Award winning local student

Local Exmoor student at the CIM Academy has beaten off strong competition to win a top prize. Dr Liz Ratcliffe recently completed her CIM Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and won the Top Student Award, which is sponsored by the UK’s leading specialist recruitment consultancy, Hays Marketing.

The purpose of the award is to promote, recognise and reward excellence in the field of marketing. Hays Marketing recently attended a prize-giving ceremony at the ICC in Birmingham to present a cheque to the proud student, who also won the Top Student Worldwide award which is a significant achievement.

Karen Orton, Regional Director, at Hays Marketing, says: “This prize is a small step to reward the next generation for their hard work. Not only is it great to support students pursuing a career in Marketing, but we would also encourage marketing professionals to explore the many employment opportunities that exist locally.”

For further information contact Hays Marketing on 023 8033 8222 or visit www.hays.com/marketing

Note to Editor:

Hays Marketing is part of Hays plc, the leading global specialist recruitment group. It is market leader in the UK and Australia, and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe. As at 30 June 2008, the Group employed 8,872 staff operating from 393 offices in 27 countries across 17 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2008:

• the Group had revenues of £2.5 billion, net fees of £786.8 million and operating profit before exceptional items of £253.8 million;
• the Group placed around 80,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 300,000 people into temporary assignments;
• the temporary placement business represented 49% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 51% of net fees.

For further press information please contact:

Sarah Swailes
Hays
T. 020 7222 8575
E. sarah.swailes@hays.com