Our clients

IPA provides training, consultancy and research services to organisations of all sizes in the public, private and third sectors.

Some of our recent clients have included:

Academi Wales		Kingfisher plc
Acas		Lancashire Police
Allianz		Legal & General
Amey		LexisNexis
Amnesty International		Lincolnshire Police
Antalis		Lloyds Banking Group
ASLEF		MTR Crossrail
Association of Police Communicators		Müller Milk Group
Aviva		National Nuclear Laboratory
B&Q		National Trust
Babcock International Group		NHS Employers
BAE Systems		North Wales Police
Bakkavor		Northern Gas Networks
Balfour Beatty		Panasonic
Barclays		Pfizer UK
Bart’s Health NHS Trust		Places for People
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home		Police Service Northern Ireland
Border Force		Powys Health Board
BP plc		PwC
Capgemini		Raven Housing Trust
Catalyst Housing		Recruitment & Employment Confederation
Cheshire Police		Royal College of Anaesthetists
Cielo Talent Management		Royal College of General Practitioners
CIPD		Royal College of Midwives
Clarion Housing		Royal College of Nursing
Community		Royal College of Physicians
Connect Plus Services		Royal College of Surgeons
Cumbria Police		SAB Miller
Cushman Wakefield LLP		Salad Works
DAC Beachcroft LLP		Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
DEFRA		Sanctuary Housing
Deliveroo		Santander UK
Department for Transport		Seetec
Devon & Cornwall Housing		Sodexo
DHL		Sopra Steria
Dyfed Powys Police		Southeastern Railway
Easyjet		Standard Life
FCA Group		Stonewater
Financial Reporting Council		Surrey Police
Gambling Commission		Sussex Police
General Electric		The Electoral Commission
General Medical Council		ThermoFisher
GKN		Three
Greater Manchester Police		TPICAP
Guardian Media Group		Unison
HFT		United Hospitals Morecombe Bay
Home Office		Velocity Composites
Hospira		Victrex
HVIVO		Virgin Media
Irish Management Institute		World Skills
Jaguar Land Rover		Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
JLT Group		Young & Co Brewery
Kelvin Hughes		Zoetis

Latest

The Welsh Way: Top 5 takeaways for UK employers from the Welsh Social Partnership Conference

IPA's Head of Learning & Development Services, Lucy O'Melia reports on the event - the landscape of industrial relations in the UK is undergoing significant shifts, prompting a re-evaluation of collaborative practices between employers and trade unions. Social Partnership gained a statutory foothold in Wales in 2023, and places a requirement on public bodies to engage early and collaboratively with union representatives, treating unions as a strategic partner in their decision-making processes.
IPA Employee Voice Hub - Fair & Flexible Working For All - 17th July 2pm to 3pm

Astrid Allen, Institute for Employment Studies (IES), will present findings from recent research into flexible working for frontline and site-based workers drawing on the recent evaluation of different flexible working initiatives introduced at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation NHS Trust, Sir Robert McAlpine and Wickes. The ‘Flexible working for all’ project aimed to reduce organisational disparities and improve the health and wellbeing of employees within the participating organisations.
Lucy O'Melia

Head of learning & development
Let’s start talking: rebooting the partnership agenda between government, unions and employers

There has been much discussion about the wide-ranging reforms to working lives embodied in Labour’s New Deal for working people. Taken with other much needed reforms of the labour market, including skills policy and a serious commitment to return to work strategies, this package of measures will require detailed and collaborative implementation should Labour form the next government.