Posts in Leicestershire News

Many businesses across Leicestershire are seeing an upturn in their fortunes and hundreds are planning to recruit more staff, according to a new study. About 1,000 firms took part in a survey carried out by Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) in February and March. A third of respondents said their profits had increased over [...]

Over the past 12 months I’ve seen a lot of talk in various discussion forums about the poor service that people receive from 3rd party recruiters (recruitment agencies). Whether the person is a candidate, a client, or both; One aspect where nearly all the “complainers” have their arguments flawed is in their broad assumption that [...]

“Vanilla recruitment offered a top quality service in securing our latest position of an Executive PA. We were presented with a short list of high calibre candidates which enabled us to recruit quickly and efficiently. I would highly recommend Vanilla for anyone looking to strengthen their team.”  Jeremy Snape -Director of Sporting Edge  

A new event aimed at start up companies is being held in Market Harborough on September 20th at the new Innovation Centre on Leicester Road.  If is it a success, the plan is to make it an annual event. ‘Start-Up Harborough’ is a free event aimed at people thinking of setting up a new business, [...]

Due to the success of Vanilla we are delighted to welcome Laura Smith and Sarah Smith to the Vanilla family. Sarah has joined Vanilla to manage our temporary recruitment division and comes from a strong commercial background with over 12 years recruitment experience across the East Midlands. Laura has also had a wealth of recruitment [...]