Reed Health 問題／発行するs 利益（をあげる） 警告

By Robert Lea
Updated: 00:00 BST, 20 February 2004

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ALEC REED, the 新規採用 大君 and 労働 Party 寄贈者, has got his come-uppance for his 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の 解雇（する）ing of the (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs of Reed Health 16 months ago as the company today put out a shock 利益（をあげる） 警告 and its 株 崩壊（する）d.

The temp nursing company today sai d 利益（をあげる）s in the six months to 31 December will 落ちる by 40% to £2.9m on turnover 負かす／撃墜する £3.4m at £55m. The company 非難するd the 政府 for its woes.

It said 利益（をあげる）s had been eroded by the Department of Health's new 同意／服従 必要物／必要条件s, which 需要・要求するs that 新規採用 機関s do more checking on nurses they place in hospitals.

It also said it had been 傷つける by hospitals' change in 政策 of 新採用するing 永久の rather than 一時的な staff. Reed Health 株 急落（する），激減（する）d to an かつてない low since its 2001 flotation of 68 1/2p, 負かす／撃墜する 23p by late morning.

The 大多数 of the 株 are owned by 69-year-old Alec Reed - the owner, also, of the Reed (n)役員／(a)執行力のある placement 会社／堅い.

At the previous year's 年次の 会合 he took the 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の step of 効果的に 解雇（する）ing Reed Health's 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Christa Echtle and her 副 Desmond Doyle by 投票（する）ing his 株 against their re-任命.

Months of 流血 続いて起こるd with stinging 批評 by 20% 株主 Schroders, the 辞職s of two 独立した・無所属 非，不，無-(n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs in 抗議する, and the 追い出すing of chairman Tom Sawyer, the 労働 peer and friend of Alec Reed.