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Macildowie wins Best SME Employer at NORA Awards
Midlands-based recruitment agency Macildowie has emerged victorious at the National Online Recruitment Awards (NORAs). Macildowie was named Best SME
Employer (under 500 staff) at the annual awards, which acknowledge and reward excellence in online recruitment practice. This recognition is Macildowie’s second consecutive NORA award, having been named Best Large Recruitment Agency in 2018. Entering into its 26th year, the
recruitment agency employs over 80 people across offices in Nottingham, Leicester and Milton Keynes. Its specialist teams work with a range of national and international clients, including Next, E.ON and Speedo, to source and place candidates across professional disciplines from
accountancy, finance and HR, logistics, not-for-profit and public sector roles, procurement, sales and marketing, supply chain and executive search. As part of a generous incentive
programme, Macildowie offers top performers the opportunity to travel to New York and Las Vegas as a reward for exceeding company targets. Macildowie is also very proud of its ambition to ‘build great futures’ and through a positive and supportive culture, the company’s senior team encourage career development and promote employee wellbeing by providing flexible working, a strong Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and peer-to-peer recognition. Commenting on the award
success, James Taylor, CEO of Macildowie, said: “I am immensely
The Macildowie team at the National Online Recruitment Awards
proud to lead the Macildowie team, and I’m delighted to see that our efforts to make the company a great place to work have been recognised. “Our goal is to become the best
recruitment company to work for, but that can only be achieved by investing, nurturing and trusting in our own people. “We are dedicated to supporting
Investors in Community outlines growth ambitions for year ahead
Charitable giving platform, Investors in Community, has set out its ambitions for 2020, aiming for substantial growth. The unique system is already starting to help
businesses such as Balfour Beatty, Specsavers, Mansfield Building Society and Tomlinson Construction to manage corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and engage with charities and community organisations across the UK. In 2020 Investors in Community is setting out to expand the platform even further, hoping to on-board over 70+ new businesses and sign up an additional 1,000 registered charities. Companies can provide individual Investors in
Community profiles for each employee and then use the platform to track and measure the CSR work of staff, using the inbuilt real-time reporting and auditing tools. Over the past 12-months, Investors in Community has
made a major investment in new state-of-the-art blockchain architecture, meaning data shared on the platform is protected to the highest security levels, matching those of the most sensitive Government services, through its close partnership with IBM. Commenting on the growth plans, Managing Director
of Investors in Community Phil Webb said: “We have been involved in a lot of work behind the scenes to ensure our platform is as accessible as possible for charities and businesses of all sizes. “Investors in Community will always be free to use
for registered charities and it is our ambition to approach all of the 160,000+ eligible organisations in
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the UK over the next year to set out the benefits of registering on the platform. “Our unique community credits scheme gives
businesses and their employees a way of quantifying their charitable giving.
our employees, empowering them to be the best version of themselves not only so our clients and candidates receive the very best possible service but for their wellbeing, happiness and success. With the second consecutive victory in these national awards, I can’t wait to see what 2020 will offer our talented team.”
Pinewood named the best in show
Pinewood Properties has gained repeated national recognition during the past year. The ESTAS is one of the UK
industry’s leading property awards. Pinewood won Gold for Best Estate Agent in East Midlands; Gold for Best Letting Agent in East Midlands (voted for by landlords); Gold for Best Letting Agent in East Midlands (voted for by tenants); Gold for Best 2-5 Branch Network in the UK and Bronze for Best Letting Agency in the UK. The estate agency also
excelled at the British Property Awards, voted as the Best Estate Agency in Chesterfield, fast-tracking Pinewood into the regional finals. It then went onto achieve Gold for the Best Estate Agency in the East Midlands, once again. Stacey Davies-Bowler, Managing Director, said: “We are just a small independent, so to be achieving these heady heights at major UK awards is amazing.”
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