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Dutch ally fuels growth

Written by Business Weekly

Wednesday, 31 March 1999

The financial input of a Dutch partner has seen a Norfolk firm of training and recruitment consultants grow within the last 18 months from a single office operation in Great Yarmouth into a three-centre network. The financial input of a Dutch partner has seen a Norfolk firm of training and recruitment consultants grow within the last 18 months from a single office operation in Great Yarmouth into a three-centre network. Birks Bailie has opened new offices in Norwich and King's Lynn and says it has increased its customer listing 100% since May 1998. The consultancy's foreign backer is Reggeborgh Beheer BV, based in Rijssen in eastern Holland. It has invested in a broad range of businesses within Holland, Germany and the UK. To date its investment in Birks Bailie has totalled £100,000. Since its founding eight years ago, Birks Bailie has built up a broad range of business support services. They include supply of temporary staff on both an ad hoc and managed contract basis, personal development, management, sales and customer services training and permanent staff vetting and placement. The business also offers a dedicated manufacturing sub-assembly and finishing service from its 3,000 sq ft unit on Beccles' Ellough Industrial Estate.

 

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