Author Archives: Carlie Richings

A row has blown up after David Hencke at Exaronews broke the story last week about a few senior public sector executives and the departments who employ them, using ‘sole proprietor’ limited company legal frameworks to apparently avoid the taxes paid by and on behalf of full-time employees. On Friday both the Daily Telegraph and [...]

Archer Mathieson and BIE Interim Executive, sister companies within The Cornhill Partnership, have announced plans to merge from April. The new, as yet un-named business will be led by current BIE chief executive Rob Walker. Archer Mathieson’s current chief executive Richard Wright will relinquish his role from April and will pursue another opportunity later in [...]

Nigel Guy has been appointed as non-executive chairman of The Cornhill Partnership Limited, parent company of BIE Interim Executive, as well as our sister companies: Archer Mathieson, Correlate Search and Euromedica. Cornhill chief executive Rob Walker says he spent 15 months finding the right person for what he sees as a critical appointment: “We took [...]

“The assignment was billed as a technical HR role, project managing the HR activities involved in a merger of several related, high-profile public sector organisations. As is often the case though, the requirement for an interim was triggered by a specific and immediate requirement for which the client had limited capacity or capability. What they [...]

“I was once helping out a specialist manufacturer and supplier of products to betting shops, part of a listed Group. A few weeks into the assignment I was informed that an assessment to renew their ISO certification was due. So I requested copies of all process documentation to enable a quick internal audit to assess [...]

“Can you be in the North West next week, for 6 weeks,” said the client, “We have an acquisition target that we need to assess in more detail – especially its work in progress. “Life is never what you expect and it is tribute to any interim’s skill set that what starts as a relatively [...]

“Unquestionably the most challenging and sensitive assignment I have handled with BIE was the financial turnaround of a hospital trust in 2007. The Trust had a large hole in its finances, a demoralised workforce and a regional health authority breathing down the Board’s neck to recover the financial balances within a very short time scale. [...]