OREANDA-NEWS. Progility plc (AIM: PGY), the systems integrator and project management services firm, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire Woodspeen Training Limited ("Woodspeen"), a subsidiary of Woodspeen Training Group PLC, which is listed on the ISDX.

Woodspeen provides training and skills development to unemployed learners and a range of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programmes through a funding agreement with the Skills Funding Agency.  It has been recently accredited as a grade 2 training provider by Ofsted. It currently operates in areas such as health & social care, business and administration, customer service, team leading, retail, IT, childcare, hairdressing & barbering and manufacturing.

Woodspeen has around 98 employees and operates from premises in Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Halifax and Huddersfield.

Progility's Training division, ILX, currently provides training in the UK Cabinet Office's best management practice products, primarily PRINCE2, MSP and ITIL through a blend of on-line learning, games and simulations, traditional classroom training, practical workshops and coaching.  ILX has been looking closely at creating a range of project management based vocational training products.

Wayne Bos, Executive Chairman of Progility, commented, "Woodspeen presents an exciting opportunity to extend our training capabilities into vocational and skills based learning.  Woodspeen's recent grade 2 Oftsed report is a testament to the quality of its work.   We look forward to working closely with the Woodspeen team and expanding the Group's training portfolio."