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BPP Holdings plc
Type Wholly-owned subsidiary
Founded 1976
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people Carl Lygo (CEO)
Industry Education
Revenue £165.5 million (2008)[1]
Operating income £21.5 million (2008)[1]
Net income £14.0 million (2008)[1]
Owner(s) Apollo Group
Website www.bpp.com

BPP Holdings is a United Kingdom-based provider of professional and academic education. It has been a subsidiary of the American for-profit higher education company Apollo Global since July 2009, having formerly been listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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History

The Company was founded by Alan Brierley, Richard Price and Charles Prior in 1976 as Brierley Price Prior to provide training to accountancy students.[2] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1987. Also in 1987 the Company acquired Mander Portman Woodward, a provider of Fifth and Sixth Form teaching.[3] Then in 1992 the Company established BPP College of Professional Studies, which provides legal as well as management training.[2] In 2007 the Privy Council awarded BPP Professional Education powers to award degrees.[4] The Company was acquired by Apollo Global for £368 million[5] in July 2009.[6]

Operations

The Company is organised as follows:[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c BPP Holdings: Annual Report 2008
  2. ^ a b BPP Profile
  3. ^ Robert Woodward: teacher and entrepreneur The Independent, 15 November 2008
  4. ^ Law careers
  5. ^ Fearn, Hannah (4 August 2009). "Apollo completes BPP takeover". Times Higher Education. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407663&c=1. Retrieved 2009-08-05.  
  6. ^ "BBP Holdings PLC (UK): Scheme Of Arrangement". FTSE Group. 27 July 2009. http://www.ftse.com/tech_notices/2009/Q3/27650_20090727_BPP_Holdings.jsp;jsessionid=1E21FC825E01DC7CFC22361E8738BEEC.tc1. Retrieved 2009-08-05.  
  7. ^ Apollo agrees to acquire UK-based BPP Holdings Euroinvestor, 8 June 2009

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BPP Professional Education is a British professional education company, which specialises in professional training for law, accountancy, marketing, and finance. Its legal and business studies division is known as BPP College of Professional Studies. Centres include Waterloo and Holborn (London), Leeds (West Yorkshire), and Manchester. Courses are available for a variety of periods, with a mixture of full-time and part-time courses designed for both initial training and continued education for during the working life. As of mid-2005 BPP had 2,000 staff in 40 locations worldwide. Growth has been especially emphasised in the US, which is seen as a growth market.

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