Bond sign three year deal with Yorkshire Water Services

Bond International Software has just won a deal to supply their market leading Adapt Workforce Management software to Yorkshire Water Services. The software will also be used throughout the Kelda plc group in the UK, including Loop Customer Management Ltd, which provides the water companyís contact centre & customer billing services and has been included in the Sunday Times ë100 Best Companies To Work Forí for the last 4 years. This software will be provided in a three year contract and will primarily be used to automate the applicant tracking process, improve the functionality delivered to the recruitment teams within Yorkshire Water Services and Loop and allow candidates to complete their applications online.

Richard Neville, Employee Relations Manager for Yorkshire Water had a precise brief for Bond, ìWe were looking for a system which fits with our aspiration to be clearly the Best Water Company in the UK and we feel that we have found it. Using Adapt Workforce Management will allow us more time to spend assessing candidates rather than processing their applications. Equally, the overall flexibility will ensure that as our business continues to set the pace of change in the industry, we can remain confident that we are working not just with the most adaptable software, but also with a very stable business partnerî. Yorkshire Water was awarded the ëUtility of the Year Awardí in 2004 and 2005 and is the only organisation to have won the award twice.

Tim Richards, Managing Director at Bond International explained ìWe are very excited about the opportunity of working with the number one Utility business in the UK. As Adapt Workforce Management is completely web-enabled, the Yorkshire Water brand will be maximised through the web interface which will be delivered to all applicants, line managers and hiring stakeholders. The flexibility of the Adapt Workforce management software will ensure that it fits perfectly into both companies recruitment proceduresî.

Yorkshire Water is Keldaís main UK subsidiary, providing water and waste water services to more than 4.7 million people and 140,000 businesses. Every day the Company supplies more than 1.3 billion litres of high quality water to homes and businesses in Yorkshire.