• Lets help eradicate loneliness this May for Mental Health Awareness Week!

    MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 2022 Mental Health Awareness Week is a yearly event, this year running from the 9th to 15th May focussing on improving positive mental health for everyone. It is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. For 2022, the theme is all around exploring the impacts of loneliness and how we can tackle this. The Mental […]

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    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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    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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    #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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    Astute Recruitment Ltd share our top 10 tips for managing stress and anxiety

    On Stress Awareness Day 2020: Our 10 ‘astute’ tips for working from home

      As England heads into a second national lockdown, we provide some tips for working from home during this stressful time, and hope this helps those feeling anxious, worried or struggling generally.   Stress Awareness Day, falls today, 4th November 2020. It was created by the Founder of International Stress Management Association (ISMA) Carole Spiers […]

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    Mental Health Week Can Your Business Afford to Ignore Mental Health?

    Mental Health Week 2020. We ask can your business afford NOT to take mental health seriously?

    Mental Health Week Can Your Business Afford to Ignore Mental Health?     We investigate the key impacts, costs, AND savings to companies of mental health at work.   Mental health has increasingly been highlighted as a key factor in business and employee performance, success and productivity.   This year’s Mental Health Week has special […]

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    The Dark Side of Valentines Day and other key dates in the year

    The Dark Side of key dates in the year. Why we all need to be mindful of work colleagues, friends and family every day.

    The social media and pressures in general forced upon someone who was actually very fragile, resulted in tragedy for Caroline, her friends, and family. Her death also served to highlight as a warning for all of us that whilst dates in the year like Valentines Day have typically become a day of ‘lurve’, joy and […]

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    'You are not alone' Stress Awareness Day 2019

    ‘You are not alone’ Key message on today’s Stress Awareness Day

    Its National Stress Awareness Day 2019.   Some stats from the Health and Safety Executive Department figures   The UK’s economy lost a total of 12.8million workdays in 2018 solely due to stress 602,000 UK workers suffer from work-related mental issues such as depression and anxiety 44% of work-related sick days were caused by depression and […]

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    Life is a series of little successes. Make sure you celebrate yours.

    “Life is a series of little successes. Make sure you celebrate yours”.

      “Life is a series of little successes. Make sure you celebrate yours”.   A quote from the latest life coach/ business guru? Nope. My husband said this to my 10 year old son.   We all have the power to inspire and encourage others in work, rest and play.   Who are you going […]

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