Testimonials
I was approached by Blackrock Executive Recruitment Services with a most suitable career development opportunity. They took time to get to know my background and tied my expertise and experience with an appropriate employer. The Consultant Tom Farrer kept me fully informed throughout the interview and selection process, whilst providing both advice and support both before and after the interview and selection stages. I am most appreciative and I look forward to working with the agency in the future.
“I have been recently in touch with many recruitment companies and I have to say that the market is plenty of enthusiastic people unable to properly follow up and professionally conduct a negotiation from the start to the end. The biggest issue I found is the fact that most of them are extremely good on getting in touch for the first time but then almost all of them fade away when they have to follow up. When I got in touch with Blackrock Executive Recruitment Services I understood at once that this company was the company that could have helped me out better than anybody else. Only by reading the notes that they provide you with prior to an interview I realised that their level of competence was definitely superior.
Joe, has been absolutely outstanding not only because he secured me the job but because his degree of personalisation, punctuality, expertise and full commitment to the candidate was second to none. He has been able to structure and perfect the relationship in such a way that it was always a pleasure talking to him. I also have to praise all his colleagues I have been in touch with in the recent past. They all have been extremely professional, competent and thorough to allow me to always get the best out of all of them.
I have of course no reservation to recommend Joe Hebblewhite as an extremely good individual able to listen to your requirement and to convert them into USP when presenting you to new potential employers.
Blackrock also as a company needs to be recommended because I feel that at the present stage, in the way they are set up, they definitely have an edge on all other UK recruitment agencies.”
In the time I have known Shaun, I have been extremeley pleased with his professionalsim and enthusiasm.
During the period of first contact, all the way through to me getting my job offer, Shaun acted on my behalf and was extremely thorough throughout. Mine was not particularly easy process and took almost 7 months from start to finish but Shaun kept me fully informed and really pushed things during fairly difficult circumstances.
I would not hesitate in recommending Shaun as a Senior Recruitment Consultant and if I ever have the opportunity of requiring recruitment consultation services, I would not definitely go to him.
Jeremy Manship
Regional Sales & Product Manager
(Eurobond Doors Ltd)
Jeremy Manship, Regional Sales and Product Manager
I recently worked with Michael who helped me secure a great new role in the Coatings Industry. Michael got some excellent leads and worked quickly and effectively in communications with both myself and the potential employers. What I appreciated most about Michael's way of working was his respectful attitude to my current responsibilities and patience with correspondence. In summary, I found Michael to be a very friendly guy who worked hard to ensure I had a successful interview process and a very pleasing job offer.
January 5th 2012
Sam Chambers - Technical Sales, International Paint/Jotun Ltd
Michael made the effort to come and meet me to understand our business and requirements, this undoubtedly helped as the quality of the candidates Blackrock put forward were of the highest order and certainly met the criteria we had outlined. I was delighted with the whole process from start to finish and would have no hesitation in recommending (and using) Michael and Blackrock again.”
Richard Steer; JCA Coatings, Managing Director
Dear Sam, Nick & James
I just wanted to quickly thank you all personally for all your efforts, advice and guidance you have given me over the last few months. I am positive your input was instrumental in assisting me to secure the role with Sunlight. I have left a recommendation on Sam’s Linkedin page. Please feel free to use my name anytime you need a testimonial.
I particularly would like to commend Sam on his hard work and professionalism through the whole process. He is a credit to your business James.
May I wish you all and Blackrock Executive Recruitment Services continued success for the future. Please rest assured should I need high calibre candidates in the future you will be the first I will contact. It has been a real pleasure working with you all and feel sure we will do business together again.
Kindest regards
Chris Williams
Chris Williams
John is an extremely tenacious recruiter but remains highly professional throughout the recruitment process - these two qualities do not always sit well together - but John manages to achieve this.
He always maintains both the client and candidates best interests at the front of his mind and endeavours to ensure both offer the right solution for each other for the long term. John has an excellent understanding of the dynamics of the building services sector including the more specialised field of low and zero carbon technologies, but more importantly as a consultant, he has an extremely well developed network of contacts up to and including CEO.
If I was looking to recruit a specific type of person for a particular a role and if I was considering my next career move, John would be one of the first people I would contact. I recommend John and the services he offers on a regular basis to colleagues, friends and contacts.” October 26, 2011
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity
January 2012
Yan Evans - Sales & Marketing Director, Ener-G Group
I would recommend John's services as a recruitment partner especially if you are looking to fill a specific role; John adds significant value to the recruitment process and saved us a lot of time.
John, has worked for me on a number of assignments and has always come up with quality candidates. He is very focussed and delivers good and fast results. I look forward to working with him again in 2012”
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity
January 12, 2012
Paul Lawrence - Sales & Business Development Director, Toshiba Carrier UK Ltd
A recent article from http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=18230 explains Mouchel, a Consulting and Business Services Group have strengthened their position as a leading supplier of expertise to the UK Water Sector with four major Asset Management Programme (AMP5) contract wins.
