Staffline Group PLC Prison Education contract wins (3009M)
January 07 2019 - 2:00AM
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Staffline Group PLC
07 January 2019
7 January 2019
STAFFLINE GROUP PLC
("Staffline" or "the Group")
Prison Education contract wins
Staffline, the Recruitment and Training group, is pleased to
announce that its PeoplePlus division has been successful in the
latest round of Prison Education tenders, securing contracts worth
a total of GBP104.6 million over a four-year period.
At the Group's interim results, management set a target to
double Staffline's share of the Prison Education market from c. 10%
to c. 20%, and following the latest round of allocations, Staffline
will have a c.25% share and will operate in 22 prisons across the
UK. The Group's success in this latest procurement process includes
retaining all of Staffline's existing contracts and adding
significant further delivery.
Chris Pullen, Chief Executive Officer of Staffline,
commented:
"Growing our presence in prison education is a key strategic
priority for our PeoplePlus division, and I am delighted that we
have managed to exceed the target that we set at the interims. This
strong performance is underpinned by our innovative proposition and
demonstrates our continued success in transitioning PeoplePlus into
the UK's leading skills and training provider."
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
Market Abuse Regulation
This announcement is released by Staffline Group plc and
contains inside information for the purposes of the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) 596/2014 ("MAR") and is disclosed in accordance
with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR. The person
who arranged for the release of this announcement on behalf of
Staffline Group plc was Michael Watts, Group Chief Financial
Officer.
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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