Better Tuition is celebrating!

Better Tuition is celebrating five fantastic years of tuition on the corner of Crofts Bank and Flixton Rd this week and we would like to offer our sincere thanks to the people of Urmston and Stretford for their kind support and custom.

Five years ago, as the economy began its awkward lurch towards recession, we stood at the foot of a mountain so tall we could barely see the summit.  We had decided to start our own business and after many months of preparation (lease negotiations, planning permission, decorating our new premises inside and out) we opened the doors of our new tuition centre (initially under a different name, history buffs).

We both arrived nice and early in order to deal with our expected inundation of telephone calls.  We sat at the desk, facing each other, and waited.  After ninety minutes the phone rang: it was someone looking for the golf shop.  They had dialed incorrectly and  seemed to view our proffered SATs booster lessons as a poor substitute for a forged iron.

It was a slow day: we didn’t have any customers so there weren’t any lessons to plan.  All the pencils were new so didn’t need sharpening.  Facebook had barely been invented and Twitter was just a twinkle in a programmer’s eye.  To be quite honest, it was a slow year: 2008 was not a good year to be starting a business.  The back of our sofa was frequently searched for loose change/ mortgage payments over the months that followed.

Things sped up over time (about two years) and, missing out a lot of stuff that would frankly bore you, today we are celebrating five years of tuition on the corner of Crofts Bank Rd with close to 120 customers.  We couldn’t have achieved this without the support of the people of Stretford and Urmston, to whom we owe an enthusiastic vote of thanks.

Few things could ever beat the satisfaction of helping a child conquer maths demons, pass an important exam or develop simple literacy skills. For us it is also so important that we are able to employ local people so that the money Better Tuition makes stays in the local community. We make a point of spending our money in small, local businesses and we love knowing that we are part of the community.

Five years ago we stood at the foot of a mountainous learning curve while the country’s economy teetered on the brink of a precipice. Better Tuition could not have survived without the loyalty of our customers. We hope to repay you with many more years of dedicated service.