Reed (company)

Reed is a family-owned and run group of companies that places people into temporary and permanent employment across a number of disciplines, including accountancy, administration, computing, education, engineering, and insurance. The company was founded in 1960 by Professor Alec Reed CBE, FCMA, FCIM, FIPD and is currently chaired by his son, James Reed.

Reed also offers training and HR consultancy services and was the first private company to deliver the UK Labour Government’s New Deal, welfare-to-work programme.

The company’s website, reed.co.uk, has become one of Europe's largest job sites since being established in 1995, with over 280,000 jobs posted on it. (20 August 2006)

The Reed Family of Companies

Reed Executive PLC

Responsible for international business, brand, intellectual and physical property and the website, reed.co.uk.

Reed Personnel Services PLC

The largest recruitment company in the Reed group, RPS is a specialist recruitment business for professional people, operating in fifteen niche markets, including: Accountancy, Insurance, Technology, Banking, Engineering, Construction, Scientific, Senior Finance and Human Resources.

Reed Employment PLC

The Group's second largest recruitment consultancy business, sourcing and placing both temporary, contract and permanent positions for: Administrative and Support functions, Customer Service roles, Banking, Sales and Marketing, the Hospitality sector and Graduates.

Reed HealthCare PLC

The Group's specialist recruitment business within the Health, Social Care and Medical sectors. It recruits temporary and permanent staff within the following professions: Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Radiology, Biomedical Science, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Audiology, Podiatry, Chiropody, Social Work, Medical and Nursing.

Reed Learning Ltd

Provides learning and training opportunities, with services which currently include: postgraduate study programmes, business training and personal development courses and specialist recruitment in the Training and Education sectors.

Reed Managed Services Ltd

Provides a range of outsourced Human Resources services, tailored to meet the needs of organisations and their employees. It offers services ranging from fully outsourced HR facilities to modular options such as response handling, assessments, research or outsourced recruitment.

Reed in Partnership PLC

Works with the Government, employers and key partner organisations to provide recruitment, people development and business support services at various locations throughout the UK. Since 1998, when it was the first private company to deliver part of the UK Government's New Deal programme, Reed in Partnership has helped over 76,000 people make the transition from welfare to work. Reed in Partnership is an Employment Zone.

Reed in Society

Since its opening, Reed has had a commitment to social initiatives and charitable concerns. Alec Reed ensured that an ethos of involvement in charitable and social initiatives has been integral to the company's mission and aims.

Charities

The Reed Foundation is a charitable foundation set up by Alec Reed. Funds go towards supporting charitable projects and one-off donations. One such donation saw Reed giving one million Rand to the Nelson Mandela Foundation to support education in South Africa.

[http://www.thebiggive.org.uk/ TheBigGive] is a Reed initiative that aims to introduce donors to charitable projects in their field of interest. The website holds details of over 4500 charities posting projects worth £1.5 billion.(12 August 2008)

Reed has an established Give As You Earn scheme allowing employees to give to charities of their choice in a tax efficient manner. The scheme is one of the most successful in the UK and Reed was highly commended in the National Pay Awards.

Ethiopiaid, founded in 1989, is a charity that works in partnership with projects in Ethiopia to relieve poverty and sickness, to preserve and protect health and to advance education amongst Ethiopians who are in need.

Women at Risk works in partnerships with projects all over the world to help bring an end to the suffering of women.

ocial Initiatives

The Academy of Enterprise is a not-for-profit initiative that aims to promote the teaching of enterprise throughout the UK.

The West London Academy in Ealing, UK is a 4-18 Academy which has a sports and enterprise specialism. The specialism will mean that the pupils will be more responsible and entrepreneurial and that enterprise will underpin much of the curriculum.

Business Forums and Initiatives

Reed was the first recruitment specialist to become a Gold Member of the Employers’ Forum on Disability (estd. 1986), recognised as the authoritative voice on disability as it affects employers and service providers.

Reed works in partnership with TimeBank, an organisation that raises awareness of the value of giving time and skills back to the local community. Reed has conducted surveys of employers and employees to examine how giving time can enhance career prospects and employability, and both Reed branches and reed.co.uk have supported Timebank by giving out information on the scheme and how to volunteer.

In partnership with the Institute for Public Policy Research, Reed has established the Racial Equality and Diversity Task Force: Private Sector.

Reed and the Environment

In February 2008, Reed won the City of London Corporation's Sustainable City Award for Resource Conservation. The company continues to maintain its Carbon Neutral status and is committed to being Carbon Responsible.

References

[http://education.independent.co.uk/careers_advice/article1162738.ece A-Z of Employers: Reed, "The Independent", 6 July {2006] ]

External links

* [http://www.reed.co.uk/ UK Jobs site]
* [http://www.reedjobs.com/ Reed International Jobs site]
* [http://www.reedpressoffice.co.uk/ Press Office - press releases,reports,salary surveys, career advice and assorted background information]
* [http://news.reed.co.uk/ reed.co.uk Blog]
* [http://www.reedfinance.co.uk/ Reed Finance - The recruitment specialists for qualified accountants]
* [http://www.reedconsulting.co.uk/ Reed Consulting - HR consultancy and outsource services]
* [http://www.reedhealth.com/ Reed Health Group - health careers and recruitment]
* [http://www.reedinpartnership.co.uk/ Reed in Partnership - welfare-to-work programmes in the UK]
* [http://www.reedtraining.co.uk/ Reed Learning - private and public training courses]