This year our clients, including teams from the majority of the major businesses in Gloucestershire – Capita Life & Pensions, Kraft Foods, GE Aviation and Unilever to mention a few – raised a recession-busting £2,500 for our nominated charity, Winston’s Wish. Special thanks go to Print by Design for sponsoring the excellent buffet.

The quiz was a closely-fought affair with many teams in contention, at least up until the half-time interval when the free bar appeared to get the better of some of our “social” competitors. At the top end of the scoring, Andy Moss led defending champions from Pearl, who staged a resolute defence before being counted out by the music round. Pipping the ModuleCo/Hazlewood debutantes to the trophy by one point on the very last round was the Dan Duke-inspired Jelf Group team.

Well done to all who took part, we hope you enjoyed it a much as we did. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Our recent expansion, with a new dedicated presence in Swindon has strengthened our position as a market leader in the provision of accountancy recruitment services to clients across the West Country allowing us to concentrate on providing a quality-driven service across the Wiltshire market.

Swindon is recognised by the national media, researchers and marketing professionals as being demographically and socially similar to the UK as a whole. Despite the current economic climate Toner Graham's ever-growing loyal client base in Wiltshire coupled with the ability to provide honest and innovative recruitment solutions will result in candidates having a wider range of opportunities to consider.

Toner Graham's ever-growing loyal client base and ability to provide honest and innovative recruitment solutions will result in candidates having a wider range of opportunities to consider. Through our dedicated team of experienced consultants, our commitment to being market leaders in the recruitment of finance professionals will soon be achieved.

Company Strengthens Its Finance Recruiting Services
in the United Kingdom

TROY, MI, Sep 02, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB), a global human resources solutions provider, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Toner Graham, a specialized accountancy and finance recruitment service company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Established in 1994, Toner Graham is one of the fastest growing accountancy recruitment businesses in the UK. The company recruits finance professionals at all levels from the mid-level manager up to CFOs for permanent and temporary/interim roles. As part of the transaction, the Toner Graham management team will continue to lead this business segment of Kelly Services UK.

"We are delighted to join the Kelly organization," said Tony Gleeson, director at Toner Graham. "Kelly's commitment to excellent client service, integrity, and innovative staffing solutions makes this transaction a good fit for us and our customers."

"We are excited to further develop our financial service operations with the acquisition of Toner Graham, a company with an excellent reputation and demonstrated ability to provide high level direct placements to its customers," said Carl Camden, president and chief executive officer. "This acquisition follows our global strategy to expand our highly skilled professional and technical recruitment services in markets where demand is greatest."

About Kelly Services

Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB) is a world leader in human resources solutions headquartered in Troy, Michigan, offering temporary staffing services, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time placement to clients on a global basis. Kelly provides employment to more than 750,000 employees annually, with skills including office services, accounting, engineering, information technology, law, science, marketing, creative services, light industrial, education, and health care. Revenue in 2007 was $5.7 billion. Visit www.kellyservices.com.

Our BCASS poker night is one of the highlights of the year and in 2008 we’re holding it a little later than usual in September. As well as free-flowing booze and food (a prerequisite of a Toner Graham bash) we will be offering prizes to the top 3 finishers in the poker tournament and raffling off an iPod nano. Experienced players and those that are new to the game are equally welcome. For more information, contact our Birmingham office on 0121 631 8787 or email birmingham@tonergraham.com.

April 2008 saw Toner Graham’s 3rd BADCASS Annual Quiz. The event took place in Clifton and was well attended. It was a closely-fought contest but the eventual winners were KPMG. An inquest is being held as this was the organiser’s team!

Over 45 well-mannered, upstanding BADCASS students entered. Not all 45 were well-mannered or standing up by the end of proceedings.

We have had a close relationship with BADCASS for a number of years and continue to develop this further. We are grateful to the committee members who have championed our cause and thank them for their ongoing input.

The final matches take place on 20th May with all to play for.

The space taken will allow for the further growth anticipated over the coming years.

The first event in May 2006 was a pub quiz sponsored by Toner Graham at The Outlook pub in Reading. Nearly 100 accountants turned up and the competition was fierce and that was just with trying to win the prize for the best team name! However, one team showed true talent by leading from the outset and winning by a small margin. Congratulations to BDO for winning the trophy for the first Annual TVCASS Pub Quiz. They were so proud that they even paraded the trophy around a number of establishments in Reading town centre ending at Revolution and didn’t lose it!

Toner Graham is committed to supporting TVCASS to help ensure that the committee does not disappear again. With this in mind the next event we are sponsoring is already on the calendar – a Sports Night and BBQ in August 2006. We look forward to seeing more TVCASS members there.

Toner Graham is pleased to announce the exciting opportunities available at Resolution Plc – in assisting with the migration of the Liverpool operations to the HQ at Wythall, Sth Birmingham.

Resolution is the largest specialist manager of in-force UK Life Funds.  Recent acquisitions of Swiss Life and most recently Abbey National closed life funds have moved Resolution to the cusp of the FTSE 100 index, and the company is continuing along a strategy of aggressive acquisitions.

There are currently 40+ positions at various levels which Toner Graham is handling. We are looking to recruit at all levels, ranging from part qualified studiers with a demonstrable interest in a career in Financial Services, to senior finance professionals with a track record of success within this industry, and in particular in Life Funds.

If you would like to find out more information about working for this rapidly expanding and high profile organisation, or would like to have a discussion with one of our dedicated consultants, please contact our Midlands office via Birmingham@tonergraham.com or on 0121 698 8787.

Toner Graham is delighted to announce the opening of its Bristol office. Located in prestigious offices at Temple Quay, adjacent to Temple Meads, this is Toner Graham’s fourth UK office. Director Paul Toner said: “After twelve years in the West Country based in Cheltenham, the launch of Bristol is a logical and exciting development. It will allow us to service our existing corporate clients in Bristol more effectively in addition to offering a comprehensive range of opportunities to our candidates as we penetrate the SME market and launch our Public Practice Division.” Toner Graham has various plans and marketing initiatives to mark this important development.

For further information please telephone 0117 344 5100 or email bristol@tonergraham.com

On Thursday May 11 th 2006 , the Thames Valley region held their first No Limit Texas Hold'em Poker Night at Café Du Sport in Reading . 15 part and newly qualified accountants from Deloitte's battled it out across three tables for the privilege of winning the title of ‘Deloitte Poker Champion' and the honour of walking away with the winners trophy.

On arrival, tournament players were met a buffet large enough to feed a small country and an unlimited bar tab. The boasting and goading started almost immediately, with a few choosing to play innocent and deny any knowledge of poker; soon all was to become clear. It was time for the challenge to commence……………

With a stack of chips and some alcohol fuelled confidence the play was interesting and very tactful – especially from those who had ‘never played before'!!! At the end of the session there were two clear winners from each table. The six confident players then moved to the Champions Table………the stakes were now even higher as the trophy and title were within reach.

The very confident TVCASS Chairman and Secretary (their names have been excluded to protect their identity) were out early on and sat in shock as the winner of the evening, Claire Gledhill, emerged triumphantly and pocketed £100 prize money and was very happy to receive the prestigious trophy and the associated bragging rights!! Quite fitting for Claire to win given that she was key in making the evening such a great success.

If you are interested in participating in future events, please email reading@tonergraham.com for details.