innovation, with the launch of Tribepad Ventures and a new £1m fund. Tribepad Ventures aims to attract
work tech businesses at the incubator and accelerator stages of their life cycles. Those businesses will get advice to help refine their ideas, scale the technology and build out business plans. They will also have access to seed capital, technical support, and business coaching so they can achieve growth outcomes over a defined period. Based in Sheffield, Tribepad
Ventures will serve as rocket fuel for new companies in the HR technology space. As a non- executive Director of Tribepad, Alex Raubitschek joins Tribepad founders Dean Sadler and Dan Kirkland on the board of Tribepad Ventures. Alex is a specialist work tech adviser with over 20 years’ experience and will lead Tribepad Venture’s investment committee, offering strategic oversight to companies within the ecosystem. Dean Sadler, CEO, said: “The UK
economy has been hard hit by Covid-19. At the same time, we’ve seen huge changes in the way companies, large and small, operate.
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ribepad have announced plans to place Sheffield at the centre of work-tech
Tribepad launch HR technology hub
(L-R): Alex Raubitschek, Dean Sadler and Dan Kirkland
“We’ve gone from occasional
flexible working, to full-time hybrid models. And that’s thrown up huge challenges in how businesses manage and hire people. “But we’ve hit a problem.
Businesses are demanding better solutions to help them cope with these challenges. But investment is hard to come by at a time where
Jobs demand prompts recruiter to expand
Chesterfield-based Edwards Employment Solutions has appointed four members of staff to help meet increased employer demand for new staff. Priya Sachania, Bekki Mason, Francesca McCann and Samantha Morley
have all joined the business following a significant contract win to recruit 300 new starters at a large call centre. Samantha Morley has been appointed to manage the
new contract. She said: “As well as extensive recruitment experience, I have also previously worked in a call centre myself as an inbound agent giving me an excellent understanding of the roles available and the opportunities for progression within the industry.” Bekki Mason joins as a Recruiter Co-ordinator
responsible for payroll for Edwards’ contractor workforce. She brings six years’ recruitment experience to the role as well as retail and customer services management experience. Recruitment Consultant Francesca joins from a national
‘We are advertising
new temporary and permanent roles weekly’
recruiter bringing five years’ experience in recruitment to the role. She said: “I am so excited to work for Edwards Employment Solutions. It is a company that shares my passion for going above and beyond for clients.” Recruitment Consultant Priya brings extensive experience to her role at
Edwards Employment Solutions having worked in both corporate and temporary recruitment over the last six years. She said: “I have a passion for helping people and providing them with a job.” Speaking about the appointments, Managing Director Izabella Edwards
said: “Despite media reports, the job market is buoyant particularly in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire which has directly led to Francesca, Bekki, Priya and Samantha joining the business.
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The Edwards Employment Solutions team (L-R): Samantha Morley, Francesca McCann, Izabella Edwards, Priya Sachania and Bekki Mason
“We are advertising new temporary and permanent roles weekly, many
of which have an immediate start. Some of the jobs we are dealing with could be a lifeline for people who have been made redundant during the pandemic. The temporary roles particularly, could get many people through the Christmas period and into 2021 when, hopefully, the economy will be starting to return to normal.” 2020 has been a year of growth for Edwards Employment Solutions. As
well as the new appointments, the business relocated to new premises on Old Brick Lane in Chesterfield. It also plans to further increase its team numbers with the appointment of an industrial recruiter.
Visit:
www.edwards-employment.co.uk
the economy has contracted and purses have tightened. “Through Tribepad Ventures we
want to offer budding entrepreneurs our tech expertise, world leading enterprise-level technology, and anonymised data on millions of job applications to create the work-tech of the future. We want to work with new
companies to help change the face of business productivity and employee experiences at businesses large and small, while driving and establishing Sheffield at the centre of tech excellence.”
For more information visit:
www.tribepad.ventures/apply-for- investment
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