News from CPW Hotcats Updated 30th Apr 2008 Bristol News - May 2008 Hi all hope you are well, as always nothing stands still for long in CPW, I am back in the office after my time in Gloucester, it is lovely to be back and I am trying to touch base with you all again to say hello, as I have missed you all tremendously!!!! It would be good to see you as well, so please do pop in the office and say hi. As a lot of you will be aware Gauri has now left us to carry on her career and I am sure you will all agree she will be missed a lot however we all wish her well and lots of luck in her new role. Steve too is leaving us, he is missing life in hotels too much, Steve’s last day will be this Friday, so please do try and give him a call or pop in to say goodbye, I know he would appreciate it. So that leaves me and Ade in the office, (poor Ade, stuck in a room alone with me all week!!) we are looking to recruit and Administrator for the office in Bristol, the hours of work will be 7.30-5pm, salary £11,000-£13,000 depending on experience, we need someone with good computer skills and knowledge of the catering industry, bubbly, self motivated with a good sense of humour, if you are interested or know someone who may be, give me a call to find out more details. Unfortunately for you guys and girls that means I am back doing payroll, so you know that means I really wont be chasing timesheets, all your timesheets must be in by Monday morning without fail, I must admit most were this week, there will still a few stragglers, please do make sure they are in, it is your responsibility. With that in mind please remember Monday 5th May and Monday 26th May, therefore your timesheets being in are even more imperative on these dates as we have one less day to process the payroll. We have brought on a couple of large new clients over the past two months and the feedback has been great! We are getting continued work from these clients and it is thanks to your hard work, so thank you for representing CPW and yourselves so well. We have our next Basic Food Hygiene course set for the 24th of May which is a Saturday as usual, if you are interested please let us know in the office. Remember it is a legal requirement to hold this certificate if you work in Catering. We would like to wish Andras K, and Steve H good luck in their full time jobs, they are both still with us for evening a weekend work, but all the same good luck. Welcome to Ann R, Amit S, Christian M, Godwin I, Sonia F, Simon D, and a big welcome back to Jesse W and Sarah C, it’s good to see you back. Let’s hope the weather picks up for May!!! Speak to you all soon Lisa Updated 30th Apr 2008 Swindon May Newsletter Well it is time already for me to let you all in to what has happened throughout April and what is coming up in the future, so here we go… First of all thanks to all of you for your hard work over April, we did have a quiet week but things are certainly back up to scratch again now. We are also getting in a lot of weekend work so if you are up for any extra shifts then let us know; if you are prepared to travel we also have Bristol and Gloucester who may need an extra pair of hands from time to time. We now have a new face in the office, Wanda has joined the team and she will be undertaking the role of Junior Admin. So please do introduce yourself when you come in so she can get to know you and you can benefit from meeting a new member of our team. As you are all more than aware we have a couple of Bank Holidays coming up (Hooray) the first one on 5th May and second on 26th May. This does mean the office will be closed, so unfortunately us lot get a long weekend!! Remember with the office being closed this does put everything behind so it is very important that you all remember to drop off your TIMESHEETS as the payroll cannot hold out, no timesheets, no pay! Try and get them in on the Fridays before or drop them through the letter box over the weekend. Also all our chefs please remember to bring your laundry in early on the Tuesdays if you miss us on the Friday. A polite reminder to everybody from our little Claire. Her drawer is always overflowing with payslips; please remember to come in the office once a week to pick up your payslips. If you cannot always make it in due to work commitments or extreme circumstances then please do call and Claire can post them out to you. It is important that you keep your payslips so you have record of your payments. Also Claire is still waiting on a lot of the forms she handed out so we can update your records please try and drop them off next time you are popping in as we don’t want to see an upset Claire!! Anybody interested in Permanent work please come in and see Karl as we have lots of vacancies up and running at the moment. Always check out our job boards and website, www.cpwhotcats.co.uk for all information. Again don’t forget the incentive we offer of “Introduce a Friend” who works for us for 13 weeks and you will receive a bonus of £30. “Introduce a Client” who places a booking with us and you will receive a £50 bonus; see Amy for the relevant forms. We have had quite a few sad goodbyes this past month, as people are moving on to new challenges, which we wish them all the best. Good luck to Ryan S who is moving away, but may be near our Gloucester office so remember you can sign up there. Best of luck to Lynne R and her partner who have taken the plunge and bought their own pub. We all hope it works out for you and we will have to pop by and have a complimentary drink sometime!! Good Luck to Mehmet and George who have gone into fulltime employment, all the best but the good thing is you are both staying on part time with us, which is great news. Congratulations to Christina W who has also gone into business and opening her own café bar, wishing you the best of luck with this. You will all be missed a great deal and if I have forgotten anybody I do apologise, but let’s not forget we have also welcomed a lot of new faces and old ones this past month I hope you all feel part of the strong CPW team. If any of you have holidays coming up but have not yet informed me then please do come in and fill out a holiday form, I would be grateful if you could let us have 2 weeks notice. All please remember that we hold Basic Food Hygiene courses which everyone working within the catering industry should hold certificates. Our next one is being held on 7th June so if you would like to attend and we have not yet contacted you please call in and speak to Karl who can arrange this. Also if you would like to CRB cleared which would give you the opportunity for further work in schools, residential homes etc then please contact Amy as we are always looking for CRB candidates. Finally I will finish off by wishing everybody a lovely May, let’s hope the sun puts his hat on so we can all enjoy some rays and BBQ’s. Next time you are in town remember to pop in and see us all here. Take Care Amy xxx Updated 30th Apr 2008 Welcome to Gloucester’s newsletter May 2008 There have been some changes as there always are in life, and as a valued member of CPW we like to keep you up to date with what is happening so here goes!! You will have noticed that Lisa Cortez (our Area Manager) is no longer in the office, this is due to her moving back to our Bristol branch, and I am sure you will agree our loss is their gain. On a happier note, Lisa has been replaced for the foreseeable future by Tracey Martin (Managing Director!!) please do come into the office and introduce yourself to Tracey. We are currently looking for a general administrator/receptionist to work alongside Tracey and Libby. Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm, starting salary 12k. The ideal candidate must have a sound knowledge of Word, Microsoft Outlook and be generally PC Literate, good customer skills and telephone manner are also criteria. Interested or know any who may be? Speak to Tracey. If you have your own transport and are prepared to travel we are always in need of extra staff in the Swindon and Bristol areas, so again please do let us know. Did you know that if you introduce a new Client to us and they use our services we would pay you a bonus of £50? And if you introduce a new temp, and they work for us for 13 weeks we pay you £30. Are you CRB cleared? If so we may be able to offer you more work, just bring your CRB clearance form into the office. If you are not cleared call in and see Libby for information on how to obtain this. Dates for your diary: Two bank holidays in May (yippee) the first being 5th May and the second 26th. We are closed on both of this date so please ensure your timesheets are posted through the office letterbox to guarantee payment for the Friday. A Basic Food Hygiene course will be run on Saturday 10th May 9.30am – 3.30pm, Andy Maddox is our course tutor and makes learning fun, we currently have 6 people booked on this course, if you are interested please come and see Libby, you must have your Basic Food Hygiene Certificate to work within the catering industry, it is our licence as safe food handlers. You will be surprised at what you learn. Please remember to have your phone switched on, ready for work, with your work clothes clean and pressed waiting to be used, the more flexible you are the more work you are likely to gain. That just leaves me to wish you a very happy month of May. Kind Regards Tracey Martin and Libby Pond Updated 31st Mar 2008 Swindon April 08 Newsletter The April showers are due already and haven’t they come quick! It only seems like last week when I was writing the March newsletter. Well Easter has come and gone and I hope everybody had a lovely Easter break, there were some of you who were out working on the Easter holidays so a big thanks to all of you. We had a nice 4 day break here in the office but it was soon over. March has been a busy busy month and I am pleased to see the weekends are picking up again nicely. