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- Working Links (formally Working Links (Employment) Limited) was a British outsourcing subcontractor established in 2000 as a public, private and voluntary company that provided welfare services and help with employability. It was acquired by the investment group Aurelius in June 2016. Originally specialising in welfare-to-work, Working Links diversified into other areas of subcontracting of the public sector including the Probation Service. Their turnover grew from £63 million in 2006 to £123 million in 2012. Despite having had £1 billion of contracts, Working Links went into administration in February 2019. In 2012 company was the subject of fraud allegations made by its former chief auditor Eddie Hutchinson. Working Links denied the allegations, stating that they have "a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and rigorous processes in place to handle any suspected incidents of fraud or other misconduct." The Department for Work and Pensions stated that the "allegations all relate to programmes run by the previous government" and that they have measures in place to prevent fraud. (en)
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- 1500 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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- 100 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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- UK, Ireland, Middle East (en)
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- Employability, Skills, Apprenticeships, International, Justice (en)
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- William Cook, Keith Faulkner, Sir Leigh Lewis (en)
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- Steve Jones, COO, Raj Patel, CFO. (en)
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- Working Links Logo Orange.jpg (en)
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- Working Links Limited (en)
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- Turas Nua - Ireland, Start Scotland
Wales CRC,
Devon, Dorset & Cornwall CRC
Bristol, Swindon, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire CRC. (en)
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- Working Links (formally Working Links (Employment) Limited) was a British outsourcing subcontractor established in 2000 as a public, private and voluntary company that provided welfare services and help with employability. It was acquired by the investment group Aurelius in June 2016. Originally specialising in welfare-to-work, Working Links diversified into other areas of subcontracting of the public sector including the Probation Service. Their turnover grew from £63 million in 2006 to £123 million in 2012. (en)
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- Working Links (Employment) Limited (en)
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