Emerging Talent Consultancy, Grayce celebrates 10 years in business
The new year has welcomed new milestones for emerging talent management consultancy, Grayce, who have recently celebrated 10 years in business. Grayce was founded in 2012 with a belief in the value that emerging talent can bring to businesses. Over the last 10 years, Grayce has seen many breakthroughs and new chapters, including acquiring talent consultancy Doris in 2020, to becoming a climate positive business in October last year, and growing their revenue to almost £40 million.
Paul Jezzard, Chief Financial Officer at Grayce stated: “Grayce has experienced profound growth over the last 10 years whilst staying true to our values. All 700 of our exceptionally talented employees have been the catalyst for this sustained period of growth; enabling us to broaden our proposition and expand into both new markets and geographies. We are extremely excited for the next phase of growth for Grayce as we look to kick-start even more careers and further support our clients.”
New Collaboration Hubs in Manchester and London
In August 2022, Grayce announced the opening of their two new £2m+ collaborative workspaces in Manchester and London, along with a further £2m invested in evolving its training and development programmes. In a bid to futureproof the employability of young people by equipping them with the necessary skills needed in this digital-first era, Grayce expanded on its partnership programmes with the goal to improve digital inclusion and social mobility in tech.
Grayce’s collaboration hubs, along with the training investment, directly supported its rapidly growing analyst community in developing the most-in-demand skills across industries, in data, tech and digital. The workspaces were vital in building on the interpersonal and tech skills of young professionals and recent graduates, while promoting collaborative learning, through Grayce’s three dedicated Development Programmes – Change+, Data+ and Tech+.
Grayce Community
Over the last 10 years, Grayce can proudly share they have discovered, developed and delivered 1700 Analysts to their clients and engaged with over 150 customers. Both Data+ and Tech+ were brand new programmes that were developed over the last decade in response to Grayce expanding their offerings in line with client demands. Grayce’s unique solution ensures their clients have access to high quality analysts, delivered through a flexible engagement model. To stay ahead of the competition and keep up with consumer needs, it has been proven with their clients that change, tech and data are all vital parts of growth for every business. Additionally, Grayce has also expanded on our number of internal initiatives, ensuring they are a diverse business with an inclusive mindset. Their initiative’s range from sustainability to EveryOneEmpowered, establishing a community for all backgrounds and passions.
Climate Positive Business
October 2022 saw Grayce delighted to announce that they were officially a Climate Positive Business through their partnership with a nature-based solutions provider. This means that the company purposely strive to remove more greenhouse gas emissions than they produce. The partnership connects Grayce to high-quality solutions that support their ESG goals, working not only to balance their footprint but also to protect biodiversity and local communities too. During their Thoughtfest in November 2021, Grayce pledged to make their business a greener and more sustainable one. By doing so, it gave Grayce great delight nine months later to announce their Climate Positive status.
Awards
Over the last 10 years, Grayce has always believed it’s all about growing in the right way. Their values sit at the heart of everything they do. It has always been a clear priority for Grayce to care for their people, champion diversity, and partner with organisations that share their passion for emerging talent. The ethos the company shares has been reflected over the years by their many award wins and finalist recognitions. Over the last decade, Grayce have been recognised on the FT 1000: Europe’s fastest-growing companies list, won the UK Company Culture Awards for 2022 and been named finalists in over 10 award categories in 2022 alone, including awards for inclusion and diversity, technology awards and growing business awards.
Future of Grayce
Jo Matkin, who joined the business as interim CEO in December 2022, said “I feel privileged to be leading Grayce into its next decade. Every day I see our people living the Grayce values, and we, like our customers, are always learning from our brilliant employees.
The number of Hire, Train and Deploy businesses in the market has significantly increased in the last 10 years, but what continues to set Grayce apart is that we Hire, Train, Deploy and Develop emerging talent. We do development really well, and we take it very seriously.
We’re excited to enter our next decade of growth; as the demand for digital and data skills increases, our focus is on the continuous evolution of our development programmes, but our starting point will always be high calibre and diverse emerging talent who can add real business value to our customer
