Company Profile

The Savile Group is an AIM listed UK human resources consulting group with a long track record in helping blue chip organisations improve business performance through the development of their people.

Savile has three centres of excellence: Cedar Talent Management, Fairplace and IDDAS providing coaching, talent management, career transition and mentoring to leading companies, professional services firms and the public sector.

Savile works at the heart of its clients' organisations unlocking individual potential at all levels and helping employers to make the right choices in managing their talent, develop careers and/or transition individuals to a new career phase. Savile's focus is to enable its clients to achieve a meaningful improvement in performance through effective and efficient career and talent management programmes. Savile's centres of excellence work together to provide the very best solutions for their clients, whatever their needs.

Cedar Talent Management has a wealth of experience in helping organisations attract, develop and retain the best talent. This encompasses executive coaching, assessment and leadership development at senior executive and high potential levels. Services also include a proprietary 360° benchmarking instrument and highly effective talent retention programmes. Cedar believes passionately that each of its clients is different and will require a well thought through approach that is not wedded to one set of theories or a fixed solution. Cedar works closely with thought leaders in the industry to provide the very latest expertise to match the needs of its clients.

Fairplace has an enviable reputation for high quality, bespoke career transition and career management services designed to suit the needs of people at all stages of their careers. Fairplace's clients consistently cite its flexibility and responsiveness and, above all, its consistent record in delivering on the promises it makes. Over the past 18 years, Fairplace, through its outplacement programmes, has assisted many thousands of people to make successful career transitions.

IDDAS is devoted to working at the most senior levels within organisations to enhance Board effectiveness and support leaders through business and career transitions. IDDAS achieves this with executive coaching and mentoring at the individual level, board and leadership effectiveness for the team, and executive assessment to focus on the future. IDDAS has an unrivalled team of experienced consultants, coaches and mentors, all of whom have direct and relevant Board level experience and expertise. Its client work is grounded in the real business of leading within an organisation and delivering results.

Savile Group Plc has recently announced a strategic alliance with Ashbourne Assessment Systems Limited ('Ashbourne') a leading consultancy providing specialist assessment services to the public sector. Press release

Ashbourne is one of the leading specialist suppliers of assessment and development centres for managers, senior leaders and executives in the UK. Founded in 1992 by Trevor Pons, Ashbourne initially focused on the delivery of competency based assessment and selection systems and has grown to incorporate a wide range of people based services, including organizational development, talent management, leadership, career development and recruitment. Earlier this year, Ashbourne was awarded places on six of the preferred supplier frameworks with OGC Buying Solutions, the Government procurement platform. Its public sector clients include: HM Revenue & Customs, DVLA, Met Office, Ministry of Defence, Department for Transport, Department for Work and Pensions, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, NHS and Royal Mail.

Our clients choose to work with us because we:

• are trusted advisers - we are known, respected and recognised for our integrity.
• have real business expertise - our people come from a diverse range of business backgrounds and we understand the challenges faced by today's businesses and the commercial realities in which they operate, e.g. need to demonstrate ROI.
• are client-focused - we design, implement and deliver tailored solutions that truly add value to our clients.
• offer specialist knowledge and experience - we are experts in our dedicated centres of excellence, focused on achieving success and delivering best practice for our clients.
• personally endorse our colleagues - we give personal recommendations of our colleagues across the Savile group of companies, offering a positive commitment that endorses, approves, and is referenced by our own reputation.
• are easy to work with - we are recognised as genuine business partners: approachable, responsive, flexible and results-orientated. Through this we consistently achieve a repeat business ratio of 85 per cent.

The Savile Group strategy is to continue to build a group of high quality, premium brands in human resources consulting, with a reputation for excellent client service. We provide a wide range of coaching, mentoring, career and talent management support at all levels of seniority across an extensive range of industries and professions with demonstrable evidence of helping clients to improve the performance of their businesses through their people.