The industry’s five year AMP5 investment period, from April 2010 to Mar 2015, will see an estimated 15 billion pounds spent on capital investment. The article on the above website went on to explain that Mouchel's recent wins included South West Water, Wessex Water, and Yorkshire Water Services and join its ongoing United Utilities work and serve to build upon the group's strong standing in the sector following extensive involvement during previous AMP investment rounds.
Mouchel's Engineering & Environment division put together the winning bid - the first time the consultant has provided capital design services to the water company - and a new team, based in Bristol, will service the contract.
Dependent upon performance, there may be opportunities to extend the services of the best performing workstream teams into AMP6.
Continuing its success, Mouchel has also signed an AMP5 framework contract with United Utilities (UU) who Mouchel has worked with since 2003, and will now extend that partnership to 2015 on the Process Partner framework contract.
The latest win for Mouchel is with Yorkshire Water Services (YWS) Ltd, which plans to invest £1.9 billion during AMP5. It has appointed the group to provide specialist modelling consultancy services under its Drainage Area Planning framework.
Drainage Area Planning provides an overview of the needs within a catchment area and develops an approach to solve the issues identified. The work involves a strategic and detailed review of drainage assets and the targeting of investment to upgrade the asset base in accordance with regulatory and environmental drivers, in order to support serviceability targets. These studies provide a forward-looking programme for both capital and operational investment programmes.
Yorkshire Water's Drainage Area Planning programme will also require Mouchel to investigate multi-stakeholder flooding and environmental issues associated with Surface Water Management Plans and Water Framework Directive drivers.
“Adding these major wins to Mouchel's growing water pipeline for the next five years is a great achievement" said Tom Rowe, Mouchel's Operating Group Director for Engineering and Environment.
To read this article in full please visit http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=18230
Charlotte Hibbert Office Manager
Waste Management Industry News.
A recent article from www.waste-management-world.com reveals by the year 2012 in Hanoi won't be able to accept more waste, and with the low ratio of land per capita, Vietnam will have to consider burning waste instead.
The Vietnamese government has allowed 18 industrial zones and high tech zones to be developed in Hanoi, as well as 13 small and medium industrial parks with thousands of industrial workshops.
Dr Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of the Vietnamese Environment Management Agency, operating under the Ministry of Health, agrees that it is necessary to apply modern technologies such as incineration.
According to him, the hazardous medical waste volume is about 40 tons per day, and the figure is forecast to be double by 2020. If no proper solution is applied to treat the waste, the hazardous waste will do harm to people's health.
To read this article in full, please visit www.waste-management-world.com
Charlotte Hibbert Office Manager
Since you first contacted Air Products earlier this year I have found our working relationship has developed into a mutually successful one.
In six months you have successfully placed four high quality candidates into sales management positions which we were struggling to fill. Your approach has been one of total commitment to understand our needs and align that with finding suitable people to put in front of us. In each case you have fulfilled your obligations extremely well.
My experience of dealing with recruitment companies has generally not been a positive one, however I am happy to say that Blackrock have been changed that perception.
I would have no hesitation in recommending your organisation to potential customers.
Adam Sullivan, Business Manager
I would like to thank the team at Blackrock for their continued help and support whilst finding me the perfect role.
I was made redundant in March this year and was finding it difficult to find work in my profession due to the lack of vacancies in the West Midlands
and was therefore prepared to relocate anywhere in the UK to secure the right job. I contacted Mark Beattie after seeing a vacancy advertised based on the South coast and explained my situation. Mark suggested I speak with his colleague Nick Barker as he had a similar role with the same company based in the Midlands area and this may be better for me.
Since being made redundant I have dealt with a number of recruitment agencies and have felt that the attitude and service from the consultants has been lacklustre and poor at best.
It was a very refreshing experience to be dealing with Nick and Mark at Blackrock and I felt that from day one that I was dealing with a professional company. It is nice during these difficult times to be dealing with a company that treat you as a person and have a strong sense of professionalism and integrity.
I finally found my perfect role and am looking forward to starting work this coming Monday. I would highly recommend Blackrock to anyone either looking for a new role, or looking to recruit.
Once again thank you to Nick and Mark!
Darryl Coleman
Can I express my sincere thanks for all your efforts during my recent job application for a Sales and Marketing Director. I have dealt with many recruitment agencies over the years from both perspectives and most have disappointed in some areas. My overall opinion of Black Rock Executive, and your specific efforts has exceeded my expectations of the level of service an agency can deliver.
Your general communication and support were second to none!
Again, thank you for your excellent service and I look forward to working with you again in the future. Please be assured if I need any additional staff, I will call you first.
Kind regards
Keith Thompson
I have worked with John on 2 senior sales assignments in my business. John has been successful in identifying 2 excellent candidates. John is very committed and has delivered on his promises. I would work with John on my future requirements.
