Just a brief note following the completion of the project, to thank you for all the work you carried out with our Contact Centre leavers.

This greatly helped the company to keep a steady ship during this difficult period and was recognised by the employee representatives, at the final meeting, as an extremely valuable piece of support. Thanks again.

HR Manager, Book Club Associates

I am writing to congratulate you on the very successful outplacement exercise you have conducted over the past two months. Some of the workshop employees said they attended out of curiosity and found that they cam away in a more positive frame of mind and with some very useful tools to aid them in their job search. I understand members of the management team have started their one-on-one programmes. Our manufacturing manager said she expected to see you and simply “go through the motions” and was very pleasantly surprised and pleased that she had really been listened to. She said that the meetings have been practical, useful and honest in the assessment of future employment prospects. Not only has your service been a positive experience for our employees, but your added value element, picking up employees who really struggled to come to terms with the factory closure, really impressed us all.

Could you pass on my grateful thanks to Judith for her smooth administration of the whole programme? We were very grateful for her presence on site and her calmness in the fact of last minute changes as we went through the programme. Thanks also to the rest of your team.

Finally, please accept my personal thanks for your contribution to the execution of a successful site closure, if one can term any such activity successful.

HR Manager, EMI Compact Disc

In February of 2009 my company took the decision to transfer its current operation form Swindon to a new location in Aylesbury, whilst there would be opportunities for transfer these opportunities would be limited and as a result upwards of 150 employees would become redundant.

I wanted to ensure we gave all of our employees the best chance of reemployment. On that basis I met with a number of outplacement Agencies, Barthropp being one of these. One of the keys things for me was that the agency I selected would be able to tailor their level of support based on the skill levels within the organisation; equally as we operated on a shift basis whoever was selected would need to fit in with those shift patterns and be flexible around timings.

From the outset of my meeting with Judith and subsequently Ray I felt their approach met my expectation of what was needed. Ray had himself experienced outplacement support and as a result had tailored his level of support to fill the gaps he had experienced. They offered a full service including scheduling all of the employees individual consultations, presentations ensuring that similar skill sets were within the same presentation, Judith even offered to liaise directly with the job centre on our behalf!

Barthropp completed all that was asked of them in the timescales we had agreed. The feedback from the employees was extremely positive, particularly for Ray who has an ability to motivate even in the most difficult of circumstances.

Needless to say I would highly recommend Barthropp to any organisation that requires the need for an outplacement agency, the service was first class.

Supply Chain Director, Cinram Logistics UK Ltd

Thank you for the recent support provided by Barthropp to Triumph employees following the redundancy of their positions with the company. The feedback received has been very positive with many favourable comments concerning the supportive and encouraging way your services helped our employees gain confidence and focus.

I am pleased to be able to report that most have now secured alternative employment, some having made a complete change of career.

I would have no hesitation in using Barthropp's services again in the future, if the need arose, and would be pleased to recommend your company to other organisations who may have to engage in the difficult process of a redundancy programme.

HR Manager Triumph International