Concept celebrates top achievers

Concept celebrates top achievers

The West Country’s leading recruitment company, Concept Staffing, has named its highest achievers at its annual conference, held in Trimstone Manor in Woolacombe.

The conference featured six categories including; Employee of the Year, which was won by Bideford’s Fiona Brandi for managing the branch’s biggest client, global company TE Connectivity, supplying over 175 temporary workers.

The Top Branch Manager award, went to Janet Phillips in Taunton, for the second consecutive year, for her work in a number of managerial roles and ongoing effort to the company.

The award for Most Improved Employee went to Jamie Warren from Concept’s Yeovil branch for his valuable contribution to the branch and company’s growth and wellbeing.

Matt Cocks in Newton Abbot picked up the Top Sales Advisor award, for excelling in the challenge of running two ‘industrial’ desks across Exeter and Tiverton.

The newer category COG Award, which celebrates the essential COGs that keep the company turning, went to Darren Rossiter in Barnstaple for his continuous hard work and commitment to the company.

And finally the Branch of Year went to Exeter.

Exeter Branch Manager, Rosie Morris, said: “I am delighted that our branch has received credit for the work we’ve done throughout the year. Our success shows how responsive we are to local companies’ recruitment needs and ensuring we place the most appropriate candidates for both temporary and permanent positions.

“The Exeter Branch is one of the market leaders in the supply of both temporary and permanent staff to clients within the city, not least because of long term contracts to provide Exeter City Council with all of their temporary labour and Devon County Council with their admin temporary workers.”

Karen Sharpin, Concept Staffing’s divisional manager, said: “Our annual conference plays a key role in motivating the Concept team and driving them forward for the next year. The awards recognise and reward high achievers, and encourage every member of staff to fulfill their potential.

“All the individual winners have made strong contributions to the company’s growth and wellbeing, and they go the extra mile to deliver excellent service for our clients and candidates.”

Concept is the South West’s leading provider of permanent and temporary recruitment, which specialises in a number of industry sectors including accountancy, catering, commercial, engineering, driving, legal, manufacturing, public sector, sales and industrial.

Together as part of the Acorn Group, the company finds jobs for up to 5000 temps with more than 850 different clients each week, and also delivers training to more than 3,000 individuals and makes 1,700 permanent placements every year.