lying at 796, our twitter followers now number 232 and the number of tutor profiles on the site just hit 170. Not bad figures for about six weeks of trading.

We have a need for more tutors with enhanced CRB checks and so from now until Christmas we are offering six months free subscription to those who come to us with an enhanced CRB check that is less than three months old from another company of to those who purchase a CRB check through us. (Currently £41.50 for those who live in Scotland and £55.60 for those who live in the rest of the UK)

As always we really value your feedback so if there is anything that you would like to share with us please just drop us an e-mail to ed@tutorlink.org.uk

Best wishes,

Ed

Director Tutorlink.org.uk Ltd

Tutorlink.org.uk Ltd. University of Leeds Union, Lifton Place, Leeds. LS2 9JT

Registered company number: 06978456

Creating www.tutorlink.org.uk

Hi Everyone,

Now that our new website has finally launched I thought I'd give you a little insight into how we have got to where we are today. Tutorlink started in 2006 when, at a slight loose end during a long summer holiday, I spotted the gap in the market and decided to go for it. Students were working for demeaning wages and the prices of private tuition had soared to ridiculous heights.

The first tutorlink was naive to put it mildly; heavy on the paperwork and slow to connect tutors. It did however spread from London to Leeds as Leo joined the team in 2007.

In 2008 however, we decided that it was time for a re-think and a re-fresh so we shut down our operations and started planning the tutorlink of today. We fell in with some not so good developers and lost a year to them. Then early this year we found some new developers whose portfolio included work for the "dragon" Deborah Meaden and we were back on track.

After an intense development period of caffeine fueled late nights along with all the other elements to launching a company such as legal documents and marketing etc... we finally managed to launch just under a month later than intended.

As with any new site there will be a few teething issues but we hope that it will revolutionize this industry and make life a great deal simpler for both those who want to teach and those who want to learn.

We are really keen to keep you happy so if there is anything that isn't working or that you don't understand or you think we could do better please let us know at either leo@tutorlink.org.uk or ed@tutorlink.org.uk You can tell us about the good stuff too if you like ; )

Feel free to add posts to our facebook page or by this blog if you want to give any public feedback.

Good luck with your futures,

Ed

Director

Tutorlink.org.uk Limited