Case Study: Central England Co-operative achieves a faster, fully digital recruitment journey with Eploy

Central England Co-op (CEC) has made steps to revitalise its recruitment experience as part of a large-scale transformation programme

Central England Co-operative wanted to replace a slow, manual recruitment process with a more agile, consistent candidate and hiring manager experience. Its old ATS lacked flexibility and analytics, onboarding was fully manual, and delays were causing candidate loss. Central England Co-operative selected Eploy ATS to support a full digital recruitment journey, improve employer branding, and give line managers better tools to recruit themselves.

Eploy implemented a new careers site, candidate and hiring manager portals, automated onboarding, and integrations with iTrent HR/payroll to remove manual data entry. The result was a faster, fully digital recruitment process with instant contract issuance instead of a 5–7 day wait, better candidate quality, improved hiring manager efficiency, and stronger reporting through dashboards. Central England Co-operative also reported hours saved each day per manager, with benefits felt across its 260 stores.

Central England Co-operative

Hannah Huxley Greene

Project & Change Manager