Blick Time Systems becomes an REC Business Partner

February 2005

Blick Time Systems is delighted to announce that it has recently become a Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Business Partner, reinforcing our commitment to develop time and attendance solutions for the recruitment industry.

The REC is the leading body of the recruitment industry, with 11,000 members. Its activities include the Code of Good Recruitment Practice, legal service, training & qualifications, events and other communications. As part of the service it provides to its members, the REC handpicks Recruitment Business Partners for their range of services, professionalism and value for money.

This development will enable us to work in partnership with the REC and its members to further develop products to meet the recruitment industry's requirements, adding value to their business. We are already working in partnership with Select Appointments and Pertemps to provide them with time management solutions to suit their business. In addition, REC members will enjoy exclusive offers from Blick Time Systems.

If you are an REC member and would like to find out more on Blick Time's products and offers visit www.rec.uk.com and click on Recruitment Business Partners.

Sales Excellence from Blick UK

13 March 2003

Blick UK Sales Executive Jason Unsworth is officially the UK’s top information technology sales person.

Jason was awarded the title of Sales Professional of the Year – Information Technology at the National Sales Awards, which were held at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London on 27 February.

He said: “I am delighted to win this award. It is fantastic for me personally and also for Blick. It shows the true value of a well trained sales team and a great range of products.” Sheffield based Jason works for Blick Time Systems, a business unit of Blick UK, selling a variety of industry leading time management solutions.

He beat over 1,000 other entrants to win the award, after being nominated by Liza Bewick, Divisional Director of Blick Time Systems.

She said: “This is a wonderful accolade. Jason has always been one of our star performers and this national recognition is fully deserved.”

The National Sales Awards, organised by Quest Media, recognise and promote best practice within the sales industry by honouring excellence, professionalism and outstanding achievement in sales.

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Note to editors
Blick UK is part of Blick plc, a market leader in Security, Communication and Time Management solutions to commerce, industry and the public sector.

Blick provides a complete service from the design and installation of integrated systems to ongoing maintenance and customer support.

In addition, Blick offers a range of finance options, including rental, all of which combine to ensure a total support and service package for customers.

Blick UK Extends its ProSoft Range of Products

1 August 2002

Blick UK's time and attendance division has extended its successful ProSoft range with the launch of three new packages aimed specifically at small to medium sized organisations.
The new ProSoft SME range incorporates ProSoft 60, ProSoft 100 and ProSoft 200, which are for organisations with up to 60, 100 and 200 employees respectively.

Identical to the initial ProSoft product, each version of ProSoft SME consists of five individual modules, which can be integrated to create the most comprehensive time and attendance management tool on the market.

Suited to both industrial and white-collar organisations, ProSoft SME provides the highly effective monitoring that is required to help companies meet the increasing demands being placed on them by flexible working practices and government legislation.

Two of the five available modules - ProTime, for monitoring and reporting time and attendance, and ProPlan, for resource scheduling - are included within the standard package of ProSoft SME.

The remaining three - ProAcess, for access control, ProCost, for cost centring, and ProNet, which allows time and attendance monitoring via the internet - are available as optional modules.

ProSoft SME also includes a report generator, and export and import modules, which allow the transfer of data to and from other systems for complete integration.

And, as all of the ProSoft range operates on identical hardware and software, ProSoft SME can be upgraded to ProSoft Premium if an organisation expands to above 200 employees.

Liza Bewick, Divisional Director of Blick Time Systems, said: "There is a definite move towards a better work-life balance for employees in all types and sizes of organisations.

" ProSoft has been a huge success since its launch last year and we are continually developing it so that it becomes the time and attendance solution for all organisations, irrespective of their size."

Blick UK Wins Five-Year Government Contract

2 April 2002

Blick UK has been awarded a five-year contract with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to be an OGC Buying Solutions approved supplier, installer and commissioner of Flexible Working Hours systems.

The contract, which runs until October 2006, means that Blick UK's Time and Attendance Division is one of only two companies approved to provide these services to central government, local government, the wider public sector, and their private sector agents and contractors.

As an approved company, Blick UK will be featured in all OGC printed directories as well as on its web directory - www.ogcbuyingsolutions.co.uk - allowing subscribers to contact them direct.
Steve Coetzer, Blick UK's national sales manager for the Time and Attendance Division, said: “We are absolutely delighted to win this contract and become an approved supplier of the Office of Government Commerce.

“ It is an indication of both the quality and competitiveness of Blick UK's Time and Attendance Division that we have been awarded this contract and we are looking forward to providing an excellent service to the civil government.”

The OGC - formerly The Buying Agency - was launched in April 2000 to streamline the Government's annual procurement spend of over £13 billion. It provides procurement services to help central government, the wider public sector, and their private sector agents and contractors achieve value for money.