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, On Time
Paul Burley
Security Services
An article on http://www.churchillsecurityguards.com/blog/?p=557 discusses the Security firm G4S have signed a deal with organisers of the 2012 Olympic games in the provision of 10,000 security guards for mobile security patrols of the venue during the event. As part of the £757 million security plan developed especially for the Games, the government are in charge of assigning police outside the venues, with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games responsible for providing security in the park situated in east London.
G4S’s Managing Director of security services for the Games, Mark Hamilton, said that it would dwarf similar events with regards to logistics and size.
“Nothing compares to the Olympic Games in scale and complexity. But we’ve got decades of experience managing large-scale events such as Wimbledon, the Grand National at Wembley, music festivals and the G20 summit in London,” he said.
G4S earn over £600 million from the UK government for services such as managing three immigration removal centres, four prisons, and 675 police cells and courts – and boasting an impressive £7 billion turnover, are also the second-largest private employer in the world.
Please visit http://www.churchillsecurityguards.com/blog/?p=557 to read a full and detailed article.
Security Services
An article on http://www.churchillsecurityguards.com/blog/?p=557 discusses the Security firm G4S have signed a deal with organisers of the 2012 Olympic games in the provision of 10,000 security guards for mobile security patrols of the venue during the event. As part of the £757 million security plan developed especially for the Games, the government are in charge of assigning police outside the venues, with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games responsible for providing security in the park situated in east London.
G4S’s Managing Director of security services for the Games, Mark Hamilton, said that it would dwarf similar events with regards to logistics and size.
“Nothing compares to the Olympic Games in scale and complexity. But we’ve got decades of experience managing large-scale events such as Wimbledon, the Grand National at Wembley, music festivals and the G20 summit in London,” he said.
G4S earn over £600 million from the UK government for services such as managing three immigration removal centres, four prisons, and 675 police cells and courts – and boasting an impressive £7 billion turnover, are also the second-largest private employer in the world.
Please visit http://www.churchillsecurityguards.com/blog/?p=557 to read a full and detailed article.
When I first received a call from Nick Barker I have to admit I thought “Here We Go Another Recruitment Consultant that will Promise the Earth and then be a Total Waste of Time”
However Nick’s professional and dedicated approach soon won me over and showed me that he was different from the many recruitment consultants I had previously had the misfortune of dealing with.
Nick doesn’t just try and arrange an interview with a future employer just for the sake of it; he researches both the client and the candidate thoroughly, and then matches both as closely as possible.
In my opinion, Nick is a credit to his company and his profession and whether you are a potential employer or a candidate you could do allot worse than taking some time, and talking to Nick
David J Rees
Thanks for the respect and patience you have shown me by working to my timescales. Having at last given you the "green light" you worked with determination and professionalism to achieve an outcome which has fully met my targets, in a timescale with which I am delighted. After this totally positive experience I will have no hesitation in fully recommending your services.
David Pollard
I would just like to express my thanks to the team at Blackrock Associates, and in particular James and Richard, for both their professional approach and their persistence in finding me a suitable position following my return to the UK from Australia.
In taking the time to assess my own requirements as well as matching my experience and background, they have presented an ideal opportunity for me to further my career within my chosen industry and scope of operation. Their strategy of 'getting to know' the Client has provided them with the unique opportunity of placing the right candidate in the right job.
Having been enlisted on the register with several recruitment agencies, this approach is very refreshing and is, I would argue, unique to Blackrock.
This attention to detail will, I am sure, prove to be Blackrocks' key element to achieving further success in the field of professional recruitment consultancy.
When the time for me to be recruiting my own staff comes, I will have no hesitation in returning to Blackrock.
Best Wishes,
Gary Dwyer
Nick demonstrates a determined and disciplined approach to his profession, maintaining good communication with his well-developed network of contacts. Whether he is seeking to fill a position for a client company or trying to find the right position for someone looking to change their employer, he delivers a relaible and consistent level of service which gives confidence to all parties.
Top qualities: Personable, Expert, Good Value
Paul Bell
Nick has always supplied me with excellent candidates that have some thing about them, he totaly understands what I look for in people. I can highly recommend his services in the recuritment market.
Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, High Integrity
Bob Forsyth
Nicholas is a highly professional HR professional, who adds value to his clients, by providing the right candidate as a strategic solution to the resource requirement of the organisation.
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity
Bob Dackiw
Auto Windscreens Ltd used Blackrock to successfully recruit our UK Sales Director in March 09. We found the level of service Blackrock and Nicky Jones provided to be very professional. They fully understood our business requirements, delivering an efficient, effective and successful recruitment process which resulted in Auto Windscreens securing our preferred candidate. With their professional service I am confident to recommend them to others.
Peter Fox, Managing Director
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for the professional way in which you helped place me within Banro.
I have accepted the position of National Sales Manager and take up my new role on Monday.
You have kept me informed through out the interview process and provided feedback at all stages and I am sure this helped during the interview process.
