04 Oct 2022
A successful recruitment agency launched during the pandemic is celebrating its second birthday by winning a prestigious award.
Blue Orchid Recruitment, based in Shrewsbury but with a national client base, was started by Rob Griffiths after being made redundant from another recruitment company which closed because of pandemic-related pressures.
Two years on and Blue Orchid Recruitment has gone...
30 Aug 2022
A new job search website to help Shropshire’s business ease their recruitment problems has been launched by a specialist charity.
Wellington-based supported employment and training charity Landau has launched the free Connectjobs4u website to help match job seekers with employers that have vacancies to fill.
The first businesses to be given the opportunity to advertise on the site will be the 33...
07 Feb 2022
Coverage Care Services is on the lookout for its next generation of young carers.
We are a not-for-profit organisation operating 12 care homes across Shropshire and we’re currently looking to recruit six new apprentices to join our team of professionals.
Those successfully completing the 12-month long apprenticeship will be guaranteed a job and further career development and will also be rewarded...
02 Feb 2021
DM Recruitment have launched their own app to allow job seekers to remotely register for work. The business, based in Shrewsbury, currently works with businesses across the West Midlands and Wales, but the app will allow them to place people in jobs across the UK.
The recruitment business supplies temporary and permanent staff to industrial and commercial sectors, including many key worker roles...
22 Dec 2020
Zoom! 1hr Delivery has been using the services of fellow Shropshire Business, DM Recruitment, to source dozens more drivers for their rapidly expanding operation.
Zoom! 1hr Delivery are Co-op’s chosen rural logistics partner to fulfil their food delivery roll out across the whole of Wales and areas along the English border from the Wirral down to Worcestershire. They are delivering for Co-op’s...
07 Sep 2020
Things have been tough for many businesses and individuals recently and for one experienced recruiter, ironically, he found himself being made redundant, but…
Rob Griffiths who has a decade of experience assisting job seekers and businesses with their recruitment needs took the bull by the horns and decided to create his own company, Blue Orchid Recruitment Ltd.
Founder, Rob said, “I, like many...
07 Feb 2020
Following a successful year since the initial launch of its apprenticeship in Drainage Maintenance, Inspection and Repair, Metro Rod is now aiming to recruit up to 80 new apprentices in 2020.
The nationwide commercial drainage expert makes the announcement as apprentices are being put in the spotlight around the country for the 13th annual National Apprenticeship Week, which is taking place...
08 Jun 2018
A new partnership has kicked off between Shrewsbury Town Football Club and a town recruitment company.
DM Recruitment will be the North stand sponsor at Montgomery Waters Meadow for the next two seasons.
The firm are long-time supporters of the club and Stuart Danks, managing director, said they are thrilled to be sponsoring their local side.
“Shrewsbury Town have had a great season, it was such...
07 Dec 2017
A former Shropshire primary school is being transformed into a nursery for more than 100 youngsters.
Unicorn Day Nursery will create up to 30 jobs when it opens at the old Maesbury Primary School near Oswestry.
The building is currently undergoing a £100,000 refurbishment and an opening date has been earmarked for January or February.
The move follows a chance visit to the area by Unicorn Day...
31 Oct 2017
BUSY WORKING MOTHER MAKES TIME FOR BEAUTY
A successful working mother from Shrewsbury is diversifying her business portfolio with the launch of a new, luxury nail and brow boutique.
Charlotte Tennant, 35, will open MIRROR MIRROR on Castle Street in Shrewsbury next week and it’s set to be a beauty destination with a difference. With the utmost in luxury at the heart of the MIRROR MIRROR concept,...