May—June 2016

Berry Bulletin

Congratulations to Neal’s Yard Remedies and Sharpak who are the lucky winners of a lovely hamper from a recent scratch card promotion we sent out for St Pat-rick’s Day. Steve Marney, Yeovil’s Recruitment Consult-ant on the Temp Desk presented the hamper to Neal’s Yard and Julia Windridge – Branch Manager and Com-mercial Recruitment Consultant for Bridgwater with April Venning of Sharpak. A BIG thank you to John at Deliamo who supplied the gorgeous hampers.

LOCAL BUSINESSES WIN HAMPERS

On 6th April 2016 Red Berry Recruitment held their first HR Club. The Event was held at the Yeovil Court Hotel and was well supported by local Clients and Businesses. Rachael Haynes, HR and Operations Manager for Red Berry Recruitment hosted the event and was supported by the Yeovil Branch Manager, Joanne Roberts. The attendees arrived from 7.30am onwards and were served with a superb full continental breakfast of outstanding quality. After roughly 30 minutes of informal networking and time to get to know each other, the presentations began. Guest speakers were Rebecca Bevins MD from Rebecca Bevins HR Consultancy and Maeve Vickery, Head of commercial employment Law at Pardoes Solicitors. The presentations were interactive and informative. All attendees had lots of opportunity to interact with questions and experiences. Once the presentations were complete both Rebecca and Maeve were on hand to offer advice on a one to one basis. The feedback received from the event was outstanding and we look forward to holding our next event.

SAVE THE DATE - 13th July 2016

On the 25th May 2016 Helen Lacey will be taking part in a wing walk in memory of Jenny Winter. Jenny had planned to do a wing walk herself in aid of St. Margaret’s but sadly passed away before she had a chance. ‘Jenny’s Angels’ are hoping to raise £11,600 overall which will pay for a day of care in St. Margaret’s Taunton & Yeovil inpatient units. If you wish to donate, please visit Helen’s fundraiser page; www.justgiving.com/Red-Berry-Recruitment-Ltd3/

Bridgwater College was proud to host the Sedgemoor Business Excellence Awards 2016, which this year was held at Bridgwater’s newest venue, The McMillan The-atre, on Thursday 17 March 2016. The awards, now in their fourth year, were established by the Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with Pardoes Solicitors and Bridgwater College, to create a celebra-tion for all of the excellent and successful businesses in Sedgemoor. The Awards highlight the excellent work taking place with the Sedgemoor region of Somerset and hopes to encourage others to do the same, while acknowledging the opportunities and successes of lo-cal business people. Red Berry Recruitment sponsored ‘Marketing Campaign of the Year’ award which went to Pardoes Solicitors LLP. This award is intended to highlight a marketing campaign or strategy that has delivered exceptional results. A big congratulations to all of the winners and the full list can be found here; www.sedgemoorbusinessawards.co.uk/sedgemoor-business-excellence-awards-2016/

10 MOST ANNOYING THINGS

PEOPLE SAY IN THE OFFICE

If you want a sure fire way to be the most unpopular person at work, a new survey has revealed the 10 office-related phrases people find most irritating. Supplied by Reed.co.uk

Can I borrow you for a sec (13%) How long is a piece of string? (11%)

Think outside the box (11%) Team-work, dream work (11%)

Keep me in the loop (9%) Win-win (9%)

Pick your brains (8%) I’m stacked (8%)

Blue sky thinking (8%) Just playing devil’s advocate (8%)