PeoplePlus
{{short description|Employability and education provider headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom}}
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| foundation = 2015
| location = Sheffield, United Kingdom
| industry = Training Education Employability
| products = Apprenticeships, Corporate Training, Recruitment, E-Learning, Adult Education, Prison Education
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| num_employees = 1500+
| parent = Swipejobs
| homepage = {{url|https://peopleplus.co.uk}}
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PeoplePlus is an employability and education provider headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom. The company delivers services in adult education, employability support, apprenticeships, independent living, and prison education. It is owned by Swipejobs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2025/02/staffline-sells-peopleplus-swipejobs-talent-international |title=Staffline sells PeoplePlus to Swipejobs' Talent International | Recruiter }}
Leadership
The Chief Executive Officer of PeoplePlus is Kenny Boyle, who joined the organisation in 2018. Prior to this role, he served as Managing Director at Capita, where he oversaw the delivery of the UK Government's Automatic Enrolment pension policy in partnership with The Pensions Regulator and the Department for Work and Pensions.{{cite web |title=Meet the Board |url=https://wwwdev.peopleplus.co.uk/meet-the-board |accessdate=24 April 2025 |website=PeoplePlus}}
Earlier in his career, Boyle held senior roles in communications and service operations at organisations including British Airways, BT, Virgin Media, Avios, and VisitBritain.{{cite web |title=Kenny Boyle - Managing Director, PeoplePlus at Staffline |url=https://theorg.com/org/staffline-group-plc/org-chart/kenny-boyle |accessdate=24 April 2025 |website=The Org}} He has also worked as a strategy consultant, advising companies such as Apple, Sainsbury's, BT, and Rolls-Royce.{{cite web |title=Kenny Boyle - Chair |url=https://www.tourismforall.co.uk/charity/about-us/trustees/kenny-boyle |accessdate=24 April 2025 |website=Tourism for All}}
Boyle has been a trustee of the disability charity Tourism for All since 2013 and has served as its Chair since 2017.{{cite web |title=Kenny Boyle - Chair |url=https://www.tourismforall.co.uk/charity/about-us/trustees/kenny-boyle |accessdate=24 April 2025 |website=Tourism for All}} He holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge and is a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Employability Professionals.{{cite web |title=Kenny Boyle - Chair |url=https://www.tourismforall.co.uk/charity/about-us/trustees/kenny-boyle |accessdate=24 April 2025 |website=Tourism for All}}
History
PeoplePlus was acquired by Swipejobs in 2025. Prior to that, it operated as part of the Staffline Group, which had formed PeoplePlus by merging three companies:{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.staffline.co.uk/about-us/the-company/our-history |accessdate=5 August 2019 |website=www.staffline.co.uk}} EOS (acquired in 2011),{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} Staffline |url=https://www.staffline.co.uk/about-us/the-company/our-history |website=www.staffline.co.uk |accessdate=6 August 2019}} Avanta (acquired in 2014),{{cite web |date=15 May 2014 |title=Staffline grabs Avanta for £65.4m |url=https://www.growthcompany.co.uk/staffline-grabs-avanta-for-654m-2463297/ |website=Growth Company Investor}}{{cite web |date=15 May 2014 |title=Staffline swoops for Avanta Enterprise for £65m |url=https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/midlands/114697-staffline-swoops-avanta-enterprise-65m |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518215644/https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/midlands/114697-staffline-swoops-avanta-enterprise-65m |archive-date=2014-05-18 |accessdate=6 August 2019 |website=Insider Media Ltd |language=en}} and A4e (acquired in 2015).{{cite web |last1=Cooney |first1=Rebecca |date=27 April 2015 |title=Takeover agreed for A4e to create 'biggest' Work Programme contractor |url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/04/27/takeover-agreed-for-a4e-to-create-biggest-work-programme-contractor/ |accessdate=5 August 2019 |website=FE Week}}
In 2018, PeoplePlus acquired the apprenticeship business of LearnDirect. It exited the English apprenticeship sector by divesting this operation in 2020.
The company currently provides educational services in 22 prisons across England. It is contracted to begin providing education in all 16 prisons in Scotland from August 2025.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/markets/article/staffline-unlocks-100m-of-prison-teaching-contracts-lcqtf8b8g|title=Staffline unlocks £100m of prison teaching contracts|last=Narwan|first=Gurpreet|date=2019-01-08|work=The Times|access-date=2019-08-12|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}
References
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Category:Business services companies established in 2015
Category:Education companies established in 2015
Category:Companies based in Sheffield
Category:Training companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Unemployment in the United Kingdom