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your hard work and dedication throughout March. Now a little thing I would like to mention to everybody is always remember when turning up on a booking you must always look smart, wearing the correct uniform, which must be clean and pressed and with a nice smile on your face. Always remember not only are you representing CPW but also the client you are working for and yourself. A smart and smiley face will always be remembered and requested in the future, so keep this in mind as it may bring you further work in the future. Also a polite reminder all mobile phones should not be switched on when working, some of you keep them on silent as I know I am the first to call when I get bookings in. Always remember if you do use your phone do so on a break or ask permission first. With our new system on the computer I can now text you all, so instead of getting you in trouble I will text and you can call on your break. Timesheets: Please ensure you are all filling these out correctly as it is more time consuming for us here in the office if we have to go over and fill out all boxes. Remember to put in your temps number which will be on your welcome letter, week ending date and also the tax week. The most important thing to remember is to ensure you get is signed by the client, we do not have time to chase missing timesheets so please ensure you get this done. It is your responsibility to get your timesheets filled out and signed and delivered to us on TIME. I need them before 9am on Monday mornings, NO TIMESHEET, NO PAY. I would like to say congratulations to Tracey W on the birth of her baby boy, Luke, and also to Elias and partner on the birth of their baby girl, many sleepless nights to come. A sad farewell to Urszula (Ula) who has left us as moving elsewhere, you will be missed. Also good luck to Dan who has moved on to a new career, hope all goes well for you in the future. A big welcome to all the new faces that have come on board and welcome back to those that have re-registered like, Paul, Kevin, Steve, Janette and Lynn. I hope all feel like part of the CPW team. Always remember that incentive you can gain from us: Recommend a friend who stays on our books and works for us over a period of 12 weeks and you will receive £30 bonus. Recommend a client who places a booking with us and you will receive £50 bonus. If you know of anyone let us know and we can give you the relevant form to fill out. Karl is getting a lot of vacancies come on board for perm positions so if any of you or you know anyone who is looking for a new career or feel they are stuck in a rut and want a new challenge then send them our way. Always remember that we have a website and you can find us at www.cpwhotcats.co.uk. All vacancies are posted on here and people can also register online. On the temporary side of things like I mentioned earlier the weekend functions are picking up so those of you who are looking to earn extra money let me know if you have free time. I am always interested to know if your availability changes as I could fill your spare days. All of you that are registered next time you are in the office please see Claire for a form we would like you to fill out. It is just so we are all clear on exactly where you are willing to travel too as we now have our new office in Gloucester so work is branching out in new areas if you would be interested. Also if you can spare 30 seconds to fill out feedback forms we would appreciate it as we like to know everyone is inducted properly and looked after. We always appreciate any ideas or comments you may have, so don’t be shy. Finally I would like to finish off by saying I hope everybody has a good April and remember the more work you do the more them chocolate eggs will be worked off that we have all indulged in over the last couple of weeks! Take Care Amy xxx Updated 28th Mar 2008 Bristol Newsletter April 2008 Hope you all had a good Easter, that the Easter Bunny was kind to you and you didn’t eat too much chocolate!! Also by the time this reaches you it will be British Summertime – hopefully we might get some sun! This brings me on to holidays!! Please do keep us informed of your holiday dates & don’t forget to pop in and sign a holiday form to release your holiday pay, you can always check what you’ve accrued so far! Steve has been a busy bee, and has brought some new clients on board, and has many other irons in the fire, so we are working hard to ensure you’ve all got the work you need. There will be in particular more function work over the next few months so keep us posted of any additional availability you have on weekends & evenings. If you have any new client leads again speak to Steve, & you could earn yourself some extra cash if they come on board! Also you will be rewarded if you introduce a new temp, and they work for us for at least twelve weeks. Congratulations to Claudio, Tanisha, & Jose who have recently passed the POVA training for nursing homes. If you are CRB cleared & have not completed this training do let us know as this will open up much more work for you. If you’ve not got a CRB please, please, come & see us & we will help you with the forms & documents! Next POVA training 19th April 10.00am – 12noon, in the Bristol Office. Next Basic Food Hygiene Course 26th April in the Bristol Office, again this is a legal requirement to complete, if you need a refresher also let us know. Welcome on board at CPW to Alp, Greg, John, & Karolis, also good to welcome back Jose & Sarah. Well that’s all for now, just to say it’s always good to see you all, do call into the office, & continue being good ambassadors for CPW. Speak you all soon, Adrian Deputy Branch Manager Updated 28th Mar 2008 Gloucester News for April 2008 Hi Guys and Girls hope you all had a lovely, relaxing Easter break, if you are anything like me you would have roped your other halves into some DIY!! (He was not impressed!) I tried to load as many of you as possible up with Easter Eggs from us at CPW, some of you didn’t come in last week so I still have a few here if you have not over loaded yourselves with Chocolate yet come in and grab one!! Speaking of time off, now we are coming into the Spring/Summer period if any of you have planned holidays please let either Libby or myself know so we can plan bookings around them, the last thing you want is a call from us while you are sunning yourselves in some remote, hot destination. This weekend please remember to put your clocks forward 1 hour on Saturday 29th March. Spring forward/fall back remember! I wouldn’t want any of you arriving 1 hour late for work. As you all know we operate a 24/7 on call service, so when the office closes we divert the phones through to the company mobiles and either Libby or I will be on call. Please when using this facility call the office number 01452 524770 not the mobile number itself, both Libby and me use different mobiles when on call, so if you call Libby’s or my on call phone direct when we are off that weekend we will get grumpy! We really don’t want that! Only joking-but please do call the office number as that way you will get through to the appropriate person. Thanks. Whilst on the subject of phones please, please, please, keep your phones on and to hand at all times, we have been trying to contact a few of you over the past couple of weeks and it can take hours or sometimes days for you to come back to us. We have a 15 minute response to all of our bookings, so if we can not get hold of you it really plays havoc with this and causes us problems. So do try your best to come back to us as soon as possible. I would also like to say a BIG thank you to those of you who have been working so hard for us lately, Diane, Derek, Deb, Tsungai, Marie, Laura, Tim, Inga, Manuel, Steve you have all gone the extra mile for us on a few occasions now and it really is appreciated, we are getting some fantastic feedbacks on you all, even to the point where one of you is being recommended for employee of the month in a place where you don’t even work!!! Brilliant, thank you ever so much to you all, we are building good, lasting rapports with our clients and it is down to you guys. We are going to start holding Basic Food Hygiene courses in Gloucester now we have a few of you on board and working regularly, I will let you know of the date in due course, but hopefully I will get one arranged for late April. The course will be held in our Gloucester office on a Saturday. CPW uses the services of a very lovely Andy Maddox who carries out these courses in our other offices with a fantastic success rate, so if you would like to be put down for this please let me know, there is no charge to you at all, we fund the course entirely, it is our investment in you. Every year we celebrate National Temporary Workers week in each office, it is our way of showing appreciation to all of you that work so hard for us throughout the year, every week 1.2 million temporary workers are keeping businesses rolling across the UK, if it wasn’t for you guys there would be an astronomical short fall of staff in so many industries which is why so many Recruitment Agencies celebrate this week every year. We will be giving awards in June covering various categories, so watch this space for further information. Don’t forget our recommend a friend scheme where you can earn £30 or bring a client on board and bag yourself £50 for your effort if they book with us. We have plenty of business cards in the office, just ask for some and you could give them to anyone you think would need our services. Finally congratulations to Manuel on the birth of his ‘princess’ as he calls her. He brought her in to visit last week and she is gorgeous, I even offered by babysitting services she was that adorable! Must be mad! Take care and speak to you all soon, Lisa and Libby Updated 4th Mar 2008 Swindon March Newsletter Well its time again for the newsletter and hasn’t February flown by! It is soon time for the Easter bunny to be knocking at our doors. February has been a very busy month and I think you will all agree with this. There have been a lot of bookings flying in from everywhere and thanks to you guys we have managed to get them filled. The weekend functions are starting to pick up again now so hopefully all you part timers will be out a lot more now. I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your hard work and dedication throughout February. One thing which I would like to get across to everybody is when we get bookings in we only have a short response time to get back to our clients with confirmations. To help us keep this standard, if we phone you and you are not available do not be disappointed if the booking is filled when you come back to us. I suppose what I am trying to say is always have your phones on, we understand if working this is not allowed but always check it when you have a break as you may have a text or voicemail from us. Also when you commit to a booking we expect you to hold that commitment and complete the booking. If for some reason you are unable to work we would appreciate as much notice as possible as we will have to cover your position. This means finding a new temp and giving the client a name change which we don’t always like doing but sometimes cannot be helped. As I have already mentioned it will not be long until the Easter Bunny is going to be hopping around. Easter is very early this year; Good Friday is the 21st March. Therefore the offices will be closed on Good Friday (21st) and bank holiday Monday (24th). So you can probably guess what is coming next….TIMESHEETS must be with us by 7.30am on Tuesday 25th March, at the very latest. If they are not in you will not be paid as our payroll will be going through late as it is so we will not have the time to chase any outstanding timesheets. Also as we will be closed on the Good Friday you will be able to collect your payslips on Thursday 20th March. Please make sure you take note of this as we do not want people to go without pay. Karl has been pushing the perm side of the business and now has lots of vacancies on board. He is always in need of new candidates so if you know anyone looking for fulltime work within catering who has the experience send them in for a chat. All Karl would need is a CV from them. All vacancies are on our website, people can also register via the website so why not have a look. You can find us at www.cpwhotcats.co.uk. On the temporary side of things we have been extremely busy and have struggled to fill some bookings so always remember to let me know if you have any extra availability that I am unaware of. Even if it is just the odd day I could probably get you out somewhere. Always remember that incentive you can gain from us: Recommend a friend who stays on our books and works for us over a period of 12 weeks and you will receive £30 bonus. Recommend a client who places a booking with us and you will receive £50 bonus. Over the last few weeks we have taken on some recommendations by yourselves so remember to fill the form out once next in the office. I would like to say big congratulations to Martin and Susan on the birth of their baby boy last month, many sleepless nights to come! A sad farewell goes out to Steve P who has left us as he