We're joining Cezanne HR - and here's why this is great news for People Teams.
Today marks a significant milestone for Learn Amp, and for the market we serve. We're thrilled to announce that Learn Amp has been acquired by Cezanne HR, one of the UK's fastest-growing providers of HR software and payroll solutions.
This is big news, and we want to share what it means, why it matters, and why we believe the timing couldn't be better.
The problem we've both been trying to solve
For too long, People Teams have had to make an uncomfortable choice: invest in the enterprise platforms that own the full HR and L&D lifecycle (and pay enterprise prices), or accept a patchwork of disconnected tools that don't talk to each other.
Mid-market organisations, typically between 100 and 2,500 employees, have historically been underserved. The enterprise platforms are too expensive and too complex. The point solutions don't connect. And HR teams end up spending more time managing systems than supporting people.
At Learn Amp, we've spent the last decade building an AI-powered employee development platform that makes learning, performance and engagement genuinely work.
Cezanne has spent that same decade building one of the UK's most trusted HR and payroll platforms, with a deep commitment to simplicity, flexibility and customer value.
We've been solving different parts of the same problem. And now we're solving it together.
What does this mean in practice?
Customers will benefit from a more connected approach to managing, developing and engaging their people through a single platform.
That means:
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Attracting and onboarding talent through Cezanne Recruitment (previously Occupop) and Cezanne's onboarding tools
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Managing the core HR lifecycle, including absence, time, compensation, performance and pulse surveys through Cezanne's HR platform
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Building organisational capability and supporting employee growth through Cezanne's learning, development and career progression solution
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Managing the employee experience end-to-end, fostering engagement, belonging and connection at every stage of the employee journey, so people don't just stay, but thrive
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Paying people accurately and compliantly through Cezanne's Smart Managed Payroll
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Understanding what's working through integrated analytics and insights across HR and L&D
For the first time, mid-market People Teams can access a genuinely end-to-end employee lifecycle platform without the enterprise price tag, the complexity, or the need to manage multiple vendors.
The market moment
The urgency isn't lost on us. With one in three UK workers planning to change jobs in 2026, and employee disengagement costing the UK economy an estimated £257 billion a year in lost productivity, the stakes for People Teams have never been higher.
Efficient HR administration matters, but it's not enough. Organisations that want to attract, develop and retain great people need technology that actively supports learning, growth and engagement across the entire employee journey.
At the same time, business leaders are under real pressure to do more with less.
The era of layering on point solution after point solution is over. Organisations are actively looking to consolidate their HR tech stacks, reducing the number of vendors they manage, the number of contracts they maintain, and the number of integrations they have to keep working.
The case is straightforward: fewer, better-connected tools drive meaningful efficiency gains and cost savings, both in licensing and in the administrative overhead of running disconnected systems.
But consolidation only works if the unified platform doesn't sacrifice quality at the edges, and that's where so many attempts have fallen short.
It also creates a reporting and insights problem. When your HR data lives in one system, your learning data in another, and your performance data somewhere else entirely, joined-up insight becomes almost impossible.
Leaders can't see the full picture. HR teams can't connect learning activity to performance outcomes, or identify where disengagement is starting before it becomes attrition.
A truly integrated platform changes that. When data flows seamlessly across HR, L&D, payroll and performance, you get the kind of synchronised, real-time insight that actually helps People Teams make better decisions - and demonstrate their impact to the business.
That's exactly what this combination delivers.
What this means for our customers
If you're a current Learn Amp customer, the most important thing to know is: nothing changes in the short term. Your platform, your support, and your relationships all remain in place.
What will change, over time, is what becomes possible. Customers will benefit from a richer, more connected experience.
We'll be sharing more about the product roadmap and integration plans in the coming months.
If you have questions in the meantime, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager.
What's next
This acquisition builds on the momentum Cezanne has been generating, including the launch of its AI-powered HR tools, the acquisition of Occupop (now Cezanne Recruitment) in 2025, and the appointment of Julie Lally as Chief Product Officer.
Learn Amp is the next piece in the strategy to build the most complete, connected and customer-loved employee lifecycle platform.
We're just getting started. And I am so ready for it!
About Cezanne
Cezanne is on a mission to become the most loved and trusted HR and payroll platform on the market. Designed for modern organisations, its people-first software helps HR and payroll teams create thriving workplaces through intuitive, flexible and easy-to-use technology.
Quick to deploy and simple to manage, Cezanne supports organisations across the complete employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through core HR administration, payroll, performance management, engagement and workforce development.
For more information, visit cezannehr.com
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