Horizon One's one-stop service for human resources and accounting

「As part of its strategic initiatives to grow the business by expanding its BPO operations, the Company transferred part of its shares in its consolidated subsidiary Horizon One株式会社 to 株式会社レイヤーズ・コンサルティング. Shares held before the transfer: 102 shares (ownership interest: 51.00%); shares transferred: 2 shares (ownership interest: 1.00%); transfer price: ¥19 million; shares held after the transfer: 100 shares (ownership interest: 50.00%).」

「As part of its co-creation initiative, Horizon One Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Layers Consulting Co., Ltd., held the opening ceremony for the Kumamoto Castle BPO Center, its fourth location in Kumamoto City. The center will hire 100 new employees and is scheduled to handle accounting operations for a major electrical equipment company headquartered in Tokyo and listed on the Prime Market. Preparations are under way for full-scale operations to begin in October 2025. With this initiative, the Kumamoto workforce will expand to approximately 400 people. We will continue working with Kumamoto Prefecture and Kumamoto City to create jobs locally and contribute to regional development.」

「Horizon One Co., Ltd., our joint venture with Layers Consulting Co., Ltd., entered into a location agreement with Kumamoto City and opened the Kumamoto Shirakawa BPO Center, its third location in Kumamoto City. It plans to hire approximately 100 additional employees and will expand its BPO business covering a broad range of indirect operations, including accounting, human resources and general affairs, for client companies facing labor shortages, particularly in the construction industry.」

「As part of its co-creation initiative, Horizon One Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Layers Consulting Co., Ltd., opened the Kumamoto Kamidori BPO Center, its second location in Kumamoto City. The center will serve as a new base for expanding BPO services in accounting and human resources, and is scheduled to provide accounting BPO services to Tokyu Finance and Accounting Co., Ltd. Going forward, we aim to provide services that contribute to further job creation in Kumamoto Prefecture and increased client value by using initiatives including the “talent acceptance model,” under which client personnel responsible for the relevant work are accepted in full together with the contracted operations, a “mandatory retirement age of 70” system and a “reskilling program” designed to promote employment of senior workers.」

「During the first three months of the current consolidated fiscal year, we established Horizon One Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Layers Consulting Co., Ltd. formed on 1 March 2022 for the human resources and accounting consulting and outsourcing business, and made it a consolidated subsidiary. Leveraging the strengths of both companies, Horizon One Co., Ltd. will provide one-stop services covering the full range of functions from upstream to downstream in human resources and accounting, including strategy formulation, operational reform, technology utilization, reskilling and business operations, thereby resolving companies' management challenges in an increasingly uncertain environment.」