Gavan Burden Managing director, Burden Dare

"Last month I successfully sold Alexander Hughes Interim Management and bought back its private sector business as part of my new company, Burden Dare. The next four months will be very busy for me marketing the new services I'll be offering, as well as continuing with traditional interim management, such as using the individual skills of our interim managers as management coaches and mentors, taking on project risk and hiring new consultants to join me. Because I own the business, I can now be more innovative in the rewards I can offer them, such as share options."



Daniel Cornwall Group managing director, R3 Retail

"The major priorities for our business between now and the end of the year are all people related. We must keep providing a down-to-earth, constantly evolving and exciting environment for people to work in, where they feel their opinion genuinely counts. In addition, we need to recruit people that share our vision and want to work in our values-led culture, as we look to expand into new locations and also into new sectors. By recruiting the right people, and retaining and motivating our key people, we will continue to deliver industry-leading levels of service both to our candidates and clients."



Steven Newbold Managing director, Dome Recruitment

"The major priority is to summarise and reflect the success of the past eight months and to ensure we are keeping to the business plan and budget for the full year. We have had a great run recently in gaining new business within our chosen industry sectors; therefore the focus for the last four months will be very much on account management and business development with existing clients to ensure we are always their first choice recruitment partner. This will provide the perfect platform for further organic growth moving into 2008. Historically, the last quarter has always been one of the strongest for Dome Recruitment, so I am looking forward to the forthcoming winter months."