Talascend & Cambra join forces
20 November 08
Staffing specialist Talascend is entering the engineering services business, after announcing a joint venture with leading British rail surveying company Cambra.
Cambra will benefit from Talascend's sales and marketing, tendering, payroll and account management abilities to win and administer projects, allowing it to concentrate on project delivery.
Once a project has been jointly won and commences, Talascend will handle ongoing employer engagement, for example by dealing with Carillion's 'Express HR' system to log project details and rates. Further, Talascend is involved in developing and finalising the training programmes that Cambra is so renowned for in its market.
Talascend has traditionally been responsible for everything from the management of the recruitment supply chain to the conventional provision of candidates. Cambra has a successful reputation in Project Management, Civil Engineering Permanent Way Engineering and Surveying (deploying its team of 20 highly trained engineers on high profile projects throughout the UK for the likes of Carillion and Jarvis).
Grant Forbes, director at Cambra said: "We've built a reputation as a cohesive team and Talascend is spreading the message about the benefits of our approach to all the right companies in our area.
Once we've won a project together, it's incredibly beneficial for us to have Talascend taking care of the small print whilst we focus on completing the project." Russell Dalgleish at Talascend said: "For the first time we've entered the area of engineering services with this unique partnership, which will allow Talascend to capitalise on the experience and reputation it has gained from working for some of the largest rail employers in the UK.
Apart from the benefits for our two companies, this is also good news for recruiters at Talascend because it accelerates their knowledge of the sector and provides them with a diverse and interesting role. They will be managing an account and effectively helping to deliver a project, providing an unprecedented level of client contact and job satisfaction."
