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Juniper Education acquires Jane Systems JUNIPER EDUCATION, which offers services to support schools, has acquired Jane Systems, a specialist education HR and payroll software provider to hundreds of academy trusts and schools in the UK responsible for supporting the accurate processing of over 75,000 payslips per month. The move expands Juniper Education’s portfolio of innovative software and services and increases the number of schools using its solutions to over 10,000. Gavin Freed, chairman of Juniper Education, said: “For too long, those working in education have been frustrated with having no choice but to work with generic HR solutions that do not fully meet the specific challenges of educational settings.” Nigel Sargent, director of Jane Systems, said: “The Jane software portfolio was designed to give trusts and school leaders a simple way to manage staff absences, wellbeing, payroll, professional development and salary, offering a better alternative to the paper-based functions that still exist in many schools and academies.” Simon Hitchcock, managing partner at Horizon Capital, investor in Juniper Education, said: “The addition of Jane Systems extends Juniper’s already comprehensive software and services offering, ensuring schools have a one-stop-shop for all their staffing and payroll needs.”
Symatrix acquires Succeed TO STRENGTHEN its HR and payroll consulting capabilities, Symatrix, the Oracle ERP, HCM and outsourced payroll services, has acquired Succeed, a UK-based Oracle Peoplesoft HCM and payroll consultancy services provider. Following a year of dynamic growth, the acquisition is the latest stage of Symatrix’s ongoing expansion which highlights the company’s commitment to delivering Oracle implementations and providing high-quality consulting and support. Symatrix plans to bring all of Succeed’s existing employees into the business, which will lead to a further rise in headcount, following a major recruitment drive over the past year. Like Symatrix, Succeed has been actively engaged in HR and payroll since 2000 and has built up extensive experience and expertise across both areas, which will help strengthen the Symatrix offering. Chris Brooks, managing director, Symatrix, said: “We see significant synergies between our two businesses both in terms of our expertise in Oracle and our understanding of HR and payroll. We are taking on an experienced team and some fantastic customers. “The Succeed customers will continue to receive the exceptional service levels that they are used to and in addition will benefit from access to the wider Symatrix service suite including fully managed payroll and testing as a service.” activpayroll opens office in Orléans, France THE GLOBAL payroll and tax compliance specialist, activpayroll, which is headquarterd in Aberdeen, Scotland, has announced the launch of its second French office, which will serve as an accompanying hub to the company’s existing office in Paris. activpayroll has been providing payroll services to customers in France for over two decades, and the Orléans office reinforces its ongoing expansion and commitment to the French customer base. The new team will be led by Mallek Mohamed, payroll operations
Share | Compliance app launched INTERNATIONAL LAW firm CMS has launched the Share | Compliance app to help companies with legal and tax compliance in relation to the operation of their global employee share plans. CMS has harnessed its global expertise to provide the legal and tax guidance that underpins the app and ensures that all content is accurate and up-to-date. The legal and tax compliance information contained within the app will cover over eighty jurisdictions globally and can be tailored to each individual company’s share plan requirements. Andrew Quayle, partner in the Employee Incentives team at CMS, said the app “is an innovative tool that offers all share plan professionals comprehensive legal and tax guidance through a single interface and at a competitive price. It will enable companies to stay ahead of critical actions, to manage or drive down their compliance costs and to stay on top of changes in law.”
manager – France, who has over fifteen years’ experience working in the HR and payroll sector and has held multiple positions ranging from HR manager of an international organisation to project director. Mallek brings a wealth of knowledge and will continue to support the team in Paris, working closely with general manager Agnes Feige, in addition to developing the Orléans operation.
Euan Sellar, chief operating officer of activpayroll, said: “France is a strategic focal point for many global businesses and having an additional presence in France will enable us to not only enhance our level of payroll support to customers, but also allow us to offer them our additional services, including our recently launched Global HR Services.” Mallek added that he is “extremely appreciative and proud to be heading up the new office and playing a part in activpayroll’s continual global expansion”.
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