It is a major welfare-to-work provider, delivering a range of contracts and employment programmes, for people with substantial barriers to work.

[1] Historically, it also directly employed disabled people in a number of factories owned by Remploy itself and subsidised by the UK government, though these were phased out at the start of the 21st century.

The five-year project to develop Remploy as a high-street brand allowed the business to support its vision of assisting over 10,000 disabled customers into mainstream employment, a target achieved in the financial year of 2009–10.

In 2009 Remploy was selected as a prime- and sub-contractor to deliver the then government's 'Flexible New Deal' contract, which aimed to help the long-term unemployed back into work.

The mobile units have provided support to disabled customers in the most hard-to-reach geographical areas where access to public transport is limited.

The review was carried out by Liz Sayce, the head of RADAR, the largest disability campaigning organisation in the country,[8] and was published in early 2012.

[10] The fate of these 20 remaining sites were as follows: In addition, the Cook with Care business, based in Liverpool, was spun off into a Social Enterprise.

[14] On 9 April 2015, the residual Remploy company was renamed Disabled People's Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd while it was wound down, before being dissolved on 3 June 2024.