Liverpool headquartered The Progress Group has achieved record revenue and team growth following a 拢12m tech investment.
The education and workforce specialist has grown its team by more than a quarter in the last year to 247 employees and hit 拢15m turnover.
A series of tech company acquisitions 鈥� included Grey Matter Learning, AC Education and MyWorkMode – 聽which combined to create the group鈥檚 newly branded digital offering known as 鈥楩lourish鈥�.
Eammon Price, chief financial officer at The Progress Group, said: 鈥淭here鈥檚 been fundamental work happening to prepare the Group for our future growth plans. This has included a 拢12m investment in our digital offerings, which we鈥檝e achieved through our acquisition strategy, alongside inhouse tech development.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a collective effort across our operations to achieve this important phase of development for the group.鈥�
Jayne Worthington, chief executive of The Progress Group, said: 鈥淥ur family of specialist businesses has a shared mission of changing lives through the power of education, training and workforce development.
鈥淲e have big ambitions 鈥� and the skills of our people and advancement of our technology are fundamental to our continued success.
鈥淥ur teams range from EdTech developers and digital specialists to sector experts, teaching staff and careers advisors. Together we鈥檙e creating strong foundations for the future of the group – and for the people and businesses we support.鈥�
The Progress Group collectively supports more than 140,000 people and businesses every year, with Progress Schools, Progress Careers, Complete Skills Solutions and Flourish all part of the group.