Croner Group

Croner
Founded 1941
Founder

Ulrich Horst Edward Croner

Transformed by Petre Sefton and Hans Staal
Headquarters Kingston upon Thames, London, United Kingdom
Services Import export, logistics, employment law, HR, company law, education law, procurement, health & safety, environment, charities
Website www.croner.co.uk

Croner Group is a British company that is active in the four areas of human resources, health and safety, tax and reward management.

History

Early history

Croner Publications Ltd was established in 1941 by Ulrich Horst Edward Croner. The Company’s first publication was a newsletter, Shippers Overseas Correspondence. Later, as a consequence of increasing wartime controls, Mr Croner compiled all the information needed by exporters and importers into the “Reference Book for Shippers”. The next 20 years saw the publication of four more loose-leaves: the Reference Book for Employers (1955), the World Directory of Freight Conferences, The Reference Book for Importers and Road Transport Operation.[1]

The modern history of Croner can be said to date from 1976 when Mrs Croner appointed her nephew, Andrew Brode, as the new managing director. Brode set about expanding the marketing effort and raising the profile of the loose-leaf as an information delivery system. The increased profitability attracted the attention of UK and European publishers and in 1977 Brode negotiated the acquisition of Croner by a Dutch group ICU. In 1982 ICU subsequently changed its name to the Wolters Samson Group, and in 1987 combined with Kluwer to form Wolters Kluwer.[2]

1980s

The 1980s saw a increase in Croner’s activities into a new subject areas such as catering, health and safety, schools management and premises management. Led by Petre Sefton, Croner expanded into law-for-business. She oversaw the move to Kingston.

1990s

In 1999 the company acquired IRPC Group Limited, active in employment, health and safety, compliance and taxation matters. Dennis Hunt identified a demand for advisory and compliance services in response to increasing employment legislation and trade union activity in the 1970s.

In 2000 IRPC was rebranded to Croner Consulting alongside several other acquired units. Other acquisitions included SBJ-ESS, LPMS, PPC, Reward, Empire, Norton-Waugh.

2000s

Peninsula Business Services bought Croner Group from Wolters Kluwer in late 2015.[3] Peninsula has a presence in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the UK.[4]

Croner's human resources (HR) services support provide software and employment tribunal assistance.[5] Health and safety advisors provide help with compliance, audits and also offer crisis support in the event of an incident. Croner partner with over 130 associations to allow their members access to additional services, having formed a strategic alliance with the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).[6]

The IRPC brand (now Croner) primarily concentrates on offering fee protection insurance, a scheme that covers the clients of an accountancy practice for any professional fees that result from an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Reference book for exporters, (formerly, Reference book for shippers), a loose-leaf handbook covering the current information required for shipments by land, sea and air to all foreign countries, kept up to date by an amendment service". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  2. ↑ "Kluwer and Wolters Samsom Groep, the two Dutch publishing groups planning to merge, have announced that their merger intentions pre-dated the Elsevier takeover bid". Textline Multiple Source Collection. June 18, 1987.
  3. ↑ Bell, Alex (17 December 2015). "Peninsula snaps up Croner Group in 'landmark' deal". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Peter Done - Business Expert, Peninsula Business Services". www.peninsulagrouplimited.com. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  5. ↑ "The Uber Case: The Background, The Ruling, The Implications and The Reaction". is4profit.com. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  6. ↑ "REC brings Croner on board for members". www.recruiter.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  7. ↑ "What benefits do you offer in your business?". smallbusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
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