Team24 Shortlisted For Top Business Award

Nov. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- Banstead UK: Healthcare recruitment specialists, Team24(http://www.team24.co.uk) has been shortlisted in the prestigious Technology & Innovation category of the CBI’s Growing Business Awards. The Surrey based company is up against four other organisations for the coveted award, which is now recognised as the Oscars of the business world.

Now in its sixth year, the Growing Business Awards(http://gba.realbusiness.co.uk/page/Shortlist) have been designed to recognise innovation and entrepreneurial spirit and this is very much at the backbone of Team24, which was founded in 2005. The company places doctors and nurses in temporary placements within GP surgeries, NHS Trusts and private hospitals and in the space of four years they are now securing 1,000 posts for doctors and nurses every week.

A key focus for Team24 in 2009 has been to expand into nurse recruitment and in order to do this successfully a new web-based application system was developed. This significantly speeded up the process and reduced the application turn around time by more than half. Staff have, as a result been placed in jobs much faster and repeat business has grown substantially since its introduction in January this year.  

Commenting on the announcement, Team24 founder and managing director, Robert Stiff said: “It is an amazing achievement to be shortlisted and we are keeping our fingers crossed for the final result on 26 November. This is a hugely respected awards ceremony and we are up against some tough competition, so to have got this far is already a huge milestone.

“The judging panel includes various respected business leaders and hopefully we can impress them with our technology developments and the success this has generated not only for us as a business, but also our clients and candidates.”


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Editors Notes:

•   Team24 was founded in August 2005 by Robert Stiff as a healthcare recruitment specialist placing
   doctors and nurses in temporary placements within GP surgeries, NHS Trusts and private hospitals.

•   The company has grown from six to 38 employees and places 1,000 nurses and doctors every week,
predominantly in London and the Home Counties. Team24 also has a core Out of Hours business in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland.

•   Growing Business Awards 2009 judging panel included: Theo Paphitis, chairman of Ryman and `Dragon`; John Caudwell, founder of Phones4U; Will King, founder of King of Shaves (2008 Company of the Year); Vin Murria, chief executive of Advance Computer Software and partner at Elderstreet; Andrew Haigh, managing partner, Entrepreneurs Client Group, Coutts & Co; Sir Andrew Cahn, chief executive of UKTI; Professor Russel Griggs OBE, chairman the CBI`s SME Council; Martin Allison, Dean of Business & Law, Leeds Metropolitan University and Professor Andrew Burke, Director of the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance & Economics, Cranfield School of Management


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