PeoplePlus

PeoplePlus is a recruitment and training provider based in Birmingham, United Kingdom The company runs a range of frontline public services including employability support, adult skills training, apprenticeships, independent living, and prison education as well as offering recruitment and training for employers.

PeoplePlus
IndustryTraining Education Recruitment
Founded2015
HeadquartersBirmingham, United Kingdom
ProductsApprenticeships, Corporate Training, Recruitment, Wellbeing Solutions, E-Learning, Adult Education, Prison Education
Number of employees
1500+
ParentStaffline Group Plc
Websitepeopleplus.co.uk

PeoplePlus is owned by Staffline Group PLC, the UK’s largest outsourced workforce provider with a turnover in excess of £1.1bn in 2018.[1]

History

In 2011, Staffline Group acquired EOS, a small work programme provider in the West Midlands.[2][3] This was followed in 2014 with the acquisition of Avanta,[4][5] one of the largest prime work programme providers in the UK, and finally in 2015 the purchase of another prime provider A4e.[6] In 2015 the 3 companies were merged to form PeoplePlus.[7]

Simon Rouse was appointed Group MD in November 2017. Simon’s previous career spans senior leadership roles across financial services and business services with Barclays, Santander and Capita, as well as leadership roles in the NHS.

In 2018, PeoplePlus made a further acquisition of LearnDirect Apprenticeships, making them the largest apprenticeship provider in the UK.[8]

Current Operations

PeoplePlus delivers government contracts in apprenticeships, enterprise, justice, adult education and community services, as well as providing corporate solutions to private clients in the fields of wellbeing, learning and development and talent recruitment.

Employability

In England and Wales, PeoplePlus were the largest prime provider of DWP’s Work Programme before it ended in 2019. In 2018 they began delivering Fair Start Scotland in Glasgow and Highlands & Islands - a voluntary programme with support to develop soft skills and find sustainable employment.[9]

Apprenticeships

Following the acquisition of LearnDirect Apprenticeships in 2018, PeoplePlus became the largest provider of apprenticeships in the UK.[10]

Enterprise

PeoplePlus enterprise services provide training and advice for starting a business or becoming self employed.

HR Business Solutions

PeoplePlus HR Business Solutions division provides support to employers in attracting, developing and retaining workforces, using technology and data analysis to track impact and provide a measurable return on investment.

A Health and Well-being division brings together a range of services to proactively address and improve well-being in the workplace. This includes diagnostics and creating action and support plans for a business, delivering relevant training and events, healthy office guidance, absence management services, occupational health and physiotherapy.

Adult Education

Adult skills programmes delivered across England provide unemployed people with the skills for employment. Qualifications delivered include Health and Social Care, Retail, Security, Warehousing and Distribution, Forklift Truck Driving, Customer Service, Hospitality, Engineering, Catering, Functional Skills, and IT.

Justice

In 2019 PeoplePlus more than doubled its prison education services with additional contracts worth £100m and now provide education services in 22 prisons in Britain.[11]

The company also delivers rehabilitation services through the Community Rehabilitation Company in partnership with Warwickshire and West Mercia Police working directly with offenders to tackle the causes of offending behaviour and reduce re-offending.

References
  1. "Staffline Group Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Staffline Group PLC. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. "Our History | Staffline". www.staffline.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  3. "PRELIMINARY RESULTS - YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011". Proactiveinvestors UK. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  4. "Staffline grabs Avanta for £65.4m". Growth Company Investor. 15 May 2014.
  5. "Staffline swoops for Avanta Enterprise for £65m". Insider Media Ltd. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. Cooney, Rebecca (27 April 2015). "Takeover agreed for A4e to create 'biggest' Work Programme contractor". FE Week. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. "Our History". www.staffline.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  8. Offord, Paul (16 July 2018). "Learndirect Apprenticeship staff and assets transferred to PeoplePlus for nominal fee". FE Week. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  9. "Employability in Scotland". Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  10. "FE Week". Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  11. Narwan, Gurpreet (2019-01-08). "Staffline unlocks £100m of prison teaching contracts". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
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