has moved away, we wish you all the best in the future, stay in touch. A big welcome to all the new faces that have joined us throughout February I hope you are all settled in and feel like part of the CPW team. Throughout the year we hold several BFH courses which I am sure you are all aware of. The next course will be held on 5th April if any of you are interested in taking part and we have not already contacted you please pop in and see Karl about this. Also any of you who would be interested in gaining your CRB (Criminal Records Bureau Clearance) through us, this will enable you to work in places such as schools and nursing homes. Finally I would like to finish off by wishing everybody a happy Easter. Let’s see how much my belly grows after all the chocolate I will be eating!! I hope you all have a good March and are all kept busy. Always remember anything you need just pop in and see us. Take Care Amy xxx Updated 4th Mar 2008 Gloucester News March 2008 Well we are already a quarter of the way through the year! I know they say as you get older the years fly by, but this is ridiculous. Easter is already just round the corner, with that in mind, people are going to be booking holidays from here on in which means we in the offices will be getting busier and busiers on , so please do keep your mobiles on as we will be calling with the hope of getting you all out working. The office is getting busier as we said it would and a lot of you have already been out working for us over the past couple of weeks. Libby and myself would like to thank you for all your hard work, we are getting some great feedback about you from our clients. Our reputation is very important to us at CPW ing a new edition to the family we want to get off to the right start and you are making sure we are doing just that! We are always on the look out for quality Catering Professionals, from Chefs to Kitchen Porters, so if you have any friends or old colleagues that are in need of work, send them our way, you can earn yourself £30 for the recommendation. We also have a similar scheme if you recommend a client to CPW, if you know anyone with their own Catering business or again and have friends in the trade that may be in need of a quality agency again send them our way, if they make a booking with us you will earn yourself £50!!!! Please remember all timesheets must be in by the EXTREME latest Monday morning. We like you to bring them in on Friday afternoon where possible, this way we can have a chat with you all, make sure you are all ok and that your work for the week went well. So please do pop in it’s is nice to see you all, we’ll even show you where the coffee/tea is kept!!! A quick reminder on uniforms, please make sure when you go out on a booking you ensure you are smartly dressed, and in the correct uniforms, black trousers/skirt (tights if wearing a skirt), white shirts and your CPW coat. Please remember the offices are closed on Good Friday(21st March) and Easter Monday (24th March), we re-open on Tuesday 25th March, with that in mind you must ensure all your timesheets for the week of 15-21st March are in by Thursday 20th March so we can ensure payroll is done in time for you all to be paid as normal. Good luck to Manuel Viega who has found himself work in the Care sector which he has been trying to get into for the past few months. I hope it all goes well, don’t forget where we are if you need us. I would also like to welcome to the team, Annamarie, Chris, Laura and Neil who have all recently joined us. A special thank you to Steve Parker who has been working so hard for us for the past few weeks covering bookings in Gloucester, Swindon and Bristol, it is appreciated. I hope all you mums out there had a lovely Mother day as well. Speak to you all soon, Lisa Updated 29th Feb 2008 Bristol Newsletter March 2008 Hello everyone & welcome to the March edition of your newsletter. Well winter is over, & spring is arriving & it will soon be time for the Easter chicken to arrive! Spring is also a time of new beginnings & we have made some alterations in the Bristol office, Steve Goulding has taken on the permanent vacancies & new business so if you’re looking for a fulltime job, Steve’s your man! If you have a new client lead please speak to Steve, don’t forget if they come on board with us you can win a Brucie bonus!! Gauri will be looking after payroll & timesheets (please get them in on time!) laundry, & administration, & also supporting the temps desks. Adrian will be running the temps desk sourcing you good people lots of work! We are all here to help & assist you, & make your CPW life a pleasurable one. Please can you all ensure when you take a booking that your able to see it all the way thorough, it does make life difficult when we have to swap & change people on bookings, also please (where possible leave) leave your mobiles on, we operate a 15minute response time to getting back to our clients & would prevent me losing any more hair!! Lastly if for any reason you’re running late please, please, contact us so we can inform the clients, we should be aiming to arrive 15 or 10 minutes prior to the booking start time. That’s my little moans out of the way, but to say to you’re all valued, & your professionalism is appreciated, we have lots of good ambassadors out there flying the flag for CPW, thank you. Congratulations to Russell on the birth of his son & he’s also found a fulltime position thorough us, so good luck. Also we wish Nick & Sam well with their new positions. Also welcome back Andrew after his illness, it’s good to see him back working. Well that’s all for now. Adrian Deputy Manager Updated 1st Feb 2008 Bristol Newsletter - February 2008 New StoryHello to all you Hot Cats & welcome to our February edition of your newsletter. Well we’ve survived a very wet & cold January, now we are in February the mornings will be getting lighter and the evenings will start drawing out, & people will start thinking about holidays! While on the subject of holidays you all accrue holidays as you are working, you can always obtain an update of how many days you have from any of us in the office. If you wish to use any of it be sure to see Gauri & sign a holiday form in the office. We’ve recently been carrying out POVA training! What’s POVA you ask me? This is Protection of Vunerable Adults, and its now a requirement for All temps to have POVA and a Criminal Records Bureau check to work in some nursing homes. If you don’t have a CRB please see one of us and we can tell you more, & if you have a CRB but not a POVA, Steve is running the next course on Saturday 23rd February 10am to 12noon, get your name down booking now!!! Congratulations to the following temps who have successfully passed POVA with flying colours -:Agata ,Alan , Alisha Andrea ,Ben ,Caroline ,Chris ,Darren ,Felippe , Glen ,Graham ,Greg ,Ilona ,John , Kate ,Lee ,Les , Libby , Liz , Martin ,Mike ,Natalja , Ron, Sam ,Simon ,Steve ,Syzmon , Steve ,Trudy , and Wes – Well Done ! Certificates will be sent out shortly. While we’re on congratulations the following temps have found new positions: Harry, & Ben . I know both of you are very much part of the Cpw family & will be working with us as your new jobs permit. Many of you will know Andrew one of our long standing popular temps, unfortunately he suffered a minor heart scare recently. Andrew we all send you are love, and wish you a speedy recovery, make sure you take it easy! And finally!! What a night we all had at the annual temps party at the beginning of January in Swindon!! Those of you who went will know what I mean, & your misdeamours are safe with me (Harry) ! Those of you who weren’t able to go, don’t miss it next year!!! Love Adrian ,Gauri, & Steve. Updated 1st Feb 2008 February Newsletter Swindon Well I must start by saying, where has January gone to? It only seems like a few days ago I was checking up on bookings to ensure everyone had recovered from their new years celebrations. And what a January it has been, I expected it to be a lot quieter than December so we could catch up on things but oh no, not the case as I am sure you are all aware of. It has been a very busy and successful month overall. The weekend functions have been quiet but this is due to the time of year but they will hopefully be picking up again soon so don’t worry! I take this opportunity to thank you all for your continuous hard work and support. Without you guys we would not be able to fill these bookings and without us lot in the office we would not be able to receive the bookings. So I guess what I am trying to say is a big THANK YOU to everyone involved with CPW and A1 as they have been a great support to us as well. Now its time to mention the temps Christmas party on the 11th…. What a fantastic turnout we had especially considering the awful weather on the night. The bus almost didn’t make it into Bristol, Lisa got stuck on a hill in the snow and rain but it all turned out to be a great night in the end. It was a shame not everybody made it as you certainly did miss out some entertainment but nice to see a lot of familiar faces there. So lets take this opportunity and I am sure I talk on behalf of everybody in saying a big thank you to Tracey and Martin for putting it on and I know they also would like to remind you all that the party was their way of saying thank you for all the hard work that you put in over the year. So lets make this year a huge success and then we can all enjoy another one next year! I guess you have all spoken to Karl now who has settled back into the office very well. He really is pushing the perm side of the business along nicely and also helping me out on the temp side of things. If any of you are interested in taking up a permanent position please do not hesitate to book some time aside with Karl as he will be more than happy to help. We currently have a lot of opportunities building up and lots coming up in the pipeline. To apply for a permanent position you will need to send a CV to us, any advice needed just ask. If any of you are thinking you want a change of scenery always remember we also have Bristol and Gloucester to help out with perm vacancies so Adrian or Lisa can help you with that. You have probably all spoken to Claire as well who has been helping me out a lot with the running of the temps desk and dealing with all our admin so don’t be scared to speak to her as she is more than capable of taking calls and any queries you may have. Lets not forget Sam on the A1 side of things as she is also in our offices, if any of you know of anyone looking for work in the commercial or industrial world then send them along to see Sam as she will be more than willing to help out. I must say well done to you all who remember to bring in your timesheets on time as it has got better. But I will just remind the few that do forget and you know who you are; the deadline for timesheets is 9am Monday mornings. It is YOUR responsibility to get these in on time and ensure they are signed by the client. NO TIMESHEET…NO WAGES!!! Tracey has received a lot of the ISO feedbacks forms from you and thanks you all for taking the time to fill these out as we like to know what your thoughts are about the company. 