I will have no hesitation in considering Rilwood for any new appointments that I may have to make whilst at Banro and will certainly recommend you when the opportunity presents itself.
Andy Smith
Just a brief message to thank you for the help you've given me in securing the position at Kingspan.
It only remains for me to sincerely thank you for the determination and professionalism Blackrock and particularily you have shown and am sure it played no small part in taking us to this point.
It goes without saying that I would have no reservations in recommending you and Blackrock to others.
Brian Abbs
Now that all is in place and the wheels are in motion, I thought it only fair that I write to thank you and your colleagues for the thoroughly professional and friendly service given. At all times throughout the process you gave all the support, in fact, more support than I could have expected and at all time had the feeling that with your help I couldn't fail to achieve to get the job.
Please be assured that I will be more that happy to pass your name on if asked for a trusted agency.
Malcolm Roe
I would like to offer my thanks and appreciation to you for the dedication, resourcefulness and absolute professionalism that he has displayed to me recently during the interview and selection process with my now new employer S T Skoleinventar. I have been extremely impressed by his manner, his approach and coaching suggestions at every stage in this process and I am delighted to confirm that I was offered the post and started work on October 1st 2007.
I had actually worked with Blackrock in the past via a colleague of James, Mark Beattie and so there was much to live up to as Mark and I enjoyed a very successful liaison. However, James more than met my, already high, expectations to prove that the first dealings that I had were not only usual but the norm’ for Blackrock.
Once again, Blackrock, through James’ own approach, demonstrated that no-one should make sweeping judgements and if James is the measure of competency throughout Blackrock then I'm sure you have an excellent business, if he is not then perhaps you should get his de-brief on how we achieved this success. My new Company also spoke highly of James, and indeed Blackrock and his/their approach to S T’s business needs and that's not something one hears too often from employers where Agencies are concerned.
I have now been in post, as it were, for a little under a month, but already both the Company and me have seen many developments through our mutual understandings and needs, and this was all made clear during the recruitment process by all sides. I feel confident about my future and I believe that the Company also feels the same way.
I would have no hesitation in returning to Blackrock should the need ever arise nor would I have any hesitation in recommending Mark, and thus Blackrock to my friends and colleagues as and when it is appropriate to do so.
Again, my thanks to you James and Blackrock.
John Nicholas
I thought I would drop a line to say a big thank you for your hard work in finding me a new position after I was made redundant.
I found that James seemed to install a lot of confidence in me by asking the right questions, including the type of position I wanted and the salary required. This interview was in depth, and unlike other agencies was genuine and trustworthy.
I had registered with many of the top agencies throughout the country and Blackrock Associates towered above these.
James always kept in touch with me through pre interview and even after the position was secured with final information to make things run smoother between my new employer and myself.
I believe you should use this agency because of its professionalism and genuine nature, and I am sure you will not go else where.
The position I have might involve me having to recruit my own staff members in the future, and I will have no hesitation to use James at Blackrock.
Roy Hatley
To whom it may concern"recently "James Martin found me a new position in a company.I found the service provided very professional,supportive and excelling in communication"I had been in my last position for nearly 20years,these features made the transition much easier.I would totally recomend James to anyone seeking a new job"
Pete Moss
I have been working on my job-search activities for around six months, during this time I have experienced the services of numerous recruitment agencies, this document represents a comparison of yourself and Blackrock with your competition.
I applied for a position as you are aware, unusually, you made initial contact with me on the same day, normally, I have had to wait weeks for anything other than an automated e mail response from other agencies.
Following our initial contact you arranged to hold a telephone interview, this I felt was a very thorough process, undoubtedly structured against the brief form your client, however, I was impressed in by the way a great deal of focus was placed on what I wanted for the future as an individual. This after all is a significant issue for a company recruiting for senior positions within the market place.
After successfully completing the telephone interview, I received very detailed information from you on how and what to prepare for the meeting with the company, some advise on how to present myself as an individual, and how to follow up both with yourselves and with the company after the meeting. This attention to detail along with the extensive one on one telephone communication undertaken during the exercise, ensured that not only did you identify and put forward a high caliber of potential candidates (as acknowledged by your Client) in their feedback to you, you also took the time to help your candidates to prepare for the meeting, remember, these individuals may not have been in an interview situation for many years, this attention to detail helps to set you apart from many of your direct competitors.
As you are aware, I have been successful in securing a position with a local Aerospace Manufacturing Company, I suspect that my twenty years experience within the industry was a major influence on my success, earlier this year I was told by another agency, that my application would not be progressed because the client required a person with aerospace experience, perhaps it is me who is missing the plot!!
As a suggestion for the future, please continue to keep an eye on the front desk of your business and the people who carry out the initial evaluations of your candidates, they are after all the ambassadors of your business. I feel if your competitors did the same, they would learn a major lesson in customer care and satisfaction.
May I take this opportunity to thank you for the professional manner in which you handled my application for employment, also, please endeavor to work with your clients and candidates in the same manner as you recently displayed to myself.
