Recruitment group invests £1m in growth
RECRUITMENT group Specialist People Services has invested £1m in technology as it looks to develop its management systems behind the scenes.
It also confirmed that for the year to March 2016, revenues reached £129.4m, an increase of 11% compared with the 2014/15 financial year.
SPS, which is backed by private equity investor LDC, include Driver Hire and rail services provider ISS Labour, under its umbrella.
The £1m investment includes the development and roll-out of Driver Hire’s new core operations system and an online driving licence verification service.
The company has also made two senior-level appointments. Interim IT director John Keelan-Edwards has been appointed on a permanent basis as Driver Risk Management and group technology services director. Andy Hibbert, previously group commercial and sales director at 24/7 Recruitment, has been appointed as Driver Hire’s network development director.
Chris Chidley, SPS group chief executive, said: “The culmination of this major investment in our technology infrastructure and senior team means we are now offering our clients truly outstanding, integrated and UK-wide services.
“We have innovated in response to the needs of our clients and in doing so, we are able to continue growing the business, providing an even broader range of services.
“We have previously talked about a ‘flight to quality’ in our sector and our strategy continues to be based on the belief that our business can achieve long-term, sustainable growth by creating the infrastructure to offer comprehensive, best-in-class people management services.”