80% or so said you are made to feel like a valued member of CPW and Tracey will be calling those who had various queries or issues about CPW over time. Always remember the little incentive we offer to you all; Recommend a friend who stays on our books and works for us over a period of 12 weeks and you will receive £30 bonus. Recommend a client who places a booking with us and you will receive £50 bonus. We would all like to wish Tracey W well as she has left us now to go on Maternity leave; I have asked her to keep me updated on when the little one arrives. Congratulations to Audrey and Francis who have left or due to leave as they have found permanent work either via us or independently so all the best for the future, always remember if things are not what they seem you are welcome back at any time. Also a big welcome to all the new faces we have taken on board in the New Year, I am not going to mention all your names but you know who you are. I hope you are now feeling settled and happy to feel part of CPW. Finally I would like to finish by saying lets hope we continue as we are and only get better. As we are providing the service we want to and let’s keep those smiles on everyone’s faces and continue to push forward into 2008. I wish you all the best over the next month and remember anything you need just pop in and see us. Take care Amy Updated 30th Jan 2008 Gloucester News - Feb 2008 Thankfully Gloucestershire got away with being flooded for the 2nd time in 6 months by the skin of it’s teeth! I would like to say a quick thank you to all those who agreed to be on standby incase we got the call to set up the mobile kitchens again, it was much appreciated. We are now safely out of the woods on that one. Our Gloucester office has now been open for 2 months, and Libby and myself are busy beavering away to get the work in for you all. Remember to keep your mobiles on as when the work starts flowing we want to be ready to fly. January is a notoriously quiet month in Catering as you are all aware, but rest assured this never lasts for long, we are fast apporaching Easter and I can assure you things will be busy that time of year, so have your uniforms at the ready! In our January newsletter I forgot to say a big thank you to the lovely Anita Hobbs who filled Gloucesters first ever booking, Anita did a fantastic job and the client was really pleased with the service provided by the office and Anitas work, to the point where they rebook Anita whenever they have a need. This is what it is all about, you build a reputation for yourselves whilst your out there working and then the client wants you back where ever possible. Thanks Anita for yur hard work. In Gloucester we have a few clients that want to use our services that require all temps to have special clearences completed. We are busy getting as many of you through these clearances as possible, this will open up the doors to work that we can not currently offer you. If we have not contacted you as yet or you have not had the chance to pop in, please make time sooner rather than later, it will take a matter of minutes, all we need is a signature from you. Please call us in the office on 01452 524770 to disscuss this further. At CPW we run a couple of incentive schemes for the temps, this gives you all a chance to be part of Gloucesters success. 1. If you recommend a friend who joins us as a temporary worker and they complete 12 weeks employment with us, you will receive £30 inb you pay. 2. If you recommend a client to us and they register and place a booking with CPW you will receive £50 as a thank you. Welcome to Steve Parker who has recently joined us and is busy working in one of our Bristol units at the moment. I hope you enjoy your time with us Steve. Updated 10th Jan 2008 Happy New Year - Bristol and Gloucester News January 2008 Well 2007 has been and gone, the build up to Christmas was as manic as ever and over in a flash! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year with your friends and families and are now feeling refreshed and ready for work again. Bristol had a fantastic year in 2007 seeing a lot of growth to the client base and the amount of work coming in that is not only down to the guys in the office but down to you all as well. It is you that represent CPW when you are out there working in these units and it is you that build our reputation leading to more and more satisfied clients. So a massive thank you for all your hard work not only over Christmas but 2007 as a whole. As you are all aware it is our Christmas Party on Friday 11th January, there is a coach picking everyone up from Bristol and taking them to the Wroughton Club just on the outskirts of Swindon. The coach will take you back to Bristol later on in the evening. The coach is booked to pick up from outside the Bristol office at 7pm and will pick up from the Wroughton Club between 12-12.30am. If you would like to come you need to let Ade, Gauri or Steve know so they can put your name on the list so we are able to establish numbers, please make sure you let them know if you will need a seat on the coach or not again so we can make sure everyone is accounted for. We always end up doing silly games Swindon V Bristol, so it would be great to see as many of you there as possible, I don’t like losing, not that I am competitive!! I will try not to break any bones two days before the party this year, fingers crossed! Gloucester is going well, we are getting some strong responses from our advertising and are getting plenty of people registered looking for work. We are making a lot of calls out to register new clients and let people know we are here so hopefully in the next few weeks Gloucester should start to really lift off. Remember if you know anyone living in Swindon, Gloucester or Bristol and they are looking for work don’t forget to tell them how fab we are, you’ll earn yourself £30 if they stay with us for 12 weeks or more. Also there is incentives for recommending a client to us as well, when you’re out and about or have friends in the industry in need of a good agency, let them know where we are, if they book with us you get £50. I seem to write this paragraph every month! TIMESHEETS TIMESHEETS TIMESHEETS!!!!!! It is the same old culprits not brining theirs in on time. Gauri really has no time to chase these for you anymore, it really does hold things up. So as of now if they are not in you will not get paid. Congratulations to Adrian Macpherson Moore, Hugh Devey who have now found fulltime work through us. I also would like to say Good Luck to Andrew Little who may be seen on the small screen and West End stage entertaining audiences with his drumsticks!!! All the best guys but if you do need us you know where we are. Finally a huge THANK YOU to everyone that worked on the Christmas functions over December, the feedback was fantastic, the client said she really could not have asked for it to go any better, everyone arrived smart, worked really hard and she said you were all diamonds especially Ade who went to help out at the last minute. This client is part of a group and they are proving to be a regular bookers and we are gaining a lot of work from them, this all goes back to you guys building our reputation, so Thanks again. See you all on the 11th of January, Lisa Updated 4th Jan 2008 January 08 Newsletter Well I must start by wishing everybody a Happy New Year, the build up to Christmas was absolutely crazy and being my first one in the office was certainly a challenge! but I enjoyed every minute of it. I must say a big thank you to you all for your hard work and determination. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year with your friends, families and loved ones and am now feeling refreshed and batteries recharged to get stuck back in to work again. I would like to give a big welcome back to Karl Joyce who has rejoined us. He will be working alongside Tracey and myself and also dealing with permanent vacancies, so please do pop in and say hello if you remember him from before but if not pop in and introduce yourself as he will be another point of contact. I would also like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Claire and Sam on A1 Wyvern as they have been a great support to me throughout the last couple of months. I am sure a lot of you have spoken to Claire; she is dynamite on the phones and regularly beats us all to it. As you are all aware it is our Christmas party on Friday 11th January. It is being held at Wroughton Working Mens Social Club from 7pm, and will be a chance for us all to let our hair down and have a good time. It also brings us all together and will give you a chance to meet the guys from the Bristol and Gloucester teams. It always ends up in silly games Swindon v Bristol, so it would be great to see as many of you there as possible and don’t forget your families are more than welcome. So let’s all look forward to seeing who will be on the dance floor first….. Just so you are all aware our Gloucester office is going well, they are getting some strong responses from their advertising and are getting plenty of people registered looking for work. So if you have any leads in Gloucester or friends looking for work send them in to see Lisa or Libby and remember you could earn yourself some extra cash if they are successful and stay on board. TIMESHEETS, TIMESHEETS, TIMESHEETS!!!! People are becoming very lazy lately!! We do not have time to chase up timesheets for you; it is your responsibility to get them in by the VERY latest 9am on Mondays. Always ensure they are signed by the client without a signature they are worthless. With immediate effect if they are not in on time, you will not be paid. January is generally a quiet time, although this week has been busy so things are looking great for the start of the year! I would like to say, if you have any availability please do let us know as we are always on the look out, before taking a booking please check your availability, once we have confirmed with the client it makes us all look very inefficient if we need to continually change names. Finally let’s make 2008 another successful year for CPW. Thank you Amy Updated 5th Dec 2007 CPW Hot Cats Newsletter Dec 2007. I must start with a fond farewell to Rob and to wish him all the best in his career-change back into chefing. Rob has been with us for 3 years and I am sure you will agree that we will certainly miss having him in the Swindon office, although we will still see him as he is on our books as a temporary chef until he finds the perfect job for him! So you will all get to see Rob at the Christmas Party etc. Good Luck for the future Robbie love from everyone at CPW! There is a collection for Rob in the office and also a card to sign, this will be presented to him at the Christmas party, so if you have any coppers or a few paper notes that you would like to donate please see Amy. Well what a year we have had change, change and even more change! For those of you that have been with us for a long time you will know that we have seen the coming of A1 this Year where Tracey has been working. A1 was located above CPW’s office and, as you may be aware is mainly Industrial and Commercial recruitment. A1 has gone from strength to strength and has seen a very good first year; Sam Reed runs the desk with the help of our lovely Claire Underdown, so if you have any relations or friends that are looking for work in these sectors please see Sam or Claire. Sam’s email address is samreed@a1wyvern.co.uk and Claire’s email is claire.underdown@a1wyvern.co.uk and the telephone number is 01793 526464. Claire also does the admin and reception duties for both CPW and A1, she sits on the front desk and Sam sits directly behind Claire, please introduce yourself to both Sam and Claire and if CPW have any droughts then I am sure you will be able to pick up work on the A1 side of things if you wanted to. So as I said, we have had many changes, so what are these changes? Firstly businesses have merged