UK-based The Access Group,announced its acquisition of CoreHR, a UK and Ireland market leader in HR and Payroll software for Mid-Market & Enterprise level businesses. Combined with Access’s existing market presence it will become a leader in the HR and Payroll for the UK and Ireland markets. CoreHR brings presence across the Public, Government & Education, Retail, Hospitality & Leisure and FMCG, Distribution & Manufacturing sectors with products across HCM including People Management, Payroll, Workforce Management, Recruitment, Talent Management and Learning. Going forward it will be made available through the Access Workspace platform. Access Workspace is a cloud-based platform that delivers a suite of business solutions enabling collaboration and communication across the entire workplace.
This acquisition brings Access revenues in this sector alone in excess of £100m. The combination of these HCM focused assets will form the Access People Division and Dean Forbes, the current CEO of CoreHR, will become its President.