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Year-End Reviews and Goal Setting to Maximise Employee Performance

Year-End Reviews and Goal Setting to Maximise Employee Performance

Christmas and year-end reviews: two things with entirely different moods. How do you deliver that tough feedback in the season of goodwill to all? And does it ever actually do any good?
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A look back at our year supporting Crisis UK

A look back at our year supporting Crisis UK

In 2023, Crisis UK were our charity of choice. We’ve had a great year, fundraising for the UK’s national charity for people experiencing homelessness. Since 1967, Crisis have worked directly with people who need support to get out of homelessness and into long term housing.
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A Journey of Love and Loss: My Dad's Battle with Brain Cancer and the Importance of Brain Tumour Trust

A Journey of Love and Loss: My Dad's Battle with Brain Cancer and the Importance of Brain Tumour Trust

Our Business Manager, Hannah Bateman, talks us through the loss of her dad last year, and what the business are doing to support her.
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It's Mental Health Awareness Week - Let's Talk

It's Mental Health Awareness Week - Let's Talk

When I started in recruitment in the 90s in West London, twelve-hour days were the norm–followed by going out and getting drunk. It was a laddish culture where we burned the candle at both ends, and the concept of a “Mental Health Awareness Week” would probably have been met with ridicule.
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Q&A: Diversity & Inclusion with Eli Crawford from Irwin Mitchell

Q&A: Diversity & Inclusion with Eli Crawford from Irwin Mitchell

We recently sat down with Eli from Irwin Mitchell to understand what diversity and inclusion mean to them and what they are doing to promote inclusion and diversity in their organisation.
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