3 October 2022

Staffline Group plc

("Staffline", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director Declaration

Staffline (AIM: STAF), the recruitment and training group, announces that Albert Ellis, CEO of the Company, has been appointed as a non-executive director of HRnetGroup Limited ("HRnet") with effect from 1 October 2022.

HRnet, one of the largest Asia-based recruitment agencies, which is listed on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange, is the second largest shareholder in the Company (holding approximately 15% of the current issued share capital).

Mr Ellis has been appointed to the board of HRnet given his extensive experience in the recruitment industry. This role will not impact on the time required by Mr Ellis to fulfil his CEO position with the Company. In addition, Mr Ellis will recuse himself from any potential conflicts of interest which might arise whilst being on the board of HRnet.

Whilst this announcement is not required under the AIM Rules, the Board believes it is appropriate to notify the market of this appointment.

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About Staffline 

Providing workforce solutions

Staffline is the UK's market leading Recruitment and Training group. It has three divisions:

Recruitment GB

Staffline is a leading provider of flexible blue-collar workers, supplying c.33,000 staff per day on average from around 400 client sites, across a wide range of industries including agriculture, supermarkets, drinks, driving, food processing, logistics and manufacturing.

Recruitment Ireland

The Recruitment Ireland business is a leading end to end solutions provider operating across twenty industries, ten branch locations and ten onsite customer locations, supplying c.4,500 staff per day on average, and offering RPO, MSP, temporary and permanent solutions across the island of Ireland.

PeoplePlus Division

PeoplePlus is leading skills and employability business with a clear purpose to help people transform their lives, get jobs and keep jobs, and develop their careers. The division works with employers to develop workforces of the future, and with central, local and devolved governments to support their economic and social policy agendas.