Midland Training & Mediation

Midland Business Training is run by Melanie Guing and Emily Hurst as a registered partnership, offering training in Business Skills, Accounts, Payroll, Personal Development, Business Management and Leadership Skills.

At Midland Training our mission is to provide valuable, beneficial & authentic training in a professional and inclusive way.

Melanie Guing

Melanie is an inspirational trainer and speaker. Her high energy and interactive training sessions inspire individuals to self belief and ultimately success. Since 1997, she has helped business people realise more of their potential. With a strong background in finance as an Accountant Technician and an IITD trainer, she is an owner of her own successful business, and has a true understanding of the issues facing business people today. Melanie delivers training sessions and workshops in her own motivational, dynamic and fresh style, with lasting impact on her participants. She has developed and led a series of Management Development Programmes, including a highly acclaimed presentation and leadership programme.

She has, in current years, trained as a Facilitator and is an accredited Mediator with Practitioner Status through the Mediators Institute of Ireland and holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Intervention and Mediation from NUI Maynooth and a Higher Diploma in Social Studies. Her ability to keep it simple and get people to think their way to success has added value to those who participate in her training programmes. Melanie’s techniques and unique approach enable people to transform their way of thinking and develop what they need to become Leaders in every aspect of their lives
Over the last 15 years, Melanie has delivered training at various levels in communication skills, presentation skills, train the trainer, assertive skills, time management, conflict resolution, developing leadership skills and tailored soft skills programmes. She mixes these soft skills with programmes such as Start Your Own Business, Cash flow & Credit Control, Work Life Balance, Conflict Intervention, and even Marketing.

Emily Hurst

Emily is an Accountant by qualification but a trainer by vocation. In 2002, she graduated from Dundalk Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting & Finance. Following this she entered into practice accounting while pursuing an ACCA Professional Accounting Qualification. In 2004 she moved from practice into industry and accounting at a business management level, and to date still works in this area; now however on a part-time basis. From 2004 she has also worked as a subcontractor to Midland Training firstly in the accounts area and in later years in assisting Melanie developing training programmes. The decision was made in 2010 to join Midland Training as a trainer.

Throughout her career to date Emily has trained individuals in all aspects of accounts and business. She has been a personal tutor to Second & Third Level students from 2003, helping students to reach their full potential. In 2010, Emily completed the FETAC Level 6 Train the Trainer in order to pursue her vocation for training further. Following on from this she has been fortunate to have delivered a number of FETAC modules in Accounts and Payroll, and also a module of ICM Certificate in Accounting & Finance.

Emily’s love of training shines through in all of her training courses. She has a unique enthusiasm that is infectious and uplifting. Her trainees feel empowered and energised at the end of the training session.