Stay away from this company and Brian Foote in Swindon. He is the greediest old man I have ever seen. He was all about the cha-ching! Every lesson felt like a money-making marathon. We were stuck doing the same maneuvers over and over, and I swear, he invented new reasons to keep me on the road longer. It was like learning to drive took a back seat to his bank account. After a whopping 40 hours of lessons, he drops the bomb: "Cancel your test and I am not going to take you to the test centre." He showed me some statistics that at my age (36) it would be a miracle to pass the exam after 40 hours of lesson and it would destroy his pass rate and he might lose his instruction certificate! I cancelled the test and booked another one. Just to add a sprinkle of frustration, he decides to not take me to the test center only 30 minutes before the test, after a mind-boggling 60 hours of lessons. He was trying to convince me to take more lessons because there is a tiny distance to being a perfect driver. I contacted BSM and requested to change the instructor. HAVE NOT HEARED FROM THEM. So, I started looking for a new private instructor. I took a couple of lessons with the new guy because I needed to get comfortable with new car. The new instructor was surprised that I hadn’t taken a test after 60 hours of lesson yet. He told me that like every other business there are such people and he also mentioned about bad reputation of BSM in this business and it is all about money. BTW, I passed my test in the first try with only 3 minors.