Consulting, training, and coaching specialist to the financial services industry, Omega Performance, launches Ideas You Can Bank On -- a new business blog aimed at financial services executives and managers seeking advice on how to improve credit quality, sales and profitability, and the customer experience.

CHARLOTTE, NC (July 22, 2008) - Finding trusted, timely advice on topics like surviving and thriving in today's uncertain credit environment and delivering an outstanding customer experience has just gotten easier for financial services professionals. With the launch of its new business blog, Ideas You Can Bank On, Omega Performance has brought together the unique voices of banking experts to share advice, information, and the latest trends in the financial services industry--all aimed at helping readers improve business performance.

With posts written by financial services experts Dr. Jerry Crigger and Mark Faircloth, Ideas You Can Bank On is a lively and informative forum that will appeal to executives and managers in both commercial and consumer lines of business. Their posts will cover a wide range of topics focusing on credit and risk management issues as well as sales and customer service issues specific to the financial services industry. Comments from blog readers are welcome and will be reviewed and responded to by Crigger and Faircloth.

"Omega Performance's business blog exists not only to share the thoughts of two of the banking industry's most well-known and respected experts, but also to encourage readers to share their own thoughts and experiences through comments," said Mario Berard, Omega Performance's chief executive officer. "This is a great forum for financial services executives and managers who want to get trusted opinions on current trends in the industry and speak out about their own ideas and opinions at the same time."

Visit Ideas You Can Bank On at http://blog.omega-performance.com/.

About Omega Performance

Omega Performance has enabled more than 2,500 firms worldwide to drive and sustain improved business results. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Informa plc (INF on the London Stock Exchange), the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional and commercial business communities. Informa has over 150 offices in more than 40 countries and employs over 7,000 staff around the world. Omega Performance is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., USA, with major offices in Australia, Canada, China, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Change in today's business world is inevitable and the key to success is adaptability. Managers who spend enough time and effort on people in the organization rather than trying to make change happen to the organization will manage the process more effectively, says Omega Performance in an upcoming webcast on July 30, 2008.

CHARLOTTE, NC (July 15, 2008) - Managers who are successful at leading change understand the business drivers of a particular change, can communicate the vision that the change will bring, and can coach their people to commitment to the change so that business results are impacted positively, says Omega Performance, a leadership skills development and change management consulting firm.

Connie Hritz, senior vice president of research & development for Omega Performance, offers the following tip: "Change occurs one person at a time. Without getting individual commitment from people, organizational change efforts cannot be successful. Managers must understand that organizations change when the people in them change. If they can bring people through the change individually, they can manage the change successfully."

Omega Performance is hosting a complimentary, one-hour webcast entitled: "Leading People Through Change" to help managers implement and navigate organizational change more effectively. The webcast will be held on July 30, 2008 at 12:00 PM EDT. To learn more and to register, visit www.omega-performance.com.

About Omega Performance

Leadership skills development and change management consulting firm, Omega Performance, has enabled more than 2,500 firms worldwide to drive and sustain improved business results. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Informa plc (INF on the London Stock Exchange), the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional and commercial business communities. Informa has over 150 offices in more than 40 countries and employs over 7,000 staff around the world. Omega Performance is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., USA, with major offices in Australia, Canada, China, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Commercial lending training specialist is offering Advanced Cash Flow, a commercial credit workshop, in July to help commercial bankers become more proficient lenders by applying cash flow techniques.

SYDNEY (June 16, 2008) -- Commercial credit staff looking to improve on cash flow analysis skills necessary for reducing commercial lending risk and strengthening the quality of their loan portfolios now have a new opportunity with Omega Performance. The commercial banking training specialist is offering a one-day workshop entitled Advanced Cash Flow on 22 July 2008 in Sydney and 23 July 2008 in Melbourne.

Facilitated by Australian banking experts Jim Cassidy and Ken Gibson, the sessions will help participants structure credits that effectively address the underlying drivers of cash flow, reconcile the analysis using different approaches to cash flow, connect underlying industry characteristics and business strategies with cash flow results, and detect early warning signals from analysis of cash flow and debt service coverage. Participants will improve commercial lending skills by working through commercial credit case studies that explore specific analytical insights, requiring them to apply more rigorous cash flow techniques.

"Commercial lending staff are often challenged by complex borrowing situations that require in-depth analysis of cash flow," said Jenny Daley, Omega Performance's Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand. "In just one day, our Advanced Cash Flow workshop will give them the tools and skills they need to make sound commercial loan decisions and ensure their organisation's credit quality."

For more information and to register for Advanced Cash Flow, visit www.omega-performance.com.

About Omega Performance

Commercial banking training specialist, Omega Performance, has enabled more than 2,500 firms worldwide to drive and sustain improved business results. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Informa plc (INF on the London Stock Exchange), the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional and commercial business communities. Informa has over 150 offices in more than 40 countries and employs over 7,000 staff around the world. Omega Performance is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., USA, with major offices in Australia, Canada, China, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.