Graham Rendell
I was approached by Blackrock Executive Recruitment Services with a most suitable career development opportunity. They took time to get to know my background and tied my expertise and experience with an appropriate employer. The Consultant Tom Farrer kept me fully informed throughout the interview and selection process, whilst providing both advice and support both before and after the interview and selection stages. I am most appreciative and I look forward to working with the agency in the future.
“I have been recently in touch with many recruitment companies and I have to say that the market is plenty of enthusiastic people unable to properly follow up and professionally conduct a negotiation from the start to the end. The biggest issue I found is the fact that most of them are extremely good on getting in touch for the first time but then almost all of them fade away when they have to follow up. When I got in touch with Blackrock Executive Recruitment Services I understood at once that this company was the company that could have helped me out better than anybody else. Only by reading the notes that they provide you with prior to an interview I realised that their level of competence was definitely superior.
Joe, has been absolutely outstanding not only because he secured me the job but because his degree of personalisation, punctuality, expertise and full commitment to the candidate was second to none. He has been able to structure and perfect the relationship in such a way that it was always a pleasure talking to him. I also have to praise all his colleagues I have been in touch with in the recent past. They all have been extremely professional, competent and thorough to allow me to always get the best out of all of them.
I have of course no reservation to recommend Joe Hebblewhite as an extremely good individual able to listen to your requirement and to convert them into USP when presenting you to new potential employers.
Blackrock also as a company needs to be recommended because I feel that at the present stage, in the way they are set up, they definitely have an edge on all other UK recruitment agencies.”
In the time I have known Shaun, I have been extremeley pleased with his professionalsim and enthusiasm.
During the period of first contact, all the way through to me getting my job offer, Shaun acted on my behalf and was extremely thorough throughout. Mine was not particularly easy process and took almost 7 months from start to finish but Shaun kept me fully informed and really pushed things during fairly difficult circumstances.
I would not hesitate in recommending Shaun as a Senior Recruitment Consultant and if I ever have the opportunity of requiring recruitment consultation services, I would not definitely go to him.
Jeremy Manship
Regional Sales & Product Manager
(Eurobond Doors Ltd)
Jeremy Manship, Regional Sales and Product Manager
I recently worked with Michael who helped me secure a great new role in the Coatings Industry. Michael got some excellent leads and worked quickly and effectively in communications with both myself and the potential employers. What I appreciated most about Michael's way of working was his respectful attitude to my current responsibilities and patience with correspondence. In summary, I found Michael to be a very friendly guy who worked hard to ensure I had a successful interview process and a very pleasing job offer.
January 5th 2012
Sam Chambers - Technical Sales, International Paint/Jotun Ltd
Michael made the effort to come and meet me to understand our business and requirements, this undoubtedly helped as the quality of the candidates Blackrock put forward were of the highest order and certainly met the criteria we had outlined. I was delighted with the whole process from start to finish and would have no hesitation in recommending (and using) Michael and Blackrock again.”
Richard Steer; JCA Coatings, Managing Director
Dear Sam, Nick & James
I just wanted to quickly thank you all personally for all your efforts, advice and guidance you have given me over the last few months. I am positive your input was instrumental in assisting me to secure the role with Sunlight. I have left a recommendation on Sam’s Linkedin page. Please feel free to use my name anytime you need a testimonial.
I particularly would like to commend Sam on his hard work and professionalism through the whole process. He is a credit to your business James.
May I wish you all and Blackrock Executive Recruitment Services continued success for the future. Please rest assured should I need high calibre candidates in the future you will be the first I will contact. It has been a real pleasure working with you all and feel sure we will do business together again.
Kindest regards
Chris Williams
Chris Williams
John is an extremely tenacious recruiter but remains highly professional throughout the recruitment process - these two qualities do not always sit well together - but John manages to achieve this.
He always maintains both the client and candidates best interests at the front of his mind and endeavours to ensure both offer the right solution for each other for the long term. John has an excellent understanding of the dynamics of the building services sector including the more specialised field of low and zero carbon technologies, but more importantly as a consultant, he has an extremely well developed network of contacts up to and including CEO.
If I was looking to recruit a specific type of person for a particular a role and if I was considering my next career move, John would be one of the first people I would contact. I recommend John and the services he offers on a regular basis to colleagues, friends and contacts.” October 26, 2011
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity
January 2012
Yan Evans - Sales & Marketing Director, Ener-G Group
I would recommend John's services as a recruitment partner especially if you are looking to fill a specific role; John adds significant value to the recruitment process and saved us a lot of time.
John, has worked for me on a number of assignments and has always come up with quality candidates. He is very focussed and delivers good and fast results. I look forward to working with him again in 2012”
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity
January 12, 2012
Paul Lawrence - Sales & Business Development Director, Toshiba Carrier UK Ltd
A recent article from http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=18230 explains Mouchel, a Consulting and Business Services Group have strengthened their position as a leading supplier of expertise to the UK Water Sector with four major Asset Management Programme (AMP5) contract wins.
