Trading name Get Licensed Revenue $5m+ Headquarters Houston Type of business Private | Industry Internet Number of employees 54 Founded 2007 | |
Founder Madiha Adil & Shahzad Ali Services Course Finder and Booking Website | ||
Get Licensed is the public name for Get Licensed LLC, a training course marketplace for licence-linked courses. The company was founded in London, UK and has offices in UK, India, Pakistan and USA.
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History
Madiha Adil and Shahzad Ali founded Get Licensed in 2007. After the Security Industry Authority (SIA) was introduced in 2003 in the UK, it became mandatory for people working in the security industry to obtain an SIA Licence. Ali came up with the idea when he realised how difficult it was for attendees to find a reliable and cost-effective training provider for SIA licence training. The small training suppliers lacked the right technology and digital marketing skills to plan, manage and promote their courses. Shahzad launched Get-Licensed.co.uk to make it easier for attendees to find and book training and for training providers to promote, plan and manage bookings.
Company
The company has now grown to be the largest hub of mandatory training courses in the UK and has offices in India, Pakistan, and US. Each month over 200,000 people visit Get Licensed and partner sites to find licence linked courses. The company owns several partner websites promoting mandatory training courses. Get Licensed does not provide training courses itself.
Madiha Adil, who founded the company, won Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010.
Awards
Get Licensed was recognised by the Public Service Review as the fastest growing security training booking website in Britain in 2010. Madiha Adil also won Asian Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the same year.