PeoplePlus explained

PeoplePlus
Foundation:2015
Location:Birmingham, United Kingdom
Industry:Training Education Recruitment
Products:Apprenticeships, Corporate Training, Recruitment, Wellbeing Solutions, E-Learning, Adult Education, Prison Education
Num Employees:1500+
Parent:Staffline Group Plc

PeoplePlus is a recruitment and training provider headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The company provides training for employability support, adult skills, apprenticeships, independent living, and prison education. PeoplePlus is owned by Staffline Group PLC.[1]

History

Staffline Group PLC, the UK's largest outsourced workforce provider, acquired PeoplePlus in 2015. The formation of PeoplePlus resulted from the merger of three companies previously owned by Staffline:[2] EOS (acquired in 2011),[3] [4] Avanta (acquired in 2014),[5] [6] and A4e (acquired in 2015).[7]

PeoplePlus acquired LearnDirect Apprenticeships in 2018,[8] becoming the UK's largest apprenticeship provider at the time.

In 2019, PeoplePlus more than doubled its prison education services with additional contracts worth £100 million and provided educational services in 26 prisons in Britain.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Staffline Group Annual Report 2018. Staffline Group PLC. 12 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Our History . 5 August 2019 . www.staffline.co.uk.
  3. Web site: Our History Staffline . www.staffline.co.uk . 6 August 2019.
  4. Web site: PRELIMINARY RESULTS - YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011 . Proactiveinvestors UK . 6 August 2019 . en . 27 February 2012.
  5. Web site: 15 May 2014 . Staffline grabs Avanta for £65.4m . Growth Company Investor.
  6. Web site: 15 May 2014 . Staffline swoops for Avanta Enterprise for £65m . https://web.archive.org/web/20140518215644/https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/midlands/114697-staffline-swoops-avanta-enterprise-65m . 2014-05-18 . 6 August 2019 . Insider Media Ltd . en.
  7. Web site: Cooney . Rebecca . 27 April 2015 . Takeover agreed for A4e to create 'biggest' Work Programme contractor . 5 August 2019 . FE Week.
  8. Web site: Offord . Paul . Learndirect Apprenticeship staff and assets transferred to PeoplePlus for nominal fee . FE Week . 5 August 2019 . 16 July 2018.
  9. News: Staffline unlocks £100m of prison teaching contracts. Narwan. Gurpreet. 2019-01-08. The Times. 2019-08-12. en. 0140-0460.