ACET, which will now be rebranded as CES Cork, is set to be the ninth year-round centre for CES, adding to its original location in Dublin, five branches in the UK, and two in Canada. 

“We are acquiring 100% of the trading business from Joelle Coade, the ACET Managing Director. The acquisition is a very friendly deal and the importance of stability and reputation has always been top of the agenda,” Justin Quinn, CEO, CES, told The PIE News. 

“For CES it will be an excellent acquisition. ACET is an IALC – International Association of Language Centres and EAQUALS school adding to the CES quality brand.” 

Over the years, ACET has seen a lot of success. Established in 1976, the Centre was one of the founding members of Marketing English in Ireland and features 25 year-round classrooms. The institution also conducted a junior summer residential program at University College Cork. 

ACET was set up by Odile Mileu and has put learning English in Cork on the map.

The acquisition is a very friendly deal and the importance of stability and reputation has always been top of the agenda

Justin Quinn, CES

“Over the last number of years, many of the agents that we work with across the world have asked us to open a school in Cork as they want to work with CES across several locations in Ireland,” stated Quinn. 

He said a big part of the move to Cork can be attributed to CES’s plans to expand the business in another region of Ireland. 

The ACET team, which will remain in business with CES, will continue over 40 years of continuity in the EFL sector. 

Quinn, who did his degree in Cork and whose wife is from Cork, will be overseeing this exciting project, according to a statement by CES.