Staffline Group PLC Board Change (0941Q)

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RNS Number : 0941Q

Staffline Group PLC

04 June 2018

For immediate release 4 June 2018

Staffline Group plc

('Staffline' or 'the Group')

Board Change

Staffline (AIM: STAF), the Recruitment and Employability organisation, announces that Andy Hogarth has decided to step down as a non-executive director of Staffline Group plc with effect from 30(th) June 2018, in order to explore other business opportunities as-well as pursuing his other business interests.

Andy joined the Group as Finance Director in 2002, became Managing Director in 2003, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer when Staffline listed on AIM in December 2004. During the fifteen years of his leadership, the business grew from a turnover of GBP40m to nearly GBP1 billion in 2017, with underlying operating profits growing from GBP2m to over GBP39m during the same period.

Chris Pullen, Chief Executive Officer of the Group, said:

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank Andy for his valuable contribution in driving the Group's significant growth over the past fourteen years. On a personal note, I am very grateful for the support and guidance given to me by Andy following my appointment as Chief Executive Officer in January 2018. On behalf of the Board, I wish Andy all the best for the future".

 
 For further information, please 
  contact: 
 Staffline Group plc 
 Chris Pullen, Chief Executive 
  Officer                                   07786 265344 
 Mike Watts, Group Chief Financial 
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 www.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk 
  [e-mail] 
 
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 Steve Pearce / Joshua Hughes 
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 Berenberg 
  Joint Broker 
  Chris Bowman / Toby Flaux 
  www.berenberg.com                           020 3207 7800 
 
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   PR and Communications 
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About Staffline

"Enabling the future of work"

Staffline is a leading workforce recruitment and management organisation providing services, mainly in the UK and Eire, to both Government and commercial customers. The Recruitment division (previously 'Staffing') supplied up to 52,000 workers per day in 2017 to more than 1,500 clients. The PeoplePlus division is a leading provider to both Central and Local Government, as well as commercial customers, offering a wide range of services to help and support in the Employability (Welfare to Work), Justice, Communities and Skills arenas.

Recruitment

Specialising in providing complete labour solutions in agriculture, food processing, manufacturing, e-retail, driving and the logistics sectors, the Recruitment business operates from over 400 locations in the UK, Eire and Poland. The Recruitment services include:

-- Staffline OnSite, based on clients' premises and providing both blue and white collar, managed, temporary workforces

   --     Driving Plus, providing HGV drivers to the driving industry 
   --     Staffline Agriculture, providing workers to the UK farming and horticulture sectors 
   --     Staffline Express, our high street branch based operation 

-- Brightwork, a recruitment business based in Scotland specialising in temporary and permanent jobs to the drinks industry

-- Diamond Recruitment, one of the largest providers of recruitment services in Northern Ireland

PeoplePlus

A trusted partner in delivering skills, employability and well-being services. Contracts span Central, Local and Devolved Government and the Private Sector, including:

Employability:

-- Work Programme, prime contractor in nine regions and sub-contractor in three regions in England and Wales

   --     Fair Start Scotland, prime contractor in two regions commencing April 2018 

-- New Enterprise Allowance (business start-up support), prime contractor in three regions of England and Scotland and a sub-contractor in Wales

-- Steps to Success, prime contractor in Northern Ireland, an employment programme to build skills

-- Tackling Youth Unemployment through the MyGo service in Suffolk, the Youth Promise Plus in Birmingham and the Wirral Youth Employment Gateway

   --     Building Employment through Education, working in Schools in Northern Ireland 

Education and Training services:

-- Prime contractor to the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Welsh Government and Skills Development Scotland, providing Adult Education and Apprenticeships

-- Delivering Apprenticeships programmes for the Private Sector, via the Apprenticeship Levy and non-levy programmes

Justice and Community services:

-- Ministry of Justice, Transforming Rehabilitation in Warwickshire and West Mercia, delivering rehabilitation services

-- Delivery of education and training to prisoners in ten prisons in the East of England and London

   --   Independent Living Services, supporting 3,500 disabled people lead independent lives 

-- Access To Work, providing adaptation in the work place for people with disabilities - national contract.

   --   Support for the users of Prison Visitor Centres for the Northern Ireland Prison Service 
   --   Carers Hubs in Stoke and Staffordshire 

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