July Newsletter

  Welcome to our July Newsletter 2017 Gosh what a month June was. Soooo hot.  Wednesday 21st June was the hottest June day since 1976.  For those of us who were around in 1976 it was the hottest and driest Summer for Centuries.   Of course our office air conditioning broke down as soon as the...

FundGraysers

Another successful event attended by FundGraysers.  Gray & Associates set up FundGraysers earlier this this year to raise money for various charities.  The idea is that all staff, candidates and clients can get involved in a range of events and have fun whilst supporting the work of some inspiring charities.  On Sunday we had a team...

Winner of Temp of the Quarter Sofia Shamim

Nominated by Rachel Corcoran, Programme Manager, UCL GEO. Sofia has been with the team for 7 months now and her assistance has been vital for the smooth running of our flagship seed-funding programmes which fund academics’ international collaborations.   She has demonstrated a mastery at managing large data sense with ease and precision. Her relentless...

RAISING MONEY FOR THE WILLOW FOUNDATION

FLASH RAFFLE ALERT We are supporting The Willow Foundation https://www.willowfoundation.org.uk/ Willow is the only national charity working with seriously ill young adults aged 16 to 40 to fulfil uplifting and unforgettable Special Days. Since 1999 Willow has fulfilled more than 13,500 Special Days for young adults living with life-threatening conditions such as cancer, motor neurone...

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June Newsletter

  Welcome to our June Newsletter 2017 I am sure I am not the only person shocked to find myself in June already. This is a big month for me personally as my birthday, wedding anniversary and husbands birthday all take place this month.  I expect to be very tired with all the celebrating! Speaking...

GIVE US A NAME

As some of you are aware every year we support several charities.  This year one of the charities is Cancer Research and we will be putting a team together for 23rd July at Hyde Park.  I have been trying to find a name for our fundraising.  I would like a name that we could use...

May Update

Welcome to our May Newsletter 2017 LADIES WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON SUNDAY 23RD JULY?  Would you like to join our team to raise funds for Cancer Research.  You can walk, hop or run!  It would be great if we could get a team together.  I can set up a group on their site for...

FIRST TEMP OF THE QUARTER WINNER January 2017 – March 2017

GRAY & ASSOCIATES  FIRST TEMP OF THE QUARTER WINNER  January 2017 - March 2017        Photo: Jean Crouch Recruitment Consultant at Gray & Associates presents Gail with her Winners Certificate. £50 Voucher, flowers and chocolates GAIL MARSOM     Gail Marsom has temped with me since November.  In that time she has had to cope with my going...

IR35 – Do you understand it?

IR35 AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS I am sure you have all been hearing about the changes to the payment of contractors within the public sector and wondering how it will affect the services you receive. Essentially HMRC believe that a considerable amount of revenue is being lost through contractors claiming to be self employed and utilising...

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWARD WINNING TEMPS

GRAY & ASSOCIATES    TEMP OF THE QUARTER  October – December 2016       I was delighted this week to present not one but two outstanding members of our temporary team with a voucher and certificate for winning Temp of the Quarter for the last period of 2016.   The nominations we received for these two candidates...

NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED! FOR THE FINAL TEMP OF THE QUARTER 2016

NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED! FOR THE FINAL TEMP OF THE QUARTER 2016   Nominations can be made for any temp that works for you between October and December 2016. Sometimes the important contribution temporary staff make to a team or department can be overlooked as they are ‘temporary’. Here at Grays we like to show our appreciation...

Temporary of the Quarter – Winner Announced

GRAY & ASSOCIATES    TEMP OF THE QUARTER  Jul - Sept 2016  MARCUS REEVES Today I had the pleasure to surprise Marcus with the award of Temp of the Quarter.  Coincidentally it was also Marcus’s one year anniversary in the department.  The team at Occupational Health came out in force to give him a round of applause and share...

COMPETITION WINNER TEMP OF THE QUARTER Apr – Jun 2016

COMPETITION WINNER TEMP OF THE QUARTER Apr – Jun 2016 Sasha Lindsay A fantastic second quarter for Gray & Associates temporaries..  Once again we received some fantastic recommendations this quarter with some extremely strong contenders. We would like to thank all our clients who have been nominating as we would not be able to run this...