My daughter, Krys (in a long list of my family who ride or rode motorcycles) wants to get her UK motorcycle licence, she already has a UK car licence.
Her question was is there a cheaper but good Direct Access group around, the one her friend listed was £800; that is a lot of money, Krys needs it to get her full cycle licence.
BTW: I am in Ireland and trying to sell my house. If sold at the asking price I will have double my money. Still not enough to buy a disused shoe box in UK though.