Staffline Group PLC Acquisition of Passionate About People (4286C)
October 01 2018 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4286C
Staffline Group PLC
01 October 2018
For immediate release 1 October 2018
STAFFLINE GROUP PLC
("Staffline" or the "Group")
Acquisition of Passionate About People Limited ("Passionate
About People")
Staffline, the Recruitment and Training group, is pleased to
announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of
Passionate About People (the "acquisition").
Passionate About People was established in 1998 and comprises
two companies: Omega Resource Group Limited, a leading UK provider
of blue-collar, flexible, staffing solutions to the aerospace,
automotive, construction, energy, logistics and manufacturing
sectors, and Datum RPO Limited, a leading provider of recruitment
process outsourcing solutions to blue-chip clients.
The acquisition is consistent with Staffline's strategy of
accelerating the growth of its Recruitment division through select,
complementary acquisitions that bring strategic benefits to the
Group. The acquisition broadens the Group's UK footprint, in
particular in South West England, with branches in Swindon and
Gloucester and minimal overlap with the Group's existing
presence.
In the year ended 30 June 2017, Passionate About People reported
revenues of GBP72 million and an operating profit of GBP2 million.
Consideration will be funded from Staffline's existing resources
and is in line with our acquisition criteria.
Chris Pullen, Chief Executive Officer of Staffline,
commented:
"Passionate About People is a highly complementary fit to our
existing recruitment activities and will broaden our sector
coverage, expand our UK footprint and enable us to offer our
clients new services through Datum and Omega. The acquisition gives
us access to new sectors in aerospace, energy and construction, as
well as increasing our market share in manufacturing, whilst
further strengthening our market leading position in the automotive
and logistics sectors.
"The acquisition supports Staffline Recruitment's vision to be
the trusted market leader, providing a single destination for blue-
collar workers and employers to connect across the UK. I look
forward to welcoming the Passionate About People team to the
Group."
For further information, please contact:
Staffline Group plc via Vigo Communications
www.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk
Chris Pullen, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Watts, Group Chief Financial
Officer
Liberum NOMAD and Joint Broker
www.liberum.com
Steve Pearce / Joshua Hughes 020 3100 2222
Berenberg Joint Broker
www.berenberg.com
Chris Bowman / Toby Flaux 020 3207 7800
Vigo Communications Financial PR 020 7390 0230
www.vigocomms.com staffline@vigocomms.com
Jeremy Garcia / Antonia Pollock / Charlie
Neish
Note for Editors
About Staffline - Recruitment, Training and Support
Enabling the Future of Work(TM)
Staffline is the UK's market leading Recruitment and Training
group. It has two divisions:
Recruitment Division
The UK's leading provider of flexible blue-collar workers,
supplying over 60,000 staff per day to c. 1,500 private sector
clients, across a wide range of industries including agriculture,
drinks, driving, food processing, logistics and manufacturing. It
operates from over 400 locations in UK, Eire and Poland.
Its world leading Customer Experience platform provides
optimised customer-based staffing management solutions whilst
providing market-leading levels of job satisfaction for
workers.
PeoplePlus Division
The leading adult skills and training provider in the UK,
delivering apprenticeships, adult education, prison education and
skills-based employability programmes across the country.
Education and Training - market leading provider of training
courses for private sector Apprenticeships (both Levy and non-Levy)
and Government funded Adult Skills programmes.
Employability - top quartile performer, supporting Government
programmes providing back-to-work education and support services to
the unemployed.
Justice and Community - education and training services for
prisoners and ex-offenders, as well as individual support services
for carers and people with disabilities, both at home and in the
work place.
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