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Background

Dorothy Perkins and Burton are two of the flagship retail brands within the Arcadia Group, a retail group with over 27,000 employees and turnover in excess of 2 billion. Having supported a number of other brands within the Group, Renovo were approached by Dorothy Perkins to support a UK wide restructure, impacting their Regional, Area and Branch Management network.

Sector: Retail
Location: UK wide, multiple sites
Employees: c6000
Revenue: £470 million

The challenge

This was a complex project, with the restructure impacting employees across the entire branch and area management network.
A solution was needed which could provide each employee with access to the same quality of support throughout the UK while remaining very easy to implement across a diverse geography.
With a large number of employees impacted and no precedent for providing outplacement support in this part of the business, the HR team needed a solution that maximised impact for their employees while keeping costs under tight control.

The solution

Working with the UK HR Manager, we created a tailored programme which included support from a Personal Career Coach, supplemented with access to our market leading online resources.
Support was delivered on a distance basis, so each employee was able to access targeted advice from a Coach.
Implementation across a diverse geography was simple with each employee having access to a consistent framework of support that they could adapt to their individual needs.

The results

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AVERAGE DAYS TO RESETTLEMENT
85
%
OF THOSE EMPLOYEES SUPPORTED HAD FOUND A NEW ROLE WITHIN 90 DAYS
96
%
OF PARTICIPANTS RATED THEIR COACH AS ‘EXCELLENT’ OR ‘VERY GOOD’

What Dorothy Perkins said

“Renovo added real value during the planning phases and listened to and understood our needs to create a solution that worked for everyone –by no means a ‘one size fits all’ approach. The one to one coaching worked remarkably well for our employees and with all of that being done through telephone and Skype, the support was accessible and employees could access that support when they needed it. Renovo will always be my first port of call should we need support in the future”
Nicola Thomas
UK HR Manager
Dorothy Perkins and Burton

What participants said

“I found using Renovo a real confidence boost, being out of practice in terms of interviewing and job hunting I was really apprehensive when I was made redundant. Everyone I encountered at Renovo was really helpful and friendly, they really put my mind at ease by giving me great advice and hints and tips on how to apply for jobs, tailor my cv and go through the interview processes. I feel much more confident about the future now – I can’t recommend these guys enough”
Stephen
Branch Manager
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Average days to resettlement on our Outplacement Programmes

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