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Racing Post makes Northgate HR firm favourite

~ selects Northgate HR to deliver fully managed payroll ~

March 23, 2008

Racing Post Group has selected Northgate HR to deliver its payroll for its 200+ employees. The agreement will see Northgate HR provide a fully managed service.

Having its own payroll is helping Racing Post Group accelerate its journey to becoming an independent company. It was sold by Trinity Mirror on October 1st, and needed to find its own payroll solution. The tender was put out to market and also to Northgate HR, which provides the payroll for
Trinity Mirror.

Northgate HR was the favourite, and once the contract had been signed the payroll was fully implemented and rolled out to The Racing Post Group’s 200+ employees within a month. Northgate HR ensured that the payroll was up and running quickly to minimise disruption for employees during the split from Trinity Mirror.

Executive quote

Malcolm Aldis, managing director at Northgate HR, commented: “We’re pleased the roll out of Racing Post Group’s payroll has gone so well, and look forward to extending the service to cover other HR processes as the relationship develops.”

Customer quote

Northgate HR carried out a due diligence exercise, scoped out the project, built the payroll, tested it and made it live, all within a month – much to the satisfaction of Mark Francis, finance director at Racing Post Group: “The quick and successful implementation of our payroll has helped us clear some hurdles in the process of separating from our former owners. Being able to pay our staff in a timely manner, without creating a headache for our internal finance team or uncertainty among staff, has made the transition very easy, and we have Northgate HR to thank for that. The team was committed to turning the project around quickly and, especially considering the Christmas break was included in the period, exceeded our expectations.”

About the company

Northgate Information Solutions is a market leader in providing specialist software, outsourcing and information technology (IT) services to the human resources, local government, education and public safety markets.

Northgate, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, currently employs over 6,000 staff and operates in 46 countries across 5 continents.

Northgate has approximately 4,500 large/medium customers and approximately 10,500 small to medium enterprise (SME) customers world wide. The many corporate organisations Northgate works closely with include over 20% of fortune 500 clients ,90% of the UK local authorities and all of the UK’s police forces.

Contact details

Suzy Ferguson or Lisa Gillingham at LEWIS
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7802 2626 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7802 2627
Email: suzyf / lisag@lewispr.com
Internet: http://www.lewispr.com

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