onto the same floor, the offices have been refurbished to accommodate this and I hope you will agree when you do see them they look fantastic! We now have 2 separate interview rooms upstairs, one for CPW and another for A1, the front office is now for stores and chef whites etc. If anyone would like to see the changes please feel free to come in and have a look. Secondly, Rob’s leaving means that for the foreseeable future Tracey is back on the main desk (and is loving it! Seeing lots of new faces and loads of the old ones) with the back up of Amy, although I will say I appear to be Amy’s admin girl!!! Amy is very capable and I am sure you will all agree Amy has taken the reigns very well (little control freak that she is, but lovely with it!) Amy will receive further training until comfortable enough to take the reigns and ride the waves at CPW. Welcome back to Karl Joyce who will be back in January for anyone that knows him will know that he is great and will be able to hit the floor running so to speak. Eventually Amy will be running the main desk and Karl will be looking after the perm side of the business as well as the sales role, so if you are interested in a full-time job please see Karl or email him in January at karljoyce@cpwhotcats.co.uk Again in the future Tracey will only be in Swindon for three days of the week, spending one day in Bristol and the other in Gloucester. You will be notified of the days that Tracey will be in each office so that if you wanted to talk to Tracey about anything then you would be able to do so. Apologises for not being in CPW’s offices for the last year because of setting up A1 and being very focussed on building the empire! Tracey will oversee A1 but is happy to say that Sam and Claire are both very capable of running this side of the business. CPW’s third branch opened in Gloucester on Monday 3rd Dec and will initially be run by Lisa Cortez, who I am proud to say is now the Area Manager for CPW Hot Cats. Lisa has been with CPW for over two years now and has proven to be a great leader who is committed to CPW’s ethos and standards. Welcome to Libby Pond who will be working alongside Lisa in Gloucester until Libby is fully trained and able to take over the reigns, if you are in Gloucester please pop in and say hello you will find the office at 107 Eastgate Street. Lisa will oversee both the Bristol and Gloucester branches. Adrian Gregory another star who CPW are proud to have is Lisa’s Deputy Manager and will ensure that Bristol stays on top to ensure that both Bristol and Gloucester go from strength to strength. I will mention that this is the first year that Bristol will have done more sales than Swindon so well done Bristol a lot of hard work has gone into Bristol this year. Bristol has seen the coming of Steve Goulding this year and Steve is flying high and loving the position. I am sure that anyone that knows Steve will know that of him, solid and great fun to be with. Welcome back to Gauri who has been in India for just over 4 weeks, I am sure that she will keep both Adrian and Steve in order; behind every great man they say, is a great woman and Gauri is Bristol’s great woman. Welcome back Gauri! Bristol also saw an office move this year from Stephens Street to St Augustine’s Parade; the new offices are fab, so all the offices have had a great amount of investment spent on them. I recently received a comment that you know that you are in CPW whether you are in Gloucester, Bristol or Swindon as they are all corporate with the colours and procedures etc. So these are the main changes we have seen this year and I do believe that you will agree that the changes have been good ones. Many thanks to all of you that have helped in the change and making this all possible. In the words of the famous Christmas carol “Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, please put a penny in the old man’s hat if you haven’t got a penny a ha’penny will do, if you haven’t got an ha’penny, then God Bless you!!!!” If you need to earn more pennies for the old man’s hat then give us a call with the extra hours that you may be available and we will see where we can give you extra hours, also if you know anyone that is looking for work you can earn an extra £30 for introducing them to CPW, so have a word with them! Ask us about our “Recommend a Friend Scheme” and find out how it works! Our Christmas Party is one way of saying thank-you to you all for the hard work that you have done for CPW over the year. You must be good to work for CPW and therefore we want to make you feel special and say thank you for all of your hard work this year the Christmas party will be at The Wroughton Working Mens Club on Friday the 11th January 2008. There will be a disco and a buffet and to say thank-you for all the hard work that you have put in there is a drink for each of you that come along. I hope to see as many of you there as possible, a coach will be put on from Bristol and there will be the normal competitions and loads of fun. Lets see if Tracey can stay sober! That just leaves me to say keep your phones on to pick up the extra money from now until Christmas. Tracey Martin MD Updated 4th Dec 2007 A new edition to the CPW Family - Gloucester !!!! As you all know CPW never stands still for long! We have all been busy beavering away getting our third office ready for opening over the past month. CPW Gloucester opened its doors on Monday 3rd December. The offices look fantastic! Libby has come to work alongside me in the office and we are busy building our reputation and business here as we have done in Swindon and Bristol. All the usual high standards you expect from your CPW office will be mirrored in Gloucester, Uniforms supplied and laundered, regular feedbacks from Client and Temps, 24/7 on call service, and the two friendly faces in the office. We are getting a lot of response from our adverts and are keen on getting more potential candidates to join our team. If you know anyone who lives in the Gloucester area and is looking for work, send them our way. As for Bristol the usual faces are still there(except for mine) Ade is heading up the office, with Steve and Gauri alongside him. Remember to pop in and say hi to them, especially Gauri, as after having a 6 week holiday she may have forgotton some of you!!! I am still around if you need anything but will be based in Gloucester for the next few months and will then take on more of an area role between the offices but I will stay in touch with you, if any of you get a day off from Ade and want to pop in and see our new office we are on 107 Eastgate Street, Gloucester GL1 1PY This just leaves me to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us and to remind you you only have 21 shopping days to go! Speak to you soon, Lisa Updated 30th Nov 2007 Bristol Newsletter December 2007 Welcome all you Hot Cats to Decembers Newsletter, did I say December already which means the Festive season has arrived & only four shopping weeks till Christmas!! Christmas is one of our busiest times of the year & your chance to earn lots of pennies, PLEASE keep your mobiles on (where possible – don’t upset the clients) so we can get you out working, also if you commit to a booking you need to be able to fulfil the whole booking. If you have holiday plans over Christmas & New Year please let us know as soon as possible. If you would like to earn extra on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, & New Years Day let your friendly neighbourhood temp controller know!!!! Timesheets – Yet again! A lot of you are very good & get them in on time & completed correctly with your name & clients name on - thank you as you keep me youthful looking! The offenders out there waste a lot of my time on a Monday where I could spend the time ringing clients to get you more work, so please, please help me by getting them in on time, with the correct information. That’s my moan out of the way. Going Live – The Gloucester branch opens on 3rd December 2007, we wish Libby Pond good luck with this exciting new addition, she will be supported by Lisa Cortez who will divide her time between Gloucester & Bristol. The Bristol Branch is business as usual, Gauri returns to us from her holiday on Monday 3rd December we welcome her back with open arms,Steve,& myself are on hand to help, listen, & assist you also. Congratulations to Sarah Cranstone, Izabella Robakiewicz, who have found fulltime work thorough us. Also to Felipe Lescano & his wife Rozanna on their exciting news of a new addition to their family next year (get your extra sleep in now Felipe ! ). Temps Christmas Party, make a note in your diary, this will be on the evening of 11th January 2008 & held in Swindon, and transport will be laid on – full details to follow! It’s always a great night, & not to be missed!!! Finally just remains from Tracey & the Bristol team to wish you all a Happy Christmas & peaceful New Year, & thank you for your hard work & commitment to CPW. Adrian. Updated 13th Nov 2007 Bristol News November 2007 So much going on I am not sure where to start…. Firstly welcome to Steve Goulding and Libby Pond who have joined us in the office recently, a lot of you will have already spoken to Steve or met him but if you haven’t pop in and say hello, the same goes for Libby. Both of them are settling in great and are already part of the team. As you know Gauri is being missed a great deal as she has gone to India to see her family and will not be back in to work until the beginning of December, all her duties are being completed by those of us left in the office. I am doing Payroll on a Monday morning and have noticed some of you have become very slack in getting your timesheets in. I can not emphasise enough how busy Mondays are already without having to chase timesheets that are missing, it is YOUR responsibility, as of next week if your timesheet is missing you will NOT be paid. Please don’t be the one to miss out and make sure you get them in by Monday am at the latest. We would all like to say a massive THANK YOU to all the guys who covered the functions at Hbos Cannons Way a couple of weeks ago. The feedback was fantastic and the client was over the moon. This was a big day for the client as they had only just taken over and were showing their facilities off to their customers. The result of such good feedback is that we are supplying to all Hbos sites in the area including the brand new Harbourside site. So Thank You for all your hard work, keep it up. Christmas is only 8 weeks away!!!!!! (Oh dear) It is that time again when the bookings are going to go mad, we are already seeing things pick up and quite quickly too. Make sure you are keeping us up to date with all your availability, when you want work, when you don’t. We will need all hands on deck over the coming 8 weeks. Also please remember if you accept a booking we do expect you to honour it and not let us down at the last minute unless it is due to sickness obviously. We are having a few problems with being let down and as I said above it is getting really busy at the moment so when you ask us to cover you off it is not always possible, which as I am sure you will appreciate is not the reputation we want. One more reminder about all the Randstad sites, if you are going to work in any of the Bristol City Council run nursing homes please remember to sign in and out on their generic timesheets, stating clearly your name, which agency you are from and the position you have worked. Lastly Congratulations to Steve Hale, Felipe Lescano, Andrew Murray and Kate Klocek who have all secured full time work, even