Ambition 24Hours is Fastest Growing UK Company.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2003 Ambition 24Hours, the specialist nursing and carer carer Noun a person who looks after someone who is ill or old, often a relative: the group offers support for the carers of those with dementia carer n → recruitment agency, is the fastest growing unquoted company in the UK - according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 2002 National Business Survey by Fast Track, the independent research company. Revenue at Ambition 24hours has increased by 256 per cent each year, from GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 627,000 in 1998 to GBP 28.3 million in 2001 when it employed 56 office staff. Sales are forecast in 2002 at GBP50m, with further expansion of its network of 16 branch offices in 2003. Ambition 24Hours provides some 8,000 temporary and full-time qualified nurses and care staff to public and private hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and other healthcare organisations, and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. According to Penny Streeter Penny Streeter OBE is the managing director of Ambition 24hours. Founded in 1996 in the UK, Ambition 24hours is a multi-million dollar temporary recruitment agency and business process outsourcing organisation operating in the United Kingdom and South Africa. , founder and managing director of Ambition 24Hours: " The rate of growth since the company was set up six years ago results from the reputation we've developed - with both our candidate nursing staff and healthcare clients - for value, quality and speed of service. It's a relationship based on trust and total professionalism professionalism the upholding by individuals of the principles, laws, ethics and conventions of their profession. ." A core service is the provision of nurses to meet the temporary staffing needs of healthcare providers, due to illness and other events, often with as little as one hour's notice, at any time of the day or night, including weekends and bank holidays. Ambition 24Hours has only been 'off-line' for ten minutes, according to Penny Streeter, when the company moved its computerised booking centre from Wallington to new offices in Sutton, Surrey Surrey, county (1991 pop. 997,000), 653 sq mi (1,691 sq km), SE England. The county seat is Guildford. The North Downs cross the county from east to west. To the north the land slopes gently downward to the Thames, into which flow the Wey and the Mole, Surrey's , in 1999. " Fast growth brings many pressures for any business. These have been addressed by ensuring consistently high standards of management - such as in the registration, interviewing and training of nurses and carers, by our qualified nursing staff. Also we invest heavily in the best IT support systems to ensure speed and reliability of communication for our experienced team of consultants, who respond to clients' requirements day and night," says Penny Streeter. Note to Editor: Fast Track League Table: www.fasttrack.co.uk Further information: Ambition 24Hours, Sentinel House, 16-22 Sutton Court Sutton Court, Stowey also known as Stowey Court, is a large house built on the site of a fourteenth century castle, with sections built in the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Road, Sutton, SM1 4SY. E-mail: admin@ambition24hours.co.uk web: www.ambition24hours.co.uk Tel: South of England: 08707 502 502; Tel: North of England: 08707 557 557 |
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