• Derby to Exeter in just one week. Astute Recruitment's #miles4meals adventure goes from strength to strength

    Our #miles4meals goal is in sight! Derby to Exeter in just one week.

    Our growing band of walkers, cyclists, joggers, and runners have excelled themselves! In week 3, we have covered over 500 miles! Taking us down past Derby, through Worcester, Bristol, and finally past Exeter! When we started planning this event, we were unsure we would make it to Land’s End, now we are just wondering when […]

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    One-way roadmap out of lockdown announced today

    Good news for business! A one-way roadmap out of lockdown announced by the Government

    A Roadmap out of lockdown!   A one-way strategy of positive milestones from the Government was announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson this afternoon.   The basic points are set out below. It is important to remember that these will be conditional on the continued success of the vaccine rollout and maintaining declining figures […]

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    Its amazing what can be achieved when people work together. How a Derbyshire village bravely showed the way in another pandemic.

    In 1666, around 800  Derbyshire people chose to sacrifice themselves, in order to save the lives of thousands of strangers. Could you have done that? Let’s step back in time to 1665.   Why is the small, Derbyshire village of Eyam significant? In the words of a Victorian local Historian William Wood…   “Let all […]

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    Astute Recruitment's top 5 shouts for the perfect pancakes on Shrove Tuesday!

    5 ‘astute’ pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday ‘AKA Pancake Day’! – Whats your favourite?

    Pancake day always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday and this year it’s on February 14th. As our team is busy walking, jogging, and cycling from John O’Groats to Lands End for our #miles4meals charity quest – they need all the energy they can muster, so here are 5 great recipes that they and you […]

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    Astute Recruitment's 2nd week of our #miles4meals and we have covered an incredible 564.5 miles!

    #miles4meals and its week 2, but where are we?

    Astute Recruitment’s 2nd week of our #miles4meals and we have covered an incredible 564.5 miles! An amazing effort from our wonderful team and fantastic clients, candidates, and their friends and colleagues who have joined in – a huge thank you and well done! At this rate we will smash our target! Last week saw us […]

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    Astute Recruitment Ltd show why mental health and physical health matter

    Why exercise can save more than your sanity when WFH

    Macmillan Cancer Support recently published research showing that an estimated 7 million people across the country have turned to exercise including jogging or running during the pandemic crisis to boost their mental health.   One in seven people in the UK (14%) said exercise had helped them handle stress better since the first lockdown.   […]

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    Happy Chinese New Year! 2021 is the Year of the Ox, but what does this Chinese sign mean? Here's our fun guide about the Chinese New Year. Fun Facts from Astute Recruitment Ltd

    Happy Chinese New Year! 2021 is the Year of the Ox, but what does this Chinese sign mean? Here’s our fun facts about the Chinese New Year. 

    Happy Chinese New Year! 2021 is the Year of the Ox, but what does this Chinese sign mean? Here’s our fun guide about the Chinese New Year.   First, superstitions!   There are a host of superstitions that will apparently decide how the next year will play out for each of us. To avoid bad […]

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    #miles4meals update 137 miles in one week by our team at Astute Recruitment Ltd and our friends!

    We’ve counted the miles! Where have our team reached? Our latest update on #miles4meals

    We started our #miles4meals journey last Monday.   The figures are in and we’re delighted to announce that in just 7 days we have covered a total of 137 miles! Our virtual journey from John O’Groats to Lands End has so far seen us travel from the beautiful peaks of Scotland, down past the historic […]

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    #BeAstute - Childrens Mental Health Week 2021 "I'm enough as I am said the boy"

    What inspires children can so often inspire all of us…Children’s Mental Health Week 2021 1st Feb – 7th Feb

    What inspires children can so often inspire all of us… “What’s your best discovery?” asked the mole. “that I’m enough as I am” said the boy. I love this quote by Charlie Mackesy in his award-winning 2019 book, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse. My son was given this book to inspire […]

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    Miles 4 Meals - Our walk from John'Groats to Lands End to raise money for Derby City Mission

    Todays the day! Our team launch our Miles 4 Meals campaign to raise money for Food Parcels

      All of us at Astute Recruitment Ltd are delighted to announce that today, 1st February 2021, we are launching our Miles 4 Meals charity campaign! Our team will be ‘virtually’ walking the 911 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End, and if we can walk back again! We find ourselves in unusual times. Many […]

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