issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article reads like a news release or is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . december 2013 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message kaplan financial ltd. u.k. type private industry education founded 1958 headquarters ground floor palace house 3 cathedral street london se1 9de england key people peter houillon ceo parent kaplan inc. website kaplan financial.co.uk kaplan financial ltd is a british company providing training in accountancy and financial services . it was founded in 1958 . kaplan financial is part of kaplan inc. a subsidiary of the washington post company nyse wpo . kaplan financial has more than 48 000 students a year both in the uk and overseas . it offers courses in 28 training centres throughout the uk as well as home study and online learning . kaplan financial prepares students for professional accountancy and tax exams including the aat aca acca and cima and investment qualifications such as cfa caia frm iaq specify imc and sii . kaplan financial also offers a range of postgraduate courses including mba ma and msc as well as management and personnel qualifications . contents 1 history 1.1 acquisitions 1.2 awards 1.3 knowledge bank 2 references 3 external links history edit kaplan financial ltd. borough high street building london . kaplan financial was formerly known as the financial training company then as ftc kaplan after its acquisition in february 2003 by kaplan inc. a global provider of education and training services . ftc also produced exam focussed study materials test prep and courses for the american academy of financial management aat acca and cima that were also used widely in other training institutions in the public and private sectors . these materials are now produced by kaplan publishing another company in the kaplan group . acquisitions edit major acquisitions in the last decade include 2003 uk accountancy tuition centres ltd atc provider of accountancy and professional training in the uk 1 2003 emile woolf colleges ltd. provider of cima and acca training 2 2003 at foulks lynch ltd. publisher of accountancy training materials for acca cima aat and cat syllabi 2 2003 portman college of management a newcastle based professional school offering management training programmes 3 2008 hawksmere limited a london based training and conference provider 4 2009 west of england language services limited wels an international group of english language schools located in the united states australia and the uk 5 awards edit in july 2009 kaplan financial was the first acca distance learning provider to be awarded platinum status by the acca association of chartered certified accountants . this is the highest status awarded to a tuition provider . 6 knowledge bank edit in november 2012 kaplan financial launched the kaplan financial knowledge bank a reference site providing free access to accountancy information . 7 references edit kaplan inc. s ftc acquires u.k. accountancy training company press release july 1 2003 a b kaplan s ftc acquires ... emile woolf colleges ltd and at foulks lynch ltd press release november 5 2003 kaplan inc s ftc acquires portman college of management press release november 19 2003 kaplan financial acquires hawksmere press release 13 january 2008 kaplan to acquire west of england language services press release 6 january 2009 kaplan acca distance learning now the only platinum provider kaplan financial 2009 get the knowledge pq magazine 2012 external links edit kaplan financial ltd. official website kaplan inc. official website kaplan apprenticeships website kaplan financial knowledge bank website v t e graham holdings company corporate staff donald e. graham cob & ceo kaplan inc. concord law school dublin business school kaplan financial ltd kaplan law school kaplan test prep kaplan international colleges kaplan university schweser television stations nbc affiliates kprc tv wdiv abc affiliate ksat tv cbs affiliate wkmg tv independent station wjxt the slate group foreign policy slate retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kaplan financial ltd & oldid 742136244 categories british companies established in 1958companies based in londontraining companies of the united kingdom1958 establishments in englandhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from december 2013all articles with a promotional tonearticles lacking reliable references from january 2010all articles lacking reliable 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