Britannia Healthcare merger with Sharp BH Global Manpower of the Philippines
Britannia Healthcare have agreed a merger with Sharp BH Global Manpower Inc. a company incorporated in the Philippines. Sharp BH Global Manpower is part of the CF Sharp Group, one of the most respected and largest manpower companies in the Philippines specialising in supplying sea-based staff to some of the worlds best known shipping companies. The company typcially recruits and mobilises around 1500 staff per month and currently has more than 10,000 deployed on contract.
The merger brings together CF Sharps expertise in the recruiting sector in the Philippines to enable Britannia Healthcare to offer innovative and unique healthcare permanent, temporary (agency) and contract staffing solutions in the UK. Colin Pettifer, founder and Managing Director of Britannia Healthcare said “Britannia Healthcare offers greater cost reduction and value compared to all other suppliers of clinical staff to the NHS…Britannia Healthcare generates ‘like for like’ cost reduction of between 20% – 60% for agency staff via our ‘contract staffing solution’, and 35% – 60% via our ‘international recruitment solution’…Even for low order volumes this equates to £M’s savings compared with other NHS suppliers”.
Miguel Rocha, President of CF Sharp Crew Management said “we believe this collaboration will enable us to successfully compete in the UK healthcare staffing market offering fantastic value in terms of quality and cost reduction to the NHS whilst generating meaningful opportunities for Filipino healthcare workers…we look forward to working with Britannia Healthcare in the UK and internationally”.