Membership is open to the most senior HR person within an organisation. This individual must be nominated by an existing PPMG member, be visited by two existing PPMG members, proposed and then invited to join the Group, for which there is a nominal annual membership subscription fee. If you do not know any PPMG members, please feel free to contact us to discuss membership and we can initiate the process.
We meet monthly for breakfast meetings in the local Portsmouth area. Each meeting has a fixed agenda and covers a single topic such as Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations, Training & Development or Recruitment for example. Between meetings, our members exchange information, ideas and suggestions by email/phone on a regular basis.

We aim to have around 30 member companies and the network of HR professionals has proved a valuable link to the organizations involved. Our current membership includes a variety of organisations including:Covidien
• Covidien
• CooperVision Manufacturing Ltd
• Direct Life
• Doncaster Trucast Ltd
• Estee Lauder Companies
• Fasset Ltd
• Gemalto UK Ltd
• H & S Aviation Ltd
• Inchcape Fleet Solutions
• Meggitt Avionics
• Morgan Technical Ceramics
• Portsmouth Water plc
• Pfizer Ltd
• Raymarine UK Ltd
• Rolls Royce Motor Cars Ltd
• Saab Seaeye Ltd
• Semtech Ltd
• SMR Automotive Mirrors UK Ltd
• Sumika Polymer Compounds (UK) Ltd
• Turbomeca Ltd
• Vector Aerospace UK
• Wallop Defence Systems
• Warings Contractors Ltd
• Whitman Laboratories Ltd
• John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
The benefits of joining PPMG:
- The opportunity to network with other senior like-minded HR professionals
- A friendly and professional environment to share expertise, keep up to date with changes in legislation and discuss best practice ideas
- A supportive network of professionals to help solve problems and difficult situations
- Free access to our membership Forum where you can contact other members by phone and email
- Allows frank discussion of issues within a confidential forum with those who really understand the role of the HR Manager
- A very useful network covering a wide range of companies/business types.
“Membership with PPMG has been a real benefit to me in my day to day role. Being able to discuss difficult industrial relations situations as well as sharing best practice ideas has helped me improve my day to day performance and knowledge of the Industry. This is a friendly and approachable group of HR professionals, the meetings are informative and fun and I have really benefited from the shared knowledge." A PPMG Member
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