Award-Winning Recruiters

Bristol-based recruitment firm, Lucy Bristow Appointments, scooped three prestigious awards at the Bristol Evening Post’s Recruitment Awards last month.

Lucy Bristow was awarded the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award, beating off stiff competition. Winner of the Best Recruitment Consultant Award was Kathryn Shaw, who has been instrumental in expanding the Agency and attracting new clients and candidates. The Agency also received the Best Recruitment Consultancy Award for its outstanding achievements and support for staff, clients and candidates.

Lucy said: “It is a real honour to have won not just one but three awards! We are all delighted and pleased that our ethical, genuine and passionate approach to recruitment has been recognised in this way.”

Photo courtesy of the Bristol Evening Post

West Country Crimestoppers Hosts Reception

West Country Crimestoppers, part of the Crimestoppers Trust registered charity, held a Reception on the ss Great Britain ahead of the national Crimestoppers Conference to thank both local and national volunteers and businesses for their support.

VIPs and dignitaries from Bristol and the region, including the Lord Mayor of Bristol, joined key members of the business community attending the Reception, including representatives of Business West, the South West Regional Development Agency, Rolls Royce and Ladbrokes. Other companies included The Bristol Hippodrome, Mercure and Original FM who have recently joined the charity’s Business Associate Scheme.

Famous Author Launches Starbucks Bookdrive

Children’s author Tanya Landman shared the magic of reading with pupils from Two Mile Hill Infant School in Victoria Street Starbucks coffee house to launch the fifth annual Starbucks Bookdrive in Bristol.

The Walker Books writer read excerpts from her latest book, Flotsam and Jetsam and the Stormy Surprise. From November onwards Starbucks customers across the UK were invited to share their favourite story with local children by donating a new children’s book in collection boxes in Starbucks coffee houses, with the aim to drive imagination and literacy in young people. The campaign exemplifies Starbucks' commitment to making a positive difference to the communities in which it does business.

Young Brains

More than 200 young neuroscientists gathered in Bristol last month as part of a major initiative to foster the region’s emerging scientific talent.

The Young Neuroscientists’ Day, sponsored by BioApproaches South West, is a joint initiative run by the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff which are at the forefront of international research into the brain, both in health and disease.

The day gave those just starting out in neuroscience an opportunity to exchange ideas and explore opportunities for collaborative working, with highlights including a talk by Alice Roberts from the BBC’s Don’t Die Young TV show and a lecture by one of the top names in neuroscience, Professor Semir Zeki.

We have an exciting time of expansion ahead of us. With several recent new client wins and recent and pending recruitment drives, we felt now was the time for a Montage office move, so with a rapidly growing team we are moving offices to larger premises on Whiteladies Road in Clifton. New address details to follow!

January, no doubt, will be a very busy month, not only following the office move, but Montage will also have a new senior person joining the team. More details will follow in the next newsletter, but we can say that the newest member of the Montage team has been headhunted from a top national agency!

Next year is the 20th Anniversary of Crimestoppers in the UK. Gordon Chisholm, Development Officer for West Country Crimestoppers, looks at the charity’s work and achievements:

“Many people have heard of Crimestoppers and the number 0800 555 111, but fewer realise that Crimestoppers is an independent registered charity helping to prevent and solve crime. It is not part of the police, a television programme or a government body.

The purpose of Crimestoppers is to provide a means of passing information to the police anonymously. The charity runs the 0800 555 111 number, which allows anyone to call anonymously with information about any crime and who is committing it, 24 hours a day.  

Since 1988 when Crimestoppers was founded, we have taken just over 940,000 actionable calls with valuable information leading to the arrest and charge of 80,000 individuals for crimes ranging from murder to fraud, to drugs offences to rape.”

Britain's Blogging Army
Britain's community of bloggers has grown to an army of nearly four million, according to a recent survey.

Source: The Guardian Online

BBC Changes
The BBC is planning changes to the way it presents its news output that will see it covering fewer stories overall but with more live reports, as budget cuts start to bite.

Source: Guardian Unlimited

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