though we have not lost you completely as you are all working weekends for us you are being missed by the clients and us. Good luck in your new jobs. Speak to you all soon Lisa Updated 13th Nov 2007 Swindon August News. Swindon August News. All change, Most of you by now will have met Amy in the office and spoken to her on several occasions she has started alongside me as a temp’s controller and she has settled in really well. We also have Jitka Samkova who started this month as an administrator so please come in and introduce yourself to her they have both settled in well and are doing a really good job. We have started to get really busy now and have loads of bookings in please come in and let us know your up to date availability let us know this on a weekly basis there’s enough work to keep you all really busy so I need to know exactly when you are available. Don’t forget the recommend a friend scheme especially if you know of any Chefs looking for full time hours or part time hours we need cover for it all so even if it is an evening here or a weekend there we would appreciate knowing about it. Congratulations to Charlie Martin (Tracey’s daughter) on her fantastic exam results Charlie has worked in the office for us on several occasions and has been with us quite a lot recently. Also well done to all of our students who have received their results I hope you have achieved what you were looking for. Those students that have helped us again this summer as usual you have surpassed yourselves and we really appreciate it. Please remember to give us plenty of notice when you return for your next holidays and we will ensure we have work booked in for you. Thanks again everyone for all your work so far this summer please keep me updated with all your availability and tell everyone about us both potential clients and Temps Look forward to seeing you all in person Rob. Updated 11th Sep 2007 Bristol News September Just a quick update on some of the goings on this past month. We are getting really busy here in Bristol and I know I keep saying that but it is getting busier and busier as the months go by, which us great news for all of us, however I would ask you keep us as up to date with you’re your availability as you can. It is extremely frustrating when we are so busy when we think you are free and then find out things have changed so please keep us posted. Poor Adrian is getting greyer by the day! A lot of you will have noticed the change in procedures for timesheets with all Nursing Homes, I know you are all well in the habit of getting the CPW timesheets signed but please remember if you are in a Council run nursing home you need to sign in and out, clearly stating your name and agency on the MASTER Randstad timesheet in the office of the nursing home. If you fail to do this Randstad will not pay you or us. We are not able to get these hours authorised over the phone so do not rely on us to sort it out, no signing no pay until you go back there again and can get the form filled out. There have been several times when this has happened and we got a bit of a ticking off from Randstad! So you MUST remember. Congratulations to Mike Currie, Alicja Maciejak, Lee Bevan and Marek Ademiec who have all found full time positions. Good luck but if you do need us you know where we are. I also would like to say Good Luck to both Chablis May and Katerina Tvrdikova who are both back off to University, you’ll be missed! There have been several new clients that have come on board over the past 2 months and the feedback I have had from them has been great, again a job well done! We are constantly trying to bring in new clients to keep you all busy with work, this is definitely working as you are all crying for time off. Remember if you hear of anyone in need of an agency and you pass the information us and this then leads to a booking you will be given a £50 cash incentive. The same goes if you have a friend looking for work and they come in, register and stay with us for a period of 12 weeks you will receive £30 for your valued efforts! Thank you to all of you for all your hard work once again, it is appreciated and I’m sure I’ll see you all soon in the office, Speak to you all soon Lisa Updated 31st Jul 2007 Bristol Newsletter - August 07 Finally a bit of Sunshine, hopefully the rain has passed at last! With the weather in mind a massive thank you to all of you who pitched in at the eleventh hour to help with setting up the mobile kitchens in Gloucester and Cheltenham to help support the work going on there for those affected by the recent floods. Your willingness to go the extra mile has been really appreciated and you have done a fantastic job. There have been several new clients that have come on board over the past 2 months and the feedback I have had from them has been great, again a job well done! We are constantly trying to bring in new clients to keep you all busy with work, this is definitely working as you are all crying for time off, I don’t blame you, it has been busy as of late. Remember if you hear of anyone in need of an agency and you pass the information us and this then leads to a booking you will be given a £50 cash incentive. As some of you will be aware Randstad have recently taken control over the bookings for all Bristol City Council Nursing homes, this means the homes directly put the bookings to Randstad and they will then feed them through to us. When you are working in any of these units you will not need to get one of our CPW timesheets signed, there will be one generic timesheet in each unit for all agencies to use. This will then be forwarded to us on a Monday for Payroll so don’t worry it will all work in the same way it just means less paperwork for the homes. When using these generic timesheets make sure you write which agency you are from in the appropriate box especially seeing as all the other agencies will be using the same sheet! Just a reminder on our out of hours service, this is available for emergencies only, if you are running late, are lost or can not fulfil the next days bookings we would expect you to call, If you are enquiring about something that really could wait until the following morning when we are back in the office please respect our time with our families at home. It is not that we are not interested it is just of late we have been experiencing a lot of calls or unnecessary messages. Remember we are not in the office after 5pm of a weekday and are closed at the weekend. Please ensure your timesheets are all in by Monday morning at the latest, we are experiencing a few problems with this of late, poor Gauri ends up chasing outstanding timesheets on a Monday morning which is preventing her from getting on with finding more work for you guys. On top of that I end up with Aunty Joy in accounts chasing me for the payroll so it holds everything up. Once again thank you very much for all your hard work over the past few months, it is getting busier as I am sure you will all agree and your efforts are genuinely appreciated. Speak to you all soon Lisa Updated 25th Jul 2007 Swindon’s Newsletter For July Hi Guys we are now well into the summer BUT WHERE IS THE SUN unbelievable amount of rain many people in Swindon were affected on THAT Friday and over the weekend, hope not too many of you had your property or cars ruined. A great big thankyou to all of you that were booked to work on that weekend and still braved the elements and the public transport system. I was on call and had no calls of people letting me down this was a real show of loyalty from you and we really appreciate it. All change in the CPW office, Daryl has now left us and is working in Purton for A1 Wyvern he was only covering in the office as a temporary measure whilst he is waiting to go travelling in Australia at the end of the year, I know Daryl has built a good relationship with many of you and he will be really missed, we have a card and collection box in the office so please come in and sign it. WE HAVE 2 new people in the office now Amy Donnelly and Chris Close. Amy most of you will already have met or spoken to by now as she has been with us a few weeks and Chris Close who was one of our Chefs with a lot of Management experience who started on Tuesday 24th July. Please come in and introduce yourselves and make them feel welcome. Many of you have been asking after Laura as well she is still with us and she is working upstairs with Tracey helping her with A1 Wyvern. We are constantly ringing out trying to source new business and clients to ensure you all have work and are bringing on new clients all the time. Please if you are coming into the office during the week keep your visit down to a minimum as this stops us from working and can be quiet a distraction when we are in the process of making calls out. Its not that we don’t want to spend the time with you but we want to make sure that everyone has work. We always free up Friday afternoons to spend with you so when you come in with your timesheets we can spend some quality time with you then. Those of you that have already been on Holiday I hope you had a great time and that you have returned fresh and Re – Vitalised those still waiting I hope you have a great time and the weather is kind. We are still looking for leads for both CPW and A1 Wyvern and remember the cash incentive if this leads to a booking. Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication Rob. Updated 20th Jun 2007 Summer is here Hi guys how are you all? Last week saw our annual ceremony for National Temporary workers week. We had beer, wine and a buffet in the office and people were popping in from 3pm onwards. Loads of you turned up and we had a really good time, some of us then went off into town and had a great evening as well. Well done to all the category winners who received a bottle of Champagne and the strawberries to go with them? A great big thankyou to everyone for all your hard work over the last year. Work is really starting to pick up again now with clients placing bookings to cover all there staff summer holidays so please keep us fully updated to your availability. The next few months will see various changes taking place in the office with the arrival of 2 new consultants in July Amy Donnelley is starting with us and then in August Chris Close will be joining us. Some of you may already know Chris, as he has been one of our Chefs for some time now. Please come in and introduce yourselves to them and help make them feel welcome we are really looking forward to them starting. A lot of you have asked after Laura when you come in to the office she is currently working upstairs with Tracey as well helping her get things into place please pop up when you are in the office and say Hi I know she will be pleased to see you all. You may also see the To Let board outside the office, we are currently looking to get a bigger premises with the intention of CPW and A1 Wyvern all being able to work on the same floor helping each other and making us a lot stronger as a company SO WATCH THIS SPACE. Things are going well for A1 Wyvern as well with Mike Locke doing 2 days a week for Tracey on finding new business and Clare Under down working with us Temporarily also sourcing new business so don't forget any leads you can get for both CPW or A1 Wyvern will result in a cash bonus. I hope you all have a great summer and enjoy your summer holidays as well Remember my door is always open Rob. Updated 1st May 2007 National Temp Week 2007 It’s that time of year again, are you ready to dust down those posh frocks and smart suits to join us for our annual