• Great for Astute Recruitment Ltd to be featured in this very special 90th edition of Derbyshire Life

    How to boost your employer brand and achieve success!

    After 12 years in business, Astute Recruitment Ltd has become one of the premier accountancy recruitment businesses in the East Midlands. We’re also the only East Midlands recruitment expert to have secured over 15 business awards as finalists or winners. You can see some of the awards our team and Directors have received clicking on […]

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    How great things can happen when business people get together

    How great things can happen when business people get together – a growth mindset really matters for business owners and hiring managers

    Following the end of the last Peer Networks business growth hub this year, our MD Mary Maguire wanted to say a huge thank you. Thank you to the partnership and collaboration of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and D2N2. Thanks to Neale Lewis for leading the […]

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    What was in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn 2021 Budget statement for people and business? We take an Astute look at the key takeaways!

    What was in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn 2021 Budget statement for people and business? We take an Astute look at the key takeaways! In the biggest single-year rates cut in over 30 years, Rishi Sunak has announced a raft of changes.   Included in measures revealed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak today was the announcement that […]

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    A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, nor a skilled accountant

    A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, nor a skilled accountant!

    “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” A great quote by FD Roosevelt. We feel that the same applies to accountants. It’s through the turbulent times though that we learn, in life and at work. When things don’t go quite as planned, we have an opportunity to learn, to become a better sailor – […]

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    Read Astute Recruitment Ltds latest updates on staffing trends, business and employment

    As the weather heats up, will it be a bumper summer for business? The forecast looks good! 🌞 Read our latest statistics on employment, staffing trends and business.

    As the weather heats up, will it be a bumper summer for business? The forecast looks good! 🌞 In 1976, like now, some boys hair was as long as girls, if not longer. 🤣🤣👭 Fashions were tank tops, and of course, flares! On the airwaves, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, Bay City Rollers, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, […]

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    So you think your business doesn't need a finance director? At Astute Recruitment Ltd highlight how an FD can take your SME business to the next level

    So you think you dont need a finance director? We highlight how an FD can take your business to the next level

    If an SME is in good financial health without a finance director (FD), entrepreneurs are often sceptical as to whether they need to recruit an FD. Having the right people is what makes any business grow, and an inspiring finance director (FD) can contribute more than most. Yet entrepreneurs can be sceptical about hiring such […]

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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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    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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    #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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    6 'astute' Interview questions and answers to help you get a job in a pandemic

    6 interview questions AND answers to help you nail the perfect job in the pandemic.

      With interview requests and new jobs taken by our team at Astute Recruitment, it’s great to share some pointers for candidates about to enter the job market to give them an edge on interview.   Imagine, you’ve been selected for a job interview! Well done! It’s always great news, but especially so in such […]

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