Milestone Group PLC Milestone Group Plc : Agreement With Green Skills

 
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   30(th) August 2016 
 
   MILESTONE GROUP PLC 
 
   ("Milestone" or the "Company") 
 
   Cooperation Agreement Signed with the Green Skills Partnership 
 
   Milestone Group (AIM:MSG), the AIM quoted provider of digital media and 
technology solutions announces the signing of a cooperation agreement 
with the Green Skills Partnership ("GSP") to promote Milestone's Passion 
Project and its digital charitable giving platform, Alchemy. 
 
   The Green Skills Partnership ("GSP") has over 44 members and brings 
together employers, local councils, trade unions, environmental 
organisations, education providers, community groups including Housing 
Associations and state agencies. 
 
   Both of the Company's digital platforms fit with GSP's core aims of 
delivering high quality skills training, raising awareness and 
overcoming barriers to sustainable employment with an emphasis on young 
people and supporting sustainable development in the charity sector. 
Over the last 12 months GSP has successfully delivered on a Construction 
Industry Training Board and Greater London Authority joint initiative to 
place 300 unemployed construction workers into work placements. Of these, 
150 started jobs, with 100 continuing in sustained employment. Initially 
GSP focused on the construction sector but has widened that focus to 
include providing apprenticeships for the finance, law, IT and business 
administration sectors. 
 
   GSP will work alongside Milestone's Passion Project to support its 
operations, market its products / services and develop its offering 
beyond the London Metropolitan areas. The GSP model is a natural fit for 
the Passion Project which is designed to aggregate all parties involved 
in the engagement, education, training and employment of young people 
whilst providing access to a commercial resource exchange for the 
surrounding network of partner organisations. 
 
   GSP will also promote to its members the charitable giving platform 
which will allows users to redeem rewards for or buy e-media, donate to 
targeted charities or participate in crowd-funding of social initiatives, 
the first of which is raising money for the Metropolitan Police's 
'Divert' programme. 
 
   Deborah White, CEO of Milestone commented: 
 
   "This agreement greatly increases the Passion Project's reach in the 
apprenticeships marketplace. With the Government's apprenticeship levy 
set to commence in April 2017 partnerships like this will ensure 
Milestone is well placed to participate in the apprenticeship 
initiative. 
 
   Stuart Barber, Director of Green Skills Partnership, commented: 
 
   "This is an exciting time for the GSP and its members, which has been 
growing and evolving over the last five years. The signing of this 
agreement with the Milestone Group allows for both parties to come 
together to use its combined resources to focus on achieving the same 
social value, through a variety of initiatives." 
 
   For further information: 
 
 
 
 
Milestone Group PLC 
Deborah White, Chief Executive                   Tel: 0207 929 7826 
 
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, Nominated Adviser 
Liam Murray                                      Tel: 0207 148 7900 
 
Hybridan LLP, Broker 
Claire Louise Noyce                              Tel: 020 3764 2341 
 
Walbrook PR Limited, PR 
Gary Middleton/Paul Cornelius/Paul Whittington   Tel: 0207 933 8780 
 
 
 
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contained therein. 
 
   Source: Milestone Group PLC via Globenewswire 
 
 
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