Our Latest NewsLinear's Company Update - Gareth Tomkins | Welcome to Linear Recruitment's Summer 2024 newsletter publication. 
As always everyone at Linear has been extremely busy and productive and I would say working harder than ever before as we, along with most businesses in many sectors, grapple with an “extremely testing” business environment. The first half of 2024 has been very challenging from a business perspective. At the back end of last year we were anticipating an improvement in market conditions and primarily in the construction industry. As such we based our 2024 forecasts on this assumption. However the construction industry started very sluggish. According to the ONS, overall construction output showed a 2% decrease on the previous year. The industry has seen a decrease in planning approvals, a decrease in main contract awards and a decline in project starts against 2023 levels. In the jobs market overall, employers appear to have had their foot on the brakes when it comes to recruitment with the general election period in particular causing some uncertainty. Permanent hiring particularly has taken a hit as companies have delayed making hiring decisions.However here at Linear we have bucked the trend a little when it comes to permanent recruitment Read more |
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| New Sheffield HQ Offices | | Our new offices certainly give us a room with a view.We're still in Sheffield city centre so haven't moved far, but we're all settled in our new offices on Vicar Lane, and just check out those views over the city....Read more |
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|  | New Sheffield Construction Team Member | | Nathan Shipsides joined our Sheffield Construction team in June and his role at Linear will be spearheading our White Collar Freelance desk across Yorkshire and the North Midlands. Read our Q&A interview with him here ....Read more |
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 | Jack James Promotion | | A huge congratulations is in order for Rail|Power|Infrastructure's Jack James on his promotion to Senior Consultant. Jack joined Linear in September 2022 and in less than two years he's opening up new opportunities that we're really excited about Read more |
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| New Starters | We've welcomed a host of new talent across our teams already this year. Dionne Whitehouse joined our Manchester office in January this year and recruits for permanent and temporary white collar roles across the North West.
The Manchester office also welcomed Felix Moore to the team in April, who is working with the team resourcing for Trades and Labour roles.
 In January Recruitment Consultant Ellie Wileman joined our Newcastle office, focusing on white collar roles across the North East.
Our Sheffield team has welcomed two new additions in the past month; Ella Terry, who will be working with Ashley Kelly on Trades and Labour across Yorkshire and the North Midlands; along with Nathan Shipsides, who you can learn more about in his interview with us Read More.We wish everyone success in their roles and can't wait to see what they will achieve.
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| Stars of the Quarter | | Well done to Newcastle's Matt Cassidy who won our Star of the Quarter for Quarter 1. Matt hasn't even been with us for a year yet but has had an incredible start to his Linear career and has hit the ground running. Here's Matt with Branch Manager Don Collins receiving his prize. Read More |
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| Our Star of the Quarter for Quarter 2 goes to Saphia Akbani.
 This is only Saphia's first year in recruitment and she's done amazingly well. The care she takes in her role with both clients and candidates is exceptional and we're really excited to see what the future holds for Saphia at Linear. Read more
Well done Matt and Saphia. |
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| | Sporting NewsLinear Proud New Sponsors |  | | We're delighted to become the official sponsor for the 2024/25 season of Newcastle-based Girls' Football's Wideopen U12 Pumas Team Read more |  | | We've also become the sponsors of the Number 10 jersey for Northern Football Club. Based in Newcastle and close to our office, Don Collins used to captain the team and we're thrilled to be able to offer some support to them. |
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 | Elliot's Running Challenges | | Can you spare a few pennies and sponsor Elliot Birtwistle? Elliot is a self-confessed non-runner, but this year is undertaking a series of 10ks, half marathons (including the Great North Run) and even a marathon to try and raise as much as possible for the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS). His family has had a wealth of support from this charity as his son Timothy is deaf and was implanted with cochlear implants in September 2022.Read more |
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| Viva España! | | Every year Linear runs a "Captain's Club" and rewards employees based on billing and compliance performance along with awards for Employees of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. In previous years we've had many trips to Michelin star restaurants in London, last year we went to Milan and this year the prize was a three-night trip to Barcelona. Chairman Adam Turner and MD Gareth Tomkins, along with Gareth Arnold, Alex Moth, Don Collins, Joe Poste, Bethan Parr, Alex Wasawo, Tanya Smirnova, Eshanthi Goonetilleke and Grant Patterson hit the streets of Barcelona, took in the sights, filled up on tapas and danced the night away (well some of them did!) Well done to everyone involved, and we're already looking forward to 2025. |  |
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| | |  | Charity Bake Sale | 
Linear Industrial & Engineering held a charity bake sale on two of their Client sites in Sheffield and Shirebrook with the aim of trying to raise as much as they could for The British Heart Foundation.
We're delighted to say they raised a whopping £502 - well done to everyone involved, and all those that donated too - you're all so genoise (get it?!) |
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| Audit SuccessesWe're delighted to say Linear Industrial & