The CIPP teams up with activpayroll to kick-off pioneering partnership
19 May 2015
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) kicked-off a winning partnership with Aberdeen-based global professional service organisation activpayroll.
The CIPP - the Chartered institution for payroll and pensions professionals in the UK – joined activpayroll to launch a new pioneering training academy helping to nurture the payroll stars of tomorrow. The teams were delighted to have George Yule, Executive Vice Chairman of Aberdeen Football Club and Gordon Prentice, Finance Director at the Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce come along to show their support during Scottish Apprenticeship week.
The academy will help to train activpayroll’s UK Payroll team of 25 staff while gaining invaluable qualifications.
Speaking at the launch event, held at the activpayroll HQ in Aberdeen, Chief executive officer, Mr Lindsay Melvin from the CIPP, said: “We’re delighted to be working alongside activpayroll to launch the new academy and we’re incredibly excited to broaden our presence here in Scotland. activpayroll has a proud heritage and this new academy forms a key part of helping to train the payroll stars of tomorrow alongside a leading light in the payroll sector. We’re confident it will be a winning partnership.”
activpayroll is a leading global professional service organisation, providing integrated global and domestic payroll solutions; expatriate taxation services and online HR people management tools to more than 1,000 companies in more than 80 countries worldwide.
It has offices in Houston, Washington & Ontario,Americas; Perth, Sydney & Singapore, APAC; Edinburgh,Paris & Stavanger,EMEA with its global headquarters based in Aberdeen, UK.
As a result, activpayroll has one of the largest and most experienced international payroll and expatriate tax teams in the world.
Alison Sellar, Chief executive officer of activpayroll, said: "I am really enthusiastic to finally launch our training academy in collaboration with the CIPP. We've worked really hard over the last thirteen years to grow activpayroll to be a recognised global brand and I believe this is down to our team’s ongoing efforts. For this reason, we want to ensure the development of our staff by creating an in-house payroll academy.”
The CIPP’s National lead for Scotland, Allan Isdale, also welcomed the launch of the academy. He added: “This partnership with activpayroll marks an exciting new chapter for the CIPP. We’re delighted to be involved in helping to play a crucial part in raising awareness about the payroll industry and helping to broaden the appeal of the industry to new people. We’re looking forward to the coming weeks and months.”