The industry’s five year AMP5 investment period, from April 2010 to Mar 2015, will see an estimated 15 billion pounds spent on capital investment. The article on the above website went on to explain that Mouchel's recent wins included South West Water, Wessex Water, and Yorkshire Water Services and join its ongoing United Utilities work and serve to build upon the group's strong standing in the sector following extensive involvement during previous AMP investment rounds.
Mouchel's Engineering & Environment division put together the winning bid - the first time the consultant has provided capital design services to the water company - and a new team, based in Bristol, will service the contract.
Dependent upon performance, there may be opportunities to extend the services of the best performing workstream teams into AMP6.
Continuing its success, Mouchel has also signed an AMP5 framework contract with United Utilities (UU) who Mouchel has worked with since 2003, and will now extend that partnership to 2015 on the Process Partner framework contract.
The latest win for Mouchel is with Yorkshire Water Services (YWS) Ltd, which plans to invest £1.9 billion during AMP5. It has appointed the group to provide specialist modelling consultancy services under its Drainage Area Planning framework.
Drainage Area Planning provides an overview of the needs within a catchment area and develops an approach to solve the issues identified. The work involves a strategic and detailed review of drainage assets and the targeting of investment to upgrade the asset base in accordance with regulatory and environmental drivers, in order to support serviceability targets. These studies provide a forward-looking programme for both capital and operational investment programmes.
Yorkshire Water's Drainage Area Planning programme will also require Mouchel to investigate multi-stakeholder flooding and environmental issues associated with Surface Water Management Plans and Water Framework Directive drivers.
“Adding these major wins to Mouchel's growing water pipeline for the next five years is a great achievement" said Tom Rowe, Mouchel's Operating Group Director for Engineering and Environment.
To read this article in full please visit http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=18230
Charlotte Hibbert Office Manager
Waste Management Industry News.
A recent article from www.waste-management-world.com reveals by the year 2012 in Hanoi won't be able to accept more waste, and with the low ratio of land per capita, Vietnam will have to consider burning waste instead.
The Vietnamese government has allowed 18 industrial zones and high tech zones to be developed in Hanoi, as well as 13 small and medium industrial parks with thousands of industrial workshops.
Dr Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of the Vietnamese Environment Management Agency, operating under the Ministry of Health, agrees that it is necessary to apply modern technologies such as incineration.
According to him, the hazardous medical waste volume is about 40 tons per day, and the figure is forecast to be double by 2020. If no proper solution is applied to treat the waste, the hazardous waste will do harm to people's health.
To read this article in full, please visit www.waste-management-world.com
Charlotte Hibbert Office Manager
Since you first contacted Air Products earlier this year I have found our working relationship has developed into a mutually successful one.
In six months you have successfully placed four high quality candidates into sales management positions which we were struggling to fill. Your approach has been one of total commitment to understand our needs and align that with finding suitable people to put in front of us. In each case you have fulfilled your obligations extremely well.
My experience of dealing with recruitment companies has generally not been a positive one, however I am happy to say that Blackrock have been changed that perception.
I would have no hesitation in recommending your organisation to potential customers.
Adam Sullivan, Business Manager
I would like to thank the team at Blackrock for their continued help and support whilst finding me the perfect role.
I was made redundant in March this year and was finding it difficult to find work in my profession due to the lack of vacancies in the West Midlands
and was therefore prepared to relocate anywhere in the UK to secure the right job. I contacted Mark Beattie after seeing a vacancy advertised based on the South coast and explained my situation. Mark suggested I speak with his colleague Nick Barker as he had a similar role with the same company based in the Midlands area and this may be better for me.
Since being made redundant I have dealt with a number of recruitment agencies and have felt that the attitude and service from the consultants has been lacklustre and poor at best.
It was a very refreshing experience to be dealing with Nick and Mark at Blackrock and I felt that from day one that I was dealing with a professional company. It is nice during these difficult times to be dealing with a company that treat you as a person and have a strong sense of professionalism and integrity.
I finally found my perfect role and am looking forward to starting work this coming Monday. I would highly recommend Blackrock to anyone either looking for a new role, or looking to recruit.
Once again thank you to Nick and Mark!
Darryl Coleman
Can I express my sincere thanks for all your efforts during my recent job application for a Sales and Marketing Director. I have dealt with many recruitment agencies over the years from both perspectives and most have disappointed in some areas. My overall opinion of Black Rock Executive, and your specific efforts has exceeded my expectations of the level of service an agency can deliver.
Your general communication and support were second to none!
Again, thank you for your excellent service and I look forward to working with you again in the future. Please be assured if I need any additional staff, I will call you first.
Kind regards
Keith Thompson
I have worked with John on 2 senior sales assignments in my business. John has been successful in identifying 2 excellent candidates. John is very committed and has delivered on his promises. I would work with John on my future requirements.
