Pictured above: Yvonne Palmer (right) has joined the Board of Positive Outcomes Recruitment as Associate Director and will work alongside the company's National Recruitment Manager Jane Roper (left)

One of Nottingham's leading recruitment specialists, Yvonne Palmer, is back on the city's recruitment circuit, having joined the Board of the recruitment arm of Positive Outcomes, the national recruitment and training organisation, which has offices across the UK.

Yvonne will work alongside the company's National Recruitment Manager Jane Roper and will be based at Positive Outcomes Recruitment head office in Nottingham city centre. She has specialised in recruitment for forty years and is best known in Nottingham for her business Yvonne Palmer Associates, which she sold in 2008.

Positive Outcomes is in the Top 10 of independent providers of government-funded training in the UK and has a combined turnover of £8million for the recruitment and training operations.

In the new role at Positive Outcomes, Yvonne rejoins her former business partner Chris Longmate, MD of the Positive Outcomes Group of companies. 

"Positive Outcomes is well-known and established as a national training provider and is focussed on a sustained growth strategy for both its training and recruitment activities across the UK," comments Chris Longmate.  "Both core activities of the Group naturally complement each other both in terms of our own skill base but also the provision of complementary services to our extensive client portfolio that includes some heavyweight organisations from both the public and private sector. 

"Positive Outcomes Recruitment has had a significant impact on the latest phase in the company's growth strategy, and Yvonne has been brought-in to assist in maintaining this development and expansion from our head office at the heart of the country. 

"To have tempted Yvonne to take up the key role of Associate Director on the Board of the recruitment arm is excellent for the company for many commercial reasons," he adds. "She is specifically tasked with fulfilling our ambitious plans for growth, which include growing revenue, opening new branches in key locations including Derbyshire and Sheffield, and adding-to our dedicated recruitment team."

Yvonne says: "Recruitment is in my blood and I'm delighted to be back in the industry, particularly as the centre for Positive Outcomes recruitment operations is in Nottingham, a great city which I am very passionate about and have great affection for. Chris and I have known and worked together for many years and we make a great team.

"Doubtless, the current climate continues to be a challenge for employers and businesses, but whilst there are three million currently out of work, there's still 28 million employed. The market is slower but by understanding our clients' business, their personnel requirements and utilising our own market knowledge and contacts, Positive Outcomes delivers outstanding value for money for clients by finding the candidates they need."

Chris adds: "The centre of operations for the Recruitment company will remain in Nottingham, and through Yvonne's extensive experience and contacts, we know she is the best person for this key stage in the company's strategy. Yvonne has the potential to assist in delivering our business model for rapid, sustainable growth, to expand the national network of recruitment offices, which already is established in the region, as well as in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, London, Reading and Edinburgh. Indeed, her value to the business has already been proven, with revenue for the recruitment company increasing by 40 percent within two weeks of Yvonne joining the team."