May-2008: ATS Euromaster sign five-year contract for european-wide recruitment system from Bond International Software

ATS EUROMASTER SIGN FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT FOR EUROPEAN-WIDE
RECRUITMENT SYSTEM FROM BOND INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE

- Leading tyre distributor expects to make significant savings
through Euro recruitment portal -

DATE: ATS Euromaster, the largest comprehensive tyre service provider within the
UK, has signed a European-wide contract that will see Bond Talent – online
recruitment & talent management software – from stock market-listed Bond
International Software implemented throughout ten countries.

The new five-year, six-figure contract is for a fully Bond-hosted recruitment system
which will enable the company to manage its entire recruitment through an online
portal. In implementing the software, ATS Euromaster predicts numerous operational
benefits, including that the system will significantly reduce administration costs.

Sigrid Barnes, Group Resourcing Manager for ATS Euromaster, comments, “We are
expecting that the system will free up significant amounts of time for our managers.
From now on, we will be able to process all of our recruits through one centralized,
online portal and everyone from head office through to more than 480 centre
managers will be able to see what’s going on in their area of the company – without
having to pick up a phone or send an email.”

Established in 1961, ATS Euromaster is the UK’s largest comprehensive tyre service
provider. The Birmingham-based company operates nationally and employs more
than 3,500 people. ATS Euromaster is part of the Euromaster group, which has more
than 1600 Services centres throughout 10 different European countries – UK, France,
Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Austria, and Finland.

The Bond Talent system will be initially used by 100 staff in the UK head office and
over 480 centre managers within the UK. The next phase will see the European rollout
across all of the European branches.

Barnes continues, “We chose Bond International Software because what the
company offered us fitted perfectly with our criteria. We needed a recruitment
system with the ability to go pan-European. Bond were able to offer us that
capability as well as being an extremely cost-effective solution.”

Bond Talent is a specialist application for the global recruitment and talent
management markets which has been designed to greatly reduce hiring costs and to
enhance the strategic capability of in-house resourcing teams. The system is userfriendly
and flexible allowing for reduced paperwork and improved efficiency. This
gives key recruitment staff more time to concentrate on development rather than
administrative tasks.

Tim Richards, Managing Director of Bond International Software, comments, “ATS
Euromaster is a great example of the sort of international corporation that has
appreciated the significant cost associated with the administration & management of
recruitment & talent acquisition. The replacement of their largely manual systems
will allow them to make substantial savings through efficiency and productivity gains,
as well as operationally, by having clear visibility of their recruitment position and
requirements at any time.”

Richards concludes, “For an international player with common recruitment problems
on a European or, even global basis, a hosted solution can be exceptionally costeffective
and straightforward to implement.”