party celebrating National Temporary Workers Week? Every week 1.2 million temporary workers are keeping businesses rolling across the UK, if it wasn’t for you guys there would be an astronomical short fall of staff in so many industries which is why so many Recruitment Agencies celebrate this week every year. CPW has now existed for nearly eight years and is going from strength to strength and it is because of you! Some of you have been with us from the very beginning others have joined more recently, however so many of you are committed and dedicated to CPW and are always willing to go that extra mile for us, we do recognise your efforts and very much appreciate it. CPW’s mission statement is “to exceed our customer and workers expectations every time” hopefully we in the offices exceed your expectations and we know from our client feedbacks you guys do the same when you are at work. We will be having a knees up in the offices in CPW, there will be beer, wine and food a plenty, the date is to be confirmed, so watch this space!!! We are giving awards for the following categories: Long Service Award Best New Comer Gone the extra mile Chef of the Year Catering Assistant of the Year Kitchen Porter of the Year Bar/Waiter of the Year Cleaner of the Year The winners of each category will receive a bottle of bubbly and of course the Strawberry’s to go with it. Thank you to all of you again, to us you are essential! Love all at CPW Swindon and Bristol Updated 23rd Apr 2007 Bristol News April 07 Hope you all had a fantastic Easter, the weather was fantastic, so I hope you all made the most of it. I certainly did! We have all been working hard in the office to bring in new business and as some of you will be aware we a bringing on quite a few new clients, we have had a lot of compliments back from these new clients so I would like to say thanks to all you who have represented us so well. We do appreciate it. With all the new work we are bringing on we are certainly looking for new people to join the team, so remember if you have any friends that are fellow Chefs or Catering Assistants tell them to come in and see either myself, Adrian or Gauri, you could earn £30.00 for your effort! Catering Assistants need to have at least 1 years experience and Chefs will need about 5-8 years and need to be qualified. Congratulations to Siphiwie Komane, Phil Mallender, Catherine Herve-Petts, Ivona Trendlova and Martin Collins who have all recently found full time work, we will definitely miss them. Welcome to Chablis, Dexter, Glenard, Hugh, Ilona, Lamin and Michael Halas who have all recently joined us and are doing great. Work is notoriously quiet during the Easter period, as I know some of you have experienced, but I can assure you, week on week things are getting busier and before you know it we’ll be asking you to work all the hours God sends again. With that in mind please remember to keep your phones turned on, as you don’t want to miss that call! Keep us informed of any changes in availability, that way we are not bothering with calls when you are trying to have a lay in. We have a Basic Food Hygiene Course running on the 28th April, those of you that need to refresh your knowledge will have received letters by now asking you to attend, this is a legal requirement within Catering, especially for Chefs. If you are unable to attend please call Gauri and let her know as soon as possible and we will re-schedule you for the next course. Those of you that are able to attend, the course will be held here in the office on the 28th April, start time to be confirmed, but it is usually 9.30am and the course will only last for 3 hours. Good luck to you if you are attending, but don’t worry it’s all common sense, I promise. Speak you all soon, Lisa Branch Manager Updated 18th Apr 2007 Spring Has Sprung Hi Guys, hope you all had a good Easter and enjoyed the long weekend for those of you who worked for us thanks very much. Spring is definitely upon us and it is great to see all the flowers out the Sun shining and the lighter mornings and evenings really makes you feel a lot fresher and brighter. Work is going to be a lot busier during the next few months as a lot of our clients staff will be taking there summer holidays and they will be relying on us for there cover so please keep us bang up to date with your availability. When you know your own holiday dates please let us know so we have plenty time to cover for you especially if you are on ongoing bookings. A1 Wyvern our sister company up stairs is going from Strength to strength with our Illustrious leader Tracey Martin at the forefront pushing it forward, with new employees Nicky Mander and Alison Bailey running the temps and perms desks. They cover Warehouse and Industrial so any leads you may have don’t forget the recommend a friend and recommend a Client scheme. Things are going really well with our Bristol Branch as well so on the whole all good stuff. A gentle reminder to keep us informed of any lateness etc if you think you are going to be late for any bookings please just give us a quick call to let us know so we can inform the client rather than them telling us you haven’t turned up. We are still always looking for new leads and we are constantly ringing around to try and find new units and bookings for you guys so if you do have any leads on new clients or friends that you feel will be good for CPW please get them to come in and see us. Remember my door is always open Rob. Updated 9th Jun 2006 National Temporary Workers Week National Temporary Workers Week 5-9th June 2006 The Oscars are here for the temporary work force of the UK! So put on your Ball Gown/Tiara or Tux and join in our celebrations at CPW Friday 9th June after school please! REC kicks off our biggest annual campaign. National Temporary Workers Week is in its sixth year and exists to celebrate temporary and contract workers by highlighting their massive contribution to the UK economy. Recruitment agencies are one of Britain’s largest employers, given support to every industry; we have chose to stick at being catering recruitment specialist and always will do! Our reputation has been built on solid foundations through consistently employing good quality personnel who are reliable, honest, and flexible and “who do it as it says on the tin” we have people that have worked for since we began in 1999. We know that you are great believe me and we are proud of you, (mind you we let you know if you get wrong and we do!) We care about you to the extent that we want you to feel a valuable member of CPW and for you to understand that our success lays heavily in your hands. We would not be here if it were not for you great lovely people, Thank you. I do feel that the office staff deserve credit as well because they are the ones who choose to employ you! They work long and hard ensuring you guys and dolls are happy with what you are doing, I believe they listen to you and have a genuine friendship with you. When I opened CPW I had a vision that we would be the very best employers that you could wish to work for, in fact I wanted it to be as good has working for a top hotel. Where everyone felt a part of something really good, I believe I have my vision and it’s my reality. Thank you everyone for making my dream come true. We have chosen to give awards to the following categories: 1. Long Service Award This award goes to the temps who have been steadfast to CPW for a very long time, some from the opening back in 1999, these temps have proven year after year to be flexible, extremely loyal, and hard working, requested time and time again by our clients and that’s a compliment in its self! They are the Ambassadors of CPW who have contributed hugely to the success to CPW. We have also chosen to give individual awards for the categories of staff we employ, these may have worked for CPW for a shorter period of time but certainly deserve recognition for their hard labour and again are great ambassadors for CPW. A bottle of Lanson Champagne for all of our exceptional temps Wine and beer and nibbles for all our temps Friday. Happy National Temporary workers week. Thank you Love Trace x Swindon Awards go to: Long Service Award Shirley Honeyman Howard Clake Roman Cichosz Trish O’Neill Sandra Ramsay Kjell Andersson Mike Kaye Dave Cook Gill Locke Helen Godfrey Jim Grieve Paul Jennings Tony Glover Dave Lee Lynn Mills Category Awards Chef Pete Davis Catering Assistant Kevin Floyd KP Maureen Kalunglia Bar Staff Julie Goodright Waiter Demitrios Lizardos Housekeeper Janis Lopata Bristol Awards go to: Long Service Award Ron Kerpner Geoff Lambert Graham Peakes Carmine Santo Susso Andrew Murray Category Awards Chef Stuart Bates CA Katarina Tvrdikova KP Gaetano Sarnelli Bar Staff/Waiter Bramm Van Der Walt Cleaner Felippe Lescano. A really big thank you to you all love Trace x Updated 9th Jun 2006 BRISTOL NEWS ~ MAY Well the month of May got off to a very wet and windy start but by the end of it we have had lovely weather. I hope you are all enjoying the sun…………. The new offices upstairs that we acquired at the being of April are now housing our newly formed Perms Division which is staffed by Adrian Gregory, whom most of you will know from the temps desk and also a new addition to the CPW Hot Cats Family, Joy Arthur. So a BIG CPW WELCOME to Joy and good luck with those perms !! Also coming up, the 5th – 9th June is National Temporary Workers Week, a campaign to promote the contribution of the temporary workforce and demonstrate the broad range of professions and industries that temps work in, and for this CPW are presenting awards to their some of their temps. Firstly a big THANK YOU to all out Temps for your Loyalty and Hard work the award winners are listed below. Well Done everyone please pop in to the office on Friday 9th June where we are having a few drinks and nibbles to celebrate National Temp week and CPW Awards. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.. Congratulations to Zig Heimann who has gone perm at Pucklechurch Prison, Goodbye and Good Luck. Best Wishes to Andrew Driver who leaves us to take on a Head Chef position in a pub. Also a fond farewell to Kamila Swiderska and Betty Farrell who have both taken perm jobs, they will both be sadly missed by CPW and our clients Good Luck in your new jobs. Updated 31st May 2006 June temp of the Month This months temp of the month is Pete Davies, Pete is a great asset to CPW he is always fexible and ready to help out where ever possible. Pete has always recieved fantastic feedback from our clients and other temps alike. Well done Pete, thanks for all your hard work, we have a little thank you present for you to collect in the office when you next come in. Updated 4th May 2006 BRISTOL NEWS ~ APRIL Hope everyone had a great Easter and has enjoyed the Bank holidays whether relaxing with friends and family or making some extra cash out working for CPW. The weather seems to be getting warmer, even if only a little bit. The smell of summer is in the air, lets hope it’s a good one this year. Also a reminder to all temps, if you are going on Hoilday or going home for a visit please let us know in advance so we can cover any ongoing bookings and to make sure that we know when you are available to work. Glad to hear you guys approve of the new look offices, a lot of you have commented on how much better it looks since we changed it. Also we would like to take this opportunity to welcome on board Joy Arthur who will be joining us at the end of May. Joy will be located upstairs with Adrian working on new business and developing the Permanent Placement side of CPW. So with such a strong sales teams we can hope to grow and grow in 2006. Growing the business means that there will be more work to go round …. So once again keep those phones on ….. ALSO a quick note to all temps…. please invest in a A~Z map so you can easily find your way around, although we issue directions there have been a few instances recently of people getting lost. A couple of weeks ago a temp called to say that they were lost, when Ian asked which road they were on so he could direct them to the unit the temp replied in a serious tone “ one with 3 cars and a van on !” A funny story yes, helpful NO !!!! AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.. Congratulations to Marianne Stevens who has gone perm at Easton Community Children’s Centre, Good Luck. Good Luck also to Rufus Deakin who has just moved into a new house… and sadly goodbye to Maria Bolsico and Judith Binroth who are returning to there home lands, also Good Bye and Best wishes to Rebecca Gerrish who starts her new job, Thanks for all your hard work girls, you all be missed by many clients and CPW alike. A big HELLO to all the new temps that have recently joined us Welcome to CPW Hotcats. Updated 4th May 2006 April Temp of the Month Bristol This months Temp of the Month is Kamila Swiderska she has worked for CPW since August last year and has always shown complete commitment and enthusiasm. Constantly smiling Kamila has gone the extra mile for us this month ….AGAIN !! Many Thanks to Kamila for all her hard work, your prize of shopping vouchers will be in the office for you to pick up. Updated 4th May 2006 April Temp of the Month Swindon Congratulations!!! to Maureen Kalunglia who is our Temp of the month for April.Maureen has been awarded this for her constant commitment and hard work, she is always flexible will go anywhere at the drop of a hat and is always looking for extra hours.All the feedback from clients has been good as well so well done and enjoy your Woolworths vouchers. Updated 4th May 2006 March Temp of the Month Bristol This Month was extremely difficult to pick any one person for Temp of the Month as so many of you were brilliant but after much deliberation Paulina Franczak is Temp of the Month for March. Thank you to Paulina and also to all of CPW Hotcats temps for all of your hard work and commitment. Updated 4th May 2006 BRISTOL NEWS ~MARCH Well 3 months of the year have already passed and Easter is upon us, we know for a lot of you the last few weeks have been quiet but now we are moving into May work should pick up. Keep those phones on so we can get hold of you so you do not miss any work ! Some of you may have been to the offices and will know there has been a few changes CPW Hotcats have acquired the first floor offices and have had the premises decorated and re-carpeted giving it a fresh new look. Danni and Ian are downstairs and will continue to look after all the temps and make sure you are all working when you want to, Adrian has moved upstairs and along with Tracey, the Managing Director and they are sourcing new clients, which in turn will generate more work for everyone. Also as mentioned in the February newsletter there will be a Basic Food Hygiene Course in May @ The Bristol Office ( Date to be arranged ) Please put your names forward so we can book a date………… Updated 4th May 2006 BRISTOL NEWS ~FEBRUARY A little bit late but Happy New year to all CPW staff and great to see everyone at the Christmas Bash, about 20 people turned out from Bristol which was actually an improvement on last year ! ! Well Guys we are already half way through February and the work seems to be picking up, so there should be plenty work for everyone. So make sure your phones are turned on and you are ready for action. Congratulations to Ian who has been promoted to Branch Manager in Bristol, There are now 3 of us in Bristol and we are looking to push CPW onwards and upwards during 2006, with this in mind we would like to inform all our temps that we will be moving to bigger offices. If all goes to plan from the 1st April we will be upstairs on the 1st floor of our existing offices. CRB Checks are fast becoming a priority requirement for a lot of our clients especially as we deal a lot with Hospitals, Care homes, Nurseries, Prisons etc. To ensure you don’t miss out on any work please pick up a form from the office if you haven’t already done so. Eventually you will NOT be able to fill jobs at these type of sites if you do not have a CRB, CPW will pay the fee so it only a matter of your time to fill in a form. Basic Food Hygiene Course will be held in May @ The Bristol Office ( Date to be arranged ) Any of you who do not have a BFH certificate please let Danielle know and we’ll arrange for you to attend the course. If your BFH is over 3 years old and needs renewing if there are enough people interested we will run a refresher course as well. TIMESHEETS As always please get your timesheets in by 8am Monday mornings to ensure your pay is not delayed and is paid in the correct week. REMEMBER our week runs from Saturday to Friday. Updated 4th May 2006 February Temp of the Month Bristol Employee of the month goes to Zig Heimann who has pretty much accepted every job we have thrown at him over the last couple of months and continues to be requested by many of our clients….. Way to Go Zig !!! Updated 19th Apr 2006 Rob returns……at last!!!! For all those that have not heard, Rob is back at long last, he has successfully recovered from his operation and is back in fine form. Come in and say hi, he’ll be glad to catch up with you all. Welcome back Rob! Lisa is now joining Rob on the temps desk along with carrying on the permanent side so be prepared for her bookings to fly your way! Also congratulations to Ian who has recently been promoted to Branch Manager of our Bristol office, so pop along to say hi to our lovely Mr Foster. Joy has now become a Nanny after her daughter Tracey gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Saturday 4th February, welcome to the world Charlie. Congratulations to Steve Richards who is due to take on a new role as Chef Manager, you’ll be missed. Finally welcome back to Julie Willis who has rejoined the Hot Cats team as one of our temps. Updated 12th Apr 2006 The Easter Bunny is upon us The Easter weekend is upon us and we have Easter eggs in the office for you to pick up ready for the weekend.You should be receiving a call from Lynn to let you know this will be one of her last tasks for us in the office as she has decided to return to Temping.Lynn has thoroughly enjoyed working in the office but misses the day to day back in the Industry.She will be sorely missed by all of us in the office but we will still see lots of her as she is in and out of the office handing in her time sheets.You will all still get to see her out and about in the units.Congratulations to Ray Stacey,Lara Mekens Dow and Mary Mcmillan all have been given permanent positions at units where they had been Temping, so remember all assignments are potential working interviews.Remember Reccomend a friend, if you reccomend a friend and they stay with us for 3 months we will reward you financially pick up more Information from the office next time you are in.The last few months heve been really positive with Tracey and Adrian working very hard picking up new clients they are doing this from the Bristol office with the aim of proactively moving the business forward and creating growth.Lisa and Rob are still working in the Swindon office maintaining the excellant levels of service that you have all helped to achieve through your professionalism.Quick reminder about the uniform policy ensure that you are turning upto the units with your black and whites,safety shoes and either your white overall(GA'S) and blue overall(Kitchen Porter).All thats left is to wish you all an Easter egg cracking weekend and thankyou again for all your hard work over the last few months. Updated 17th Feb 2006 Congratulations Congratulations to Ian Foster on his much deserved promotion to Branch Manager of the Bristol office. We now have a solid team at CPW Bristol and 2006 should see it really take off. In anticipation of this expansion We will be moving our office up to the 1st floor, hopefully on the 1st April 2006 Updated 31st Aug 2005 Whats New in the Swindon Office What’s new! Rob and Ian are now working together in Swindon running the temps desk. Lynn Mills will be joining us on Monday 5th September for the role of admin; I would like to welcome Lynn into our humble abode. Lynn many of you will already know as she has been temping for us for the last year and is very popular with the temps and clients alike, Lynn’s back ground before joining CPW was in an office. Welcome Lynn. Lisa is still very busy building her perms desk and is doing very well. Keep up the good work Lisa. Danielle and Adrian are both beavers in Bristol sourcing new work and clients and keeping the temps happy. Updated 31st Aug 2005 Temp of The Month August Carl Jones he has been very flexible always accepting bookings doubling up by doing days and evenings and was so efficient in one clients unit they had him working there on his own in the final week doing the cooking and everything he is always very polite and we always without exception get positive feed back from the clients and he is always requested back by units he has worked in well done Carl and Thank you! Updated 31st Aug 2005 Good Luck To Dan McCullam Dan as now left CPW to join a local catering company as a Trainee chef, we all would like to wish Dan all the very best in the world with his new venture, Gordon Ramsay eat your heart out cause Dan the Man is on his way old boy! Updated 4th Aug 2005 Temp for the month of July! Congratulations to Kevin Floyd who has been voted as Temp Of the Month for July, for his hard work, flexibility, and consistent positive feedback from the clients. Well Done Kevin! Updated 12th Jul 2005 Classic By Roman Whilst on a function with our Aunty Joy’s daughter Julie, Roman being Roman came out with a classic “If you’re Joys daughter where did you get your good looks from! He is so not able to chat up a girl is he, please can we write some better chat up lines for him and we will pass them on, and of course Julie is the double of her mother they are both beautiful! Updated 5th Jul 2005 Silver Services Training days If you would like training on Silver Service contact Tracey on 01793 500953 for more details and to arrange a date. Updated 27th Jun 2005 Gardening by Roman Cichosz. Roman Cichosz looks after gardens in Swindon, he has been looking after mine for along time and he dose do a great job on it. He cuts the grass and looks after the border as well also planting the bulbs and taking them out at the appropriate times, pruning and advising. If you are interested in the services that Roman can offer please call Rob on 01793 523120 and he will put you in touch with Roman, who can look after your garden whilst you lounge in the garden sipping white wine on your beautifully kept Lawn! Updated 27th Jun 2005 Can you sing or play a tune? Have you ever thought about recording your very own piece of music! But not known where to go or just never thought about it until now? Well Martin Kilford has not always been a beany he used to have Drive recording Studios above George White Motors for anyone that may well remember him (he was a bit of a Muso back then before he got himself a real job) and well he now has another recording studio and can record for you, contact Martin on 07775846979 for more info, Good Luck and look forward to seeing you on Top of The Pops