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, On Time
Paul Burley
Security Services
An article on http://www.churchillsecurityguards.com/blog/?p=557 discusses the Security firm G4S have signed a deal with organisers of the 2012 Olympic games in the provision of 10,000 security guards for mobile security patrols of the venue during the event. As part of the £757 million security plan developed especially for the Games, the government are in charge of assigning police outside the venues, with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games responsible for providing security in the park situated in east London.
G4S’s Managing Director of security services for the Games, Mark Hamilton, said that it would dwarf similar events with regards to logistics and size.
“Nothing compares to the Olympic Games in scale and complexity. But we’ve got decades of experience managing large-scale events such as Wimbledon, the Grand National at Wembley, music festivals and the G20 summit in London,” he said.
G4S earn over £600 million from the UK government for services such as managing three immigration removal centres, four prisons, and 675 police cells and courts – and boasting an impressive £7 billion turnover, are also the second-largest private employer in the world.
Please visit http://www.churchillsecurityguards.com/blog/?p=557 to read a full and detailed article.
Security Services
An article on http://www.churchillsecurityguards.com/blog/?p=557 discusses the Security firm G4S have signed a deal with organisers of the 2012 Olympic games in the provision of 10,000 security guards for mobile security patrols of the venue during the event. As part of the £757 million security plan developed especially for the Games, the government are in charge of assigning police outside the venues, with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games responsible for providing security in the park situated in east London.
G4S’s Managing Director of security services for the Games, Mark Hamilton, said that it would dwarf similar events with regards to logistics and size.
“Nothing compares to the Olympic Games in scale and complexity. But we’ve got decades of experience managing large-scale events such as Wimbledon, the Grand National at Wembley, music festivals and the G20 summit in London,” he said.
G4S earn over £600 million from the UK government for services such as managing three immigration removal centres, four prisons, and 675 police cells and courts – and boasting an impressive £7 billion turnover, are also the second-largest private employer in the world.
Please visit http://www.churchillsecurityguards.com/blog/?p=557 to read a full and detailed article.
When I first received a call from Nick Barker I have to admit I thought “Here We Go Another Recruitment Consultant that will Promise the Earth and then be a Total Waste of Time”
However Nick’s professional and dedicated approach soon won me over and showed me that he was different from the many recruitment consultants I had previously had the misfortune of dealing with.
Nick doesn’t just try and arrange an interview with a future employer just for the sake of it; he researches both the client and the candidate thoroughly, and then matches both as closely as possible.
In my opinion, Nick is a credit to his company and his profession and whether you are a potential employer or a candidate you could do allot worse than taking some time, and talking to Nick
David J Rees
Thanks for the respect and patience you have shown me by working to my timescales. Having at last given you the "green light" you worked with determination and professionalism to achieve an outcome which has fully met my targets, in a timescale with which I am delighted. After this totally positive experience I will have no hesitation in fully recommending your services.
David Pollard
I would just like to express my thanks to the team at Blackrock Associates, and in particular James and Richard, for both their professional approach and their persistence in finding me a suitable position following my return to the UK from Australia.
In taking the time to assess my own requirements as well as matching my experience and background, they have presented an ideal opportunity for me to further my career within my chosen industry and scope of operation. Their strategy of 'getting to know' the Client has provided them with the unique opportunity of placing the right candidate in the right job.
Having been enlisted on the register with several recruitment agencies, this approach is very refreshing and is, I would argue, unique to Blackrock.
This attention to detail will, I am sure, prove to be Blackrocks' key element to achieving further success in the field of professional recruitment consultancy.
When the time for me to be recruiting my own staff comes, I will have no hesitation in returning to Blackrock.
Best Wishes,
Gary Dwyer
Nick demonstrates a determined and disciplined approach to his profession, maintaining good communication with his well-developed network of contacts. Whether he is seeking to fill a position for a client company or trying to find the right position for someone looking to change their employer, he delivers a relaible and consistent level of service which gives confidence to all parties.
Top qualities: Personable, Expert, Good Value
Paul Bell
Nick has always supplied me with excellent candidates that have some thing about them, he totaly understands what I look for in people. I can highly recommend his services in the recuritment market.
Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, High Integrity
Bob Forsyth
Nicholas is a highly professional HR professional, who adds value to his clients, by providing the right candidate as a strategic solution to the resource requirement of the organisation.
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity
Bob Dackiw
Auto Windscreens Ltd used Blackrock to successfully recruit our UK Sales Director in March 09. We found the level of service Blackrock and Nicky Jones provided to be very professional. They fully understood our business requirements, delivering an efficient, effective and successful recruitment process which resulted in Auto Windscreens securing our preferred candidate. With their professional service I am confident to recommend them to others.
Peter Fox, Managing Director
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for the professional way in which you helped place me within Banro.
I have accepted the position of National Sales Manager and take up my new role on Monday.
You have kept me informed through out the interview process and provided feedback at all stages and I am sure this helped during the interview process.
I will have no hesitation in considering Rilwood for any new appointments that I may have to make whilst at Banro and will certainly recommend you when the opportunity presents itself.
Andy Smith
Just a brief message to thank you for the help you've given me in securing the position at Kingspan.
It only remains for me to sincerely thank you for the determination and professionalism Blackrock and particularily you have shown and am sure it played no small part in taking us to this point.
It goes without saying that I would have no reservations in recommending you and Blackrock to others.
Brian Abbs
Now that all is in place and the wheels are in motion, I thought it only fair that I write to thank you and your colleagues for the thoroughly professional and friendly service given. At all times throughout the process you gave all the support, in fact, more support than I could have expected and at all time had the feeling that with your help I couldn't fail to achieve to get the job.
Please be assured that I will be more that happy to pass your name on if asked for a trusted agency.
Malcolm Roe
I would like to offer my thanks and appreciation to you for the dedication, resourcefulness and absolute professionalism that he has displayed to me recently during the interview and selection process with my now new employer S T Skoleinventar. I have been extremely impressed by his manner, his approach and coaching suggestions at every stage in this process and I am delighted to confirm that I was offered the post and started work on October 1st 2007.
I had actually worked with Blackrock in the past via a colleague of James, Mark Beattie and so there was much to live up to as Mark and I enjoyed a very successful liaison. However, James more than met my, already high, expectations to prove that the first dealings that I had were not only usual but the norm’ for Blackrock.
Once again, Blackrock, through James’ own approach, demonstrated that no-one should make sweeping judgements and if James is the measure of competency throughout Blackrock then I'm sure you have an excellent business, if he is not then perhaps you should get his de-brief on how we achieved this success. My new Company also spoke highly of James, and indeed Blackrock and his/their approach to S T’s business needs and that's not something one hears too often from employers where Agencies are concerned.
I have now been in post, as it were, for a little under a month, but already both the Company and me have seen many developments through our mutual understandings and needs, and this was all made clear during the recruitment process by all sides. I feel confident about my future and I believe that the Company also feels the same way.
I would have no hesitation in returning to Blackrock should the need ever arise nor would I have any hesitation in recommending Mark, and thus Blackrock to my friends and colleagues as and when it is appropriate to do so.
Again, my thanks to you James and Blackrock.
John Nicholas
I thought I would drop a line to say a big thank you for your hard work in finding me a new position after I was made redundant.
I found that James seemed to install a lot of confidence in me by asking the right questions, including the type of position I wanted and the salary required. This interview was in depth, and unlike other agencies was genuine and trustworthy.
I had registered with many of the top agencies throughout the country and Blackrock Associates towered above these.
James always kept in touch with me through pre interview and even after the position was secured with final information to make things run smoother between my new employer and myself.
I believe you should use this agency because of its professionalism and genuine nature, and I am sure you will not go else where.
The position I have might involve me having to recruit my own staff members in the future, and I will have no hesitation to use James at Blackrock.
Roy Hatley
To whom it may concern"recently "James Martin found me a new position in a company.I found the service provided very professional,supportive and excelling in communication"I had been in my last position for nearly 20years,these features made the transition much easier.I would totally recomend James to anyone seeking a new job"
Pete Moss
I have been working on my job-search activities for around six months, during this time I have experienced the services of numerous recruitment agencies, this document represents a comparison of yourself and Blackrock with your competition.
I applied for a position as you are aware, unusually, you made initial contact with me on the same day, normally, I have had to wait weeks for anything other than an automated e mail response from other agencies.
Following our initial contact you arranged to hold a telephone interview, this I felt was a very thorough process, undoubtedly structured against the brief form your client, however, I was impressed in by the way a great deal of focus was placed on what I wanted for the future as an individual. This after all is a significant issue for a company recruiting for senior positions within the market place.
After successfully completing the telephone interview, I received very detailed information from you on how and what to prepare for the meeting with the company, some advise on how to present myself as an individual, and how to follow up both with yourselves and with the company after the meeting. This attention to detail along with the extensive one on one telephone communication undertaken during the exercise, ensured that not only did you identify and put forward a high caliber of potential candidates (as acknowledged by your Client) in their feedback to you, you also took the time to help your candidates to prepare for the meeting, remember, these individuals may not have been in an interview situation for many years, this attention to detail helps to set you apart from many of your direct competitors.
As you are aware, I have been successful in securing a position with a local Aerospace Manufacturing Company, I suspect that my twenty years experience within the industry was a major influence on my success, earlier this year I was told by another agency, that my application would not be progressed because the client required a person with aerospace experience, perhaps it is me who is missing the plot!!
As a suggestion for the future, please continue to keep an eye on the front desk of your business and the people who carry out the initial evaluations of your candidates, they are after all the ambassadors of your business. I feel if your competitors did the same, they would learn a major lesson in customer care and satisfaction.
May I take this opportunity to thank you for the professional manner in which you handled my application for employment, also, please endeavor to work with your clients and candidates in the same manner as you recently displayed to myself.
Graham Rendell