Testimonials

Sand Resources is delighted to have been appointed as one of three preferred framework suppliers to the RCUK for permanent and contract recruitment services. We are working closely with the shared services centre and councils throughout the UK developing business services to meet their individual needs.

Sand Resources has an outstanding track record since 2002 in providing Interim Managers and contractors to deliver complex application implementations and major cost cutting projects for the Department. These have been multi-site, UK wide projects involving multiple suppliers and with £mm budgets.

"In my professional opinion, Sand Resources Ltd are without doubt, are one of the best recruitment agencies in the market place at the moment, both in terms of overall price and quality." Head of Procurement, Department of Health

Throughout 2009 our Interim Managers helped deliver a business migration programme covering HR, Procurement, Business Continuity and Support disciplines.

Sand Resources has been heavily involved in the National Programme for IT being developed by Connecting for Health. We have been involved in a broad cross-section of programmes including: information security; clinical leaders; pathology development and patient implementation.

Project and Change Managers from Sand Resources have been working with CSH to deliver DataWarehousing and Measurement Systems Projects plus RiO upgrades to enhance the recording of clinical activity. Our consultants have also provided data analysis to create and maintain their information environment.

For the last 2 years we have sourced PR, Marketing and Communications interims for the NHS Institute within their Service Transformation team providing marketing and communications support to the NHS Institute´s highly regarded "Productives" Series.

Sand Resources assisted the Information Centre in database and web services rationalisation which included improving database resilience, implementing formalised secure data handling plus website monitoring and web rationalisation through the creation of suitable architecture and functionality.

Since 2004, Sand Resources has provided services to the Home Office with a particular focus on Shared Business Services, IND and the UK Borders Agency.

Our Interim Programme Director led the Home Office shared service strategy, reviewing the user programme and recommending a recovery plan. The shared service programme was successfully delivered with an improved OGC gateway review. This included responsibility for creating a public sector wide approach to delivering £4BN worth of savings through the implementation of shared service solutions and the transformation of public services through IT.

We have worked with various directorates within DEFRA since 2007 and in addition to project managing various ICT & Business Change related projects we have also provided business process analysis through shadowing Civil Servants' on site visits to map a range of testing and inspection processes.

In 2008, Sand Resources was awarded a framework to supply Interim Managers to Bristol City Council with a particular focus on the ´Transforming Bristol´ programme. Our programme and project managers are delivering enterprise & organisational design new ways of working and shared services provision.