Our companies
From finances to family, work touches on every corner of our waking lives and at Reed Group, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to find meaningful, fulfilling work.
That’s why all 12 of our companies are committed to matching people to careers they love, and organisations with employees who will drive their business forward.
Each of our companies are unified by one core purpose, 'improving lives through work', which all our co-members work towards every single day.
A family-run company, with family values
When we say Reed is a family company, we mean it. Founded by Sir Alec Reed in 1960, and led by his son James Reed since 1997, family lies at the heart of everything we do. No matter how much we grow or how much the world changes, our values as a family, and as a company, remain the same.
What we do
Reed began as a recruitment company all the way back in 1960, and since then we’ve helped millions of people find work, but we’ve also helped improve people’s lives in other ways as well…
Supporting the long-term unemployed
We all know how challenging it can be to land a new job, but for certain groups within our communities, this challenge can feel almost impossible to overcome.
That’s where Reed in Partnership comes in. Reed in Partnership (and its sister company Reed Wellbeing) helps those who have been unemployed for a long time get back on their feet and into work through award winning services and programmes.
Enhancing careers through learning and development
A huge part of improving lives through work is helping people and companies improve their skills. In a world where the market and technology are constantly changing, developing the right skills is essential.
Through Reed Courses, Reed Learning, and Reed Business School, we connect learners and organisations with thousands of online, in-person and on-demand courses to help them enhance their careers.
Connecting companies with the people they need
At the heart of every business, is the people that work there, and making sure you’re hiring the right people is key to an organisation's success.
Reed Talent Solutions and Reed Professional Services helps connect organisations to the talent and services they need, while Reed Screening helps you make sure you’re making the right hiring decisions.
Raising millions for charities across the globe
The Reed Group is 18% owned by the Reed Foundation, which means one fifth of our profits are donated to charities around the world. The Reed Foundation also funds the Big Give, a match-funding platform which allows funders to match donations given by the public through the Big Give.
Our companies:
The largest family-run recruitment company in the world, and a pioneer of specialist recruitment services. We work with more than 30,000 organisations in the UK to fill their temporary, permanent and interim positions for 20 sectors.
Reed.co.uk is one of the UK’s leading career marketplaces, connecting people to a world of career opportunities online. As well as jobs, Reed.co.uk offers courses and career advice. For recruiters and employers, it provides job advertising, a CV database with over 22 million candidates, plus recruiter advice and news.
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Reed Talent Solutions helps you navigate a complex workforce environment by working with you to design and deliver recruitment solutions at scale to help your business grow. Our digital solutions provide measurable benefits, so you can ultimately save time, money and above all, ensure you’re hiring the best talent for your organisation.
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When it comes to employee screening, we take care of your employment background checks. Reed Screening combines extensive experience with a comprehensive list of checks. The service is available 24 hours, seven days a week and, with a fast-track service, Reed Screening can produce results in hours, not days - so you can make the right hiring choices fast.
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Reed Courses is an online platform dedicated to helping you upskill and develop personally or professionally through the right learning opportunity. It is one of the UK’s fastest-growing course marketplaces, with 40,000 courses to choose from and covering over 726 different subjects, from higher education courses, CPD points to professional certifications.
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Reed Learning is dedicated to delivering high-quality training and professional development for your business or organisation. We make employee learning simple and effective with curated learning packages, a breadth of digital and in-person learning products, and tailored advice to help you find the right solution for your business.
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Established in 1972, the Reed Business School is a UK centre of excellence for professional qualification tuition and boasts pass rates far above the national average. We specialise in finance and accountancy qualifications and focus on helping to equip our students with not only the skills and knowledge to achieve their professional qualifications, but create a unique and comfortable learning environment.
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At Reed Professional Services we specialise in developing partnerships with clients to provide clear solutions and specialist technical expertise with the help of our management consultancy and technology services providers. We assist both private and public sector organisations in saving millions of pounds and ultimately deliver big and small projects on time and on budget.
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Reed in Partnership’s mission is to positively transform people and their communities. We provide a range of public services that help people to change their lives for the better, including support with employment, health, skills, justice, assessments and youth development.
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Reed Wellbeing's objective is to help businesses create healthy workplaces and support employee and community wellbeing. With the knowledge and data delivered by our products, we can aid your company in getting a clearer insight into health trends and risks and provide important guidance on how you can successfully address these, so you can have healthier and happier employees.
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In 2021 we introduced Reed Franchise Partnerships, an exciting opportunity to bring international franchisees into our Reed family. After many years of establishing ourselves as an international community of recruitment experts, we want to help others use the Reed name to build their own business, with the help of our infrastructure, tools, and resources that can help them accelerate to success.
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The Reed Foundation is a charity set up by the founder of Reed, Sir Alec Reed in 1972. Over the past 10 years, the foundation has donated over £9.5 million to a wide variety of charities from a multitude of sectors, including environment and social mobility organisations here in the UK. Its purpose is to give back to the communities we work in and inspire a tradition of charitable giving as a company and with our co-members.
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