PGA's Abar Staffing and Ann Wells Personnel Services Announce Name Changes to Venturi Staffing Partners.

Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2001

Personnel Group of America's Abar Staffing and Ann Wells Personnel Services today announced that they have changed their names to Venturi Staffing Partners. The changes are effective immediately and are part of a new PGA branding strategy that will leverage the combined strength of PGA's multi-branch Northern California operations with its other operations across the country.

ABAR and Ann Wells provide a wide variety of office professional staffing solutions through branch offices in San Francisco, Concord, Pleasanton and Sunnyvale.

"Our new name underscores the value we place on our customer and associate partnerships and signifies the unified focus of our multi-branch operation in Northern California," said Bob Beckby, General Manager of Venturi's Northern California operation.

Although the public face of these operations will take on a new look through the Venturi Staffing Partners name, Beckby maintains their core operating philosophies will not change. "We will continue to focus on each customer's unique needs and will maintain a flexible service approach that allows us to respond quickly and effectively to the evolving business requirements of the Northern California market," said Beckby.

The famous Italian Physicist Giovanni Venturi, known for his groundbreaking work in fluid mechanics, inspired the Venturi name. "The name serves as a metaphor for the service we provide our clients, which is channeling the flow of human capital," explained Beckby, adding that although the company name has changed, "our quality of people and commitment to service excellence stays the same. We take pride in knowing that Venturi Staffing Partners is synonymous with quality staffing solutions and is Northern California's premier staffing service."

Abar Staffing has served the San Francisco and East Bay markets since 1954 and Ann Wells Personnel Services has provided staffing solutions to the Silicon Valley market since 1980.

About PGA

Personnel Group of America, Inc. (NYSE:PGA) is a nationwide provider of information technology consulting services; high-end clerical, accounting and other specialty professional staffing services; and technology systems for human capital management. The Company is based in Charlotte, N.C. and operates through a network of proprietary brand names in strategic markets throughout the United States.

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