Hays 長，指導者 支払う／賃金s for 利益（をあげる）s shock

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 13 June 2001

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SERVICES group Hays has parted company with its managing director John Cole, days after 問題／発行するing a 利益（をあげる） 警告 that has wiped around £2.6bn from the group's market value.

The company said （頭が）ひょいと動く Lawson, who takes over as chairman later this month, will also become 行為／法令／行動する ing 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある. Cole, managing director since July 1998, was on a two-year 契約 and was paid a total £464,000 last year. 'The board has lost 信用／信任 in him and now was the 権利 time to do it,' said 創立者 and 去っていく／社交的な chairman Ronnie 霜.

Hays 警告するd last Thursday that a 減産／沈滞 in the モーター and telecoms 産業s meant it would 行方不明になる market 的s for its year-end 利益（をあげる）s. The 株 have nearly halved since then, の近くにing Tuesday at their lowest in three and a half years. News of Cole's 出発 押し進めるd the 在庫／株 ahead 10% to 184p in 早期に 貿易（する）.

霜, however, 否定するd Cole's 出発 stemmed from the 株 price woes: 'It was an 内部の thing. It would have happened whether we had put our communication out a week ago or not.'