Student Success
Student Success
We’ve helped over 8000 accounting and bookkeeping students to boost their career, add skills to their CV, and launch their own bookkeeping practice…
How Katie enhanced her career through distance learning
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After completing her AAT Level 2 & 3 Accounting courses, Katie discusses the trials and tribulations that she faced, and overcame, leading to a rewarding career in accounting. |
How Alex went from illustrator and artist to finance assistant
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After completing her AAT Level 2 bookkeeping qualification Alex discusses how she secured her new career and achieved a better work life balance |
How Peter went from banking to bookkeeping
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Newly qualified bookkeeper Peter Knowles discusses how he achieved his ICB qualifications through remote learning with Training Link |
Niall Dewson – Niall Dewson Bookkeeping Services
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Niall had to re-evaluate his career after his wife became ill, so he turned his dream of running his own business into a reality. |
How Stephanie founded ‘Happy Balance Bookkeeping’
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Stephanie started her learning journey just as Covid took hold, but that didn’t stop her from pursuing her dreams of setting up her own bookkeeping business |
How Siobhan scored an ICB Student of the Year nomination
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Siobhan didn’t have as much time to devote to her studies as some. But that didn’t stop her from achieving outstanding results and getting a nomination for ICB Student of the Year |
How Hannah gatecrashed the top 1% of AAT students
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Hannah smashed through levels 2, 3, and 4 with Distinctions at each level, and her hard work earned a shortlisting for PQ of the Year at the PQ Magazine Awards. |
Christine Aplin – Caplin Bookkeeping
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Christine wanted to leave the Corporate Banking world behind and start her own bookkeeping practice. After 12 exam distinctions and an award for ICB Student of the Year, she did exactly that. |
Jo Querelle – JQ Business Services
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Jo Querelle studied our ICB courses. She juggled part-time work, and family commitments with her studies. She now has her own bookkeeping practice in Warwickshire. |
Michael Smith – Greensand Bookkeeping Limited
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Michael wanted to follow his heart and run his own business, helping others with their accounts. So he enrolled on our ICB Complete Package, and started Greensand Bookkeeping in 2018. |
Jaye Snell AICB PM. Dip – Exe Bookkeeping and Payroll Services
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Jaye’s dream was to become a self-employed bookkeeper. Her studies with Training Link helped her have the confidence to apply for her practice licence and start her own business. |
George Tampakas – AAT 2, 3, 4 Qualified In Just 11 Months
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George Tampakas had no prior accounting experience, but was determined to gain all three AAT accounting qualifications in just a year. And thanks to his hard work and determination- he did exactly that! |
Elizabeth Carter – ICB Student of the Year 2020
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From fuel engineer, to teacher, and now self-employed bookkeeper. Elizabeth’s journey to becoming a qualified bookkeeper also saw her crowned ICB Student of the Year at the 2020 ICB Luca Awards. |
Celia Ann Merrill – Inkwells Office Solutions
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After thirty years into a nursing career, Celia took a break and started doing the books for her husband’s procurement business. She studied our ICB courses. |
Lily Paterson – Shed Accounts
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Lily left school and wanted to go straight into the world of work. She found that bookkeeping was the right fit for her and started studying our ICB Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping. |
Dave Shannon – Drive Ahead Bookkeeping
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Dave owns his own Driving School but wanted to change career. 12 months of studying set him in the fast-lane to starting his own bookkeeping practice… |
Joanne Crompton
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Joanne was working as a bookkeeper and payroll clerk and she wanted to fill in the gaps in her knowledge. She wanted a course that could fit around her busy life so she gave Training Link a call… |
Edyta Czapla MICB PM.Dip – Heron Bookkeeping
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Edyta’s story of hard work, determination and perseverance is an inspiring one. As she worked 5 nights a week, a traditional local college was not an option. So she turned to Training Link… |
Jake Richardson
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16 year old Jake Richardson completed his Level 2 ICB studies in 2018 with Training Link, earning a Distinction with Honours (98%, 97% and 100% for B1, B2 and B3 respectively). |
Sue Bruland AICB – Open Counting House Ltd
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From working as a chef in top London hotels, to starting and eventually selling an engineering firm. Sue then decided to start her own business as a bookkeeper. But first she’d need to study for her ICB qualifications. |
Julie Allison – Your Bookkeeping Solution
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Julie started with our Introduction to Bookkeeping course. Now, she has completed several of our ICB qualifications and has her own bookkeeping practice. |
Allison Slater – Slater Jones Bookkeeping
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After signing up to a free trial, Allison Jones quickly realised Training Link were the perfect match. She achieved distinctions on the level 2 and 3 qualifications and now has her own business. |
Nicola Payne – The Bookkeeping Hub Ltd
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The Training Link method gave Nicola the freedom to study alongside her role as a single mum and working part-time as a personal assistant. |
Claire Adams – Paper Trail Bookkeeping
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Claire wanted to work for herself, on her own terms and doing the hours she wanted. After successfully passing her ICB exams in 2016 she started Paper Trail Bookkeeping. |
Charmian Heys – Now Bookkeeping Ltd
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Charmian gained her ICB Practice Licence and started her own bookkeeping business after studying her ICB qualifications with Training Link. |
Helen Carby BSc AICB – The Dentdale Bookkeeping Company
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After several years as a physiotherapist, then gym instructor, and travelling all over the world, Helen decided to change career. She started studying bookkeeping with us and now has her own practice. |
Employed Bookkeeper of the Year – Adeolu Omosanya FICB
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After successfully studying our ICB courses, Adeolu was named ‘Employed Bookkeeper of the Year’ at the ICB Luca Awards. We caught up with him to ask him about this journey. |
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