Sewell Wallis was borne out of the recognition that not all recruitment environments are created equal. Our MD Sue Wallis reinvented the business following a management buy-out, wanting to create ...
Jag joined our Leeds transactional finance team at the start of March. He tells us about his first month with the business, how he’s found the move from his previous role into transactional financ...
Last year the UK government announced significant increases to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW), set to take effect from 1 April 2024. While these changes are intende...
We continue to debate the merits and downfalls of hybrid work. Why, four years down the line, are we still talking about it? What’s stopping us from figuring out the best way forward?The world is ...
In today's ever-changing world, understanding and adhering to equality, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) principles has become more crucial than ever for businesses. As we progress through 2024, it...
On International Women’s Day, we come together as a collective to support women across the world. This year’s IWD theme is #InvestInWomen, for the simple reason that doing so ensures that we, as ...
Diversity, equity and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace is not just a moral obligation – it makes good business sense. As a leading recruiter with over 25 years of experience, I often advise compan...
It’s been more than four years since the first ‘work from home’ calls came, and the face of work changed completely. There’s been a lot to adjust to, and some companies haven’t yet settled on a wo...
The Yorkshire Accountancy Awards are fast approaching, and with a fortnight to go, our Director Lucy Regan sat down with Neil Beardsmore, FD of Ice Travel Group, nominated for Finance Director o...
As we get closer to the Yorkshire Accountancy Awards 2024, our Director Kayley Haythornthwaite caught up with Zuzanna Kazimierczak, Financial Controller at Chadwick Lawrence LLP, who’s nominated ...
We talked to our newest consultant, Martin Elam, about how he ended up working in a recruitment firm after nearly two decades in the Finance industry. Martin joined our Leeds team in October and ...
The worst Monday ever?The third Monday of January is well known these days as the most depressing day of the year. As if January wasn’t already bad enough: it’s cold, Christmas is over, we’re all ...
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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?The answe...
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 wit...
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As we head closer to the Christmas period, more staff typically take leave, and work can start to pile up. There’s always a rush to get things wrapped up by the end of the year, and whilst advance...
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As the festive season approaches, office-based businesses often find themselves gearing up for a flurry of activity. One of the most useful approaches that can help alleviate some of the strain is...
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I could write for hours about my dad, you sadly don’t recognise the brilliance of someone until they’re no longer there. As I write this, I can't help but feel a surge of emotions – a mixture of...
As someone involved in recruiting and talent acquisition for accountancy training programs, I've had my fair share of interactions with part-qualified accountants. From recent graduates just sta...
Did you know there are around 93,000 part-qualified accountants currently going through training in England? That's roughly a third of the total number of over 290,000 accountants in the country...
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Anti-Bullying Week 2023 is taking place between Monday 13th and Friday 17th November, and so we are taking a look at the various ways that workplace bullying can impact employees and businesses....
