About Us

The Right People, The Right Approach

From its start in 1996, Nevard Roland has a proud record of delivering what it has promised.

Both the founding directors, David Pottier and Steven Vass, are well experienced in their field with over 50 years of recruiting experience between them.

We believe we apply a common sense, pragmatic approach in what we do with openness, imagination, initiative, drive, and communication being other hallmarks of our service offering.

We recognise that what we do has a major impact not only on the future business prospects of the clients who retain us but also on the lives of the people we recruit.

Nevard Roland can demonstrate a successful track record in recruiting senior manager through to board level appointments, typically in the salary range £70,000 to £200,000.

Clients are drawn from a number of industry sectors and include listed PLCs, private equity and owner directed businesses.

Our expertise spans a range of business functions including general management, sales, marketing, finance, manufacturing, human resources and IT.

Pioneers in the use of video within shortlist presentation.

Activity by Function

Function

Activity by Salary

Salary

Activity by Methodology

Methodology

We seek to develop a real partnership relationship with our clients. In so doing we gain a greater understanding of company objectives, values and culture than that which might be experienced by a functional specialist whose involvement is intermittent.

We apply a completely objective consulting approach without any pre-conditions or assumptions about the recruitment methodologies we employ which, whilst not unique [headhunt, advertising, database or a combination], are provided to a service level standard that is second to none.

We plan, consult, take nothing for granted, and deliver. Speed is an aspect of quality, not an alternative – we work hard and fast.

We have clients across the whole UK and completed assignments in Europe and the Far East.

With in-house rather than outsourced search capability we can compete on a level playing field with many of our larger competitors, and we would place ourselves at the forefront of technical innovation with the use of video in candidate presentation via our self-developed application.

Our fees? Reassuringly competitive and for those clients who retain us the reassurance that we are committed to seeing a project through to a mutually beneficial conclusion.

Looking To Recruit?

If you would like to discuss a current or future recruitment need for your business, get in touch with a member of our team now. With decades of recruiting experience, our UK team of executive search consultants is on hand to help you with all your requirements.

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It is also imperative that you know how you can manage your preferences so that we only send you the market news, job notifications and alerts that are most relevant to you, while fulfilling our obligations to you under the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

We hope you will choose to remain with us so that we can continue to inform you about job vacancies and the market information we have to offer from time to time. You will, of course, be able to object to our retaining your personal data now or at any time in the future via any communication we send to you, by emailing david@nevardroland.co.uk.

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1. GENERAL

i) A placement fee will be charged to an employer when a candidate introduced by Nevard Roland is engaged in whatever capacity, or where an agreement is made with the candidate for the provision of services. No charge is made to the candidate.

ii) The placement fee will be assessed on the appointee’s first year’s remuneration, as indicated when the appointment of the candidate is confirmed. In self-employment cases, the charge is based on the estimated fees to be paid to the candidate for the services provided during the first year.

iii) Charges for professional fees are due for payment within 14 days of the date of the invoice.

iv) Where appropriate, any advertising expenses are chargeable at cost.

v) In the unlikely event that an appointment is not made, we do not offer a refund of fees but normally continue with the assignment until the vacancy is filled or otherwise concluded. The client may terminate the assignment at any time providing such notice is given in writing. Such action will
trigger a cancellation charge of £2500.

vi) Introductions are confidential and binding. To pass a candidate's details to other persons renders the original recipient liable for the fee in respect of any candidate appointed by this means. Similarly where an introduced candidate is employed within 12 months of the introduction a fee will be chargeable.

2. EXECUTIVE SEARCH (RETAINED) – Fee: 20%

i) A retainer fee of 5% of the first year’ anticipated remuneration will be invoiced upon our acceptance of the assignment.

ii) A shortlist fee of 5% will be charged on presentation of an acceptable shortlist of suitable candidates for interview by the client.

iii) The retainer fee, shortlist fee and expenses are chargeable whether or not a candidate is engaged.

iv) The placement fee will be charged at 20% of the candidate’s first year’s remuneration less, the retainer and the shortlist fee, on commencement by the appointee.

v) The minimum fee for a search assignment will be £10,000.

3. CONTINGENT (SUCCESS ONLY I.E. NOT RETAINED)

i) A placement fee will be charged at 25% of the candidate’s first year’s remuneration only on
commencement by the appointee.

4. OTHER

i) Payment of a retainer fee or appointment of a candidate offered through our services will be regarded as acceptance of these terms.

ii) Where an appointed candidate started work but for whatever reason leaves within 6 months of commencement (12 months for salaried roles above £75k) then our policy is to repeat the assignment at no additional cost. The 6 & 12 month FOC replacement periods are halved if our payment terms are exceeded.

5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The liability of the Business to the client for any loss of damage of whatsoever nature and howsoever caused shall be limited to and in no circumstances shall exceed the fees paid or payable to it.

Looking to progress your career?

We welcome applications from prospective candidates on a general basis. Clients are drawn from a number of industry sectors and include listed PLCs, private equity and owner directed-businesses in Bristol and across the UK. Please submit your CV and we will get back to you.