HR Directors Business Summit
Richard Pearson is presenting at the European HR Directors Business Summit. For details, please contact Susan Roche. You can download a copy of his presentation here.

16th HR Directors’ Forum
On Thursday 27th May we are holding our bi-annual forum, this time at the Institute of Directors, London. Our guest speaker from The White Company is Jane Perks, HR Director. Jane’s presentation is based on ‘Developing HR in a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial business’. To reserve your place, contact: Susan.Roche@resourcebank.co.uk.

15th HR Directors’ Forum
On Thursday 22nd October we are holding our bi-annual forum, this time at Mallory Court Hotel, Leamington Spa. Our guest speakers’ from E.ON UK are Maria Antoniou, Director – Human Resources and Sue LaVerne – Head of Retail Human Resources. Their presentation is based on ‘Jobs of the Future – Low Carbon Energy’. To reserve your place, contact Susan.Roche@resourcebank.co.uk.

Kerry Foods is also a leading producer of supermarket private label products such as chilled and frozen ready meals, cooked meats, pastry products, cheese and dairy products and sandwiches. They have headquarters in Tralee and Egham, and some 20 manufacturing facilities throughout the UK and Ireland, with an extensive distribution network in both countries. Resourcebank will be recruiting all commercial and UK head office roles for the duration of the project.

The new team of 5 are based at the Telford offices, close to Aga's own HQ. They will be tasked with recruiting c.300 people this year to support the ongoing growth of these enduring brands. ResourceBank is thrilled to be working with such a prestigious local company.

In the UK they are best known for their franking machines but offer a much broader range of services. The services include standalone franking machines, large integrated franking, insertion and sorting systems through to complete document process outsourcing.

We are delighted to be working with the Field Sales team who are responsible for the sale and lease of products within the SME sector.

We are delighted to have been asked to support this exciting new development from a recruitment perspective.

The World Duty Free Resourcing Centre has been set up from our Henley offices, and is tasked with helping to recruit the additional external 156 headcount needed to staff the retail aspect of Terminal 5.

The timeframes are to complete this recruitment project by the end of February 2008, however the majority of the recruits are to be in place for Christmas!

We are recruiting largely customer service operatives and specialist retail staff who will focus on specific areas.

Our recruitment team, based within VT's Portsmouth Shipbuilding facility, will work alongside VT to recruit 100 challenging technical roles.

NFU Mutual are a leading provider of financial services to both personal and commercial clients with over 300 offices throughout the UK.

NFU Mutual have asked us to recruit up to 50 people to join their UK network of managers, agents and consultants as part of their impressive growth strategy. A dedicated team of 4 at our Telford offices are working on this exciting project.

A dedicated team of five based at ResourceBank's Henley on Thames office, is recruiting nearly 600 staff for Wyevale in 2007 - from store managers and operations managers through to customer service advisors and catering staff.

Using cutting edge technology, ResourceBank has created a bespoke 'Talent Screen' system to search and select recruits for Wyevale. Already its database tops 5000 individuals, with 80% of applicants completing the 'talent screen' tests. Jane Burton, the Wyevale Resourcing Centre Manager commented "this is a highly efficient system built to maximise results and the Resourcing Centre is an extension of the Wyevale business. Currently we place one person in every two interviewed and we can fill 96% of vacancies within six weeks."

Suppliers to the industrial, building and trade markets, Aliaxis comprises eight companies including Marley Plumbing and Drainage, Hunter Plastics and Durapipe. Worldwide the Aliaxis group employs 12,000 staff across 40 countries.

Based at ResourceBank's Telford HQ, the ARC team of five is responsible for recruiting 80% of roles across the UK group including marketing, engineering, sales and manufacturing staff. Claire Silvester, HR manager at Aliaxis commented "The people agenda is critical to our business in attracting and retaining high calibre staff. The ARC will raise the profile of Aliaxis as an employer of choice in the marketplace and it will increase our efficiency while saving recruitment costs."

Our guest speaker is Geoff Hall, Head of HR Operations for World Duty Free and his topic is Terminal 5 - Life After BAA.

Geoff will relate the positive experiences of working on such a major initiative, revealing his frustrations at being over-shadowed by a barrage of negative media stories and also share the HR issues faced following BAA’s sale of World Duty Free to Autogrill, offering insight into the challenge of separating from a parent company, highlighting the lessons learned around integrating into an international business.

12th HR Director's Forum
ResourceBank's 12th Forum was held at the Institute of Directors on May 22nd, 2008. Our guest speaker was Claire Silvester, HR Director UK of Marley Plumbing and Drainage, and she gave a very interesting and informative presentation on the subject of HR Change Management.