BPP Education Group and Simply Announce Partnership
Leading Global Education Provider BPP and Skills Transformation Experts Simply Get Results Join Forces to Empower Enterprise Businesses
BPP Education Group, a global leading education training provider and Simply, recognised for their skills intelligence, are pleased to announce their strategic partnership aimed at transforming enterprise businesses into skills-powered organisations.
“Our collaboration with BPP aligns with our mission to future-proof organisations with the right skills.”
Simply provides the insight and infrastructure to help enterprises become more skills ready. Their unique combination of labour-market information and organisational skills data offers a complete view into employer skills demand and supply. This comprehensive approach provides actionable insights for skills-powered decision making, skills-based workforce planning, defining future capabilities and informing learning strategies.
Through this partnership, BPP and Simply will help employers identify the capabilities and skills they need now and in the future. Utilising Simply’s advanced data insights and BPP’s expertise in horizon scanning, trend analysis, foresighting and professional development, employers can better inform their skills strategy. BPP’s ‘Capability+’ service rapidly provides businesses with a clear understanding of what skills they need, what skills they have, where the gaps are and how best to close them through optimised training solutions.
Businesses will benefit from expert practitioners who combine domain knowledge with real-world experience to navigate the complexities of skills and workforce transformation.
John Guy, CEO of Simply, shared his excitement about the partnership: “Our collaboration with BPP aligns with our mission to future-proof organisations with the right skills. Infusing our insight with BPP’s rich heritage in closing skill gaps offers a new, practical way to confidently reskill and upskill your workforce for business goals.”
Emma O'Dell, Skills and Capability Director at BPP Education Group, added: “Our partnership with Simply brings together the best of both worlds; expertise in skills development and comprehensive data insights. This collaboration enables us to support organisations to navigate the chaotic pace of change in skills transformation. Together, we provide the clarity and direction needed to build a resilient, future-ready workforce.”
About BPP Education Group
BPP Education Group, incorporating leading tech training providers including BPP, Estio and Firebrand, delivers practically focused education and training in specialisms across law, business, finance, accountancy, banking, technology, healthcare, and nursing both through relationships with corporates and directly to consumers across test preparation, university, apprenticeship, and professional development. Established for over 48 years, it delivers training to over 9500 clients and 100,000 learners each year.
About Simply
Global employers across industries use Simply’s data and services to help them get the ‘right skills’ to execute their strategy and be future-ready. Founded in 2016, Simply builds your ‘system of skills’, the customised insight and infrastructure to be skills-powered across the business, combining global external labour-market intelligence with customer internal data so everything joins-up to drive business value.