Winners of the Cashfriday Top Recruitment Consultant awards announced

The winners of the 2004 CashFriday Top Recruitment Consultant Awards were announced on 5 November 2004 at a prestigious ceremony held onboard the luxury William B liner in London.

The CashFriday Top Recruitment Consultant Awards, supported by Recruitment International Magazine, Online Recruitment and Recruitment Consultant Magazine, acknowledged consultants who have truly made a difference with their superior sales ability, management skills, industry knowledge and client handling skills.

The Awards were presented in six categories. From the category winners, one overall winner was selected by the judges. The Top Recruitment Consultant 2004 title was awarded to Rachel Venner, a senior consultant at Interim Performers which is based in London. Commenting on winning the award Rachel said: ìIt has been a lovely day and I would like to thank everyone involved in organising and judging the awards. It’s so nice to be rewarded for all the hard work that has gone into making Interim Performers such a successful company. I would also like to acknowledge my colleagues - it is the truly supportive team environment at Interim Performers which enables individuals to shine.î

The winners, runners up and highly commended in each category were:

Top General Recruitment Consultant

Rachel Venner of Interim Performers ñ Winner
Gary Richards of Gap Personell ñ Runner Up
Mark Hunt of Hunters Solutions ñ Highly Commended
Nicky Keller of Education Resourcing Limited - Highly Commended



Top Manual Worker Recruitment Consultant

Sean McPolin of Prime Staff ñ Winner
Justin Plowman of Class 1 Recruitment ñ Runner Up
Becky Carrington of Driver Hire Chiltern ñ Highly Commended


Top Secretarial Recruitment Consultant

Maryam Saif of Waterside Recruitment ñ Winner


Best Newcomer to the Industry

Akbar Hassam of Trust locums ñ Winner
Thayer Driver of LBHR ñ Runner Up
Michelle Hunt of Hunters Solutions ñ Highly Commended




Speaking at the Awards Paul Saunders, client director of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance said: ìRecruitment is all about people and this ceremony epitomises this in bringing together people from our industry to recognise their achievements in the various categories. It is very heartening to see the improved interest generated by these Awards.î

Paul continues: ìCashFriday, part of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance Limited, is the leading provider of funding and payroll services to the UK recruitment industry and we take great pride in acknowledging and rewarding those who provide an exceptional service to the industry. The winners were nominated because of their hard work and commitment to clients and they are true ambassadors for the industry. The impact of their effort is felt in the sector as a whole and contributes to the excellence that is key to the sectorís reputation.î

Paul also updated guests on new developments within CashFriday. ìCashFriday and Commercial Finance together support close on a 1000 businesses in recruitment with a collective turnover of 1.5b. In CashFriday we pay over 6000 temps each week and we have increased weekly sales to record levels and have more clients using our payroll/finance offer than ever before. We have expanded our CashFriday operation and now have a team in Banbury to support the existing payroll and credit control teams in Gloucester. We are proud to say that we are able to support the aspirations of many young entrepreneurs who believe in their ability and want to run their own firms. When we combine our resources at Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance we now have a one stop shop solution enabling established agencies to achieve their growth ambitions through factoring or invoice discounting.î