Corporate News
New contract win – Department for Education
16 January 2024
Northcoders (AIM:CODE), a UK market leading technology training business, is pleased to announce that it has successfully secured further funding from the Department for Education Skills Bootcamp Dynamic Purchasing System 2 bid ('DPS')*.
This new round of funding provides Northcoders with a further £10 million to train
individuals on the Northcoders market-leading bootcamp, deliverable over 18 months, and
provides the Company with strong revenue visibility for FY-2024 and H1-2025. It also
underpins an 18.6% increase in revenue per student, compared to the last nine month Wave
4 contract, in line with the Group's focus on driving increased near term
profitability.
This funding has been received for the Group's core B2C Software Engineering, Data
Engineering and Cloud Engineering bootcamp courses. This is the fourth year in
succession in which Northcoders has succeeded in winning increased Government funding
for its bootcamps, selected for their ongoing quality and job outcomes.
Chris Hill, CEO of Northcoders, said: “This a fantastic demonstration of
Northcoders' reputation as a market leading, quality technology training company. With
the global skills challenge increasing through the continuous introduction of emerging
technologies, training in these fields has become a priority across public and private
sectors. Knowing we are the provider of choice is a testament to the team and the
business we have built. This contract provides us with strong visibility and dependable
cash flow for the year ahead, and as such, we move into 2024 with strong
confidence.”
* DPS bids have previously been referred to as “Waves” by Northcoders. In line with the Department for Education's adoption of new terminology, “Wave X” will from now be referred to by the company as “DPS X”
For further enquiries:
Northcoders Group plc | Via Buchanan |
Chris Hill, CEO | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
Charlotte Prior, CFO | investors.northcodersgroup.com |
WH Ireland Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 1666 |
Mike Coe / Darshan Patel / Sarah Mather (Corporate Finance) | |
Peterhouse Capital Limited (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7496 0930 |
Martin Lampshire | www.peterhousecap.com |
Lucy Williams Duncan Vasey |
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Buchanan Communications | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
Henry Harrison-Topham | northcoders@buchanan.uk.com |
Steph Whitmore | |
Jamie Hooper |
Notes to Editors
Northcoders is one of the UK's highest quality technology training businesses, offering
tuition across a broad suite of digital areas including software development, data
engineering and cloud engineering (DevOps). Founded in 2015, the Group's B2C and
B2B programmes are award winning, and this premium reputation has helped grow a network
of 600+ corporate hiring partners for its alumni.
The Group is focused on making an immediate impact on corporate diversity and
accessibility, and its remote learning courses are offering individuals across the UK,
from every background, entry to the technology skills market. As emerging technologies
further increase the need for digital experts, demand for these services continues to
grow. Through further geographic expansion, customer diversification, new training
formats and new course introductions, Northcoders is rapidly scaling to address the UK's
digital skills gap.
Northcoders was admitted to trading on AIM in July 2021 with the ticker CODE. For additional information please visit investors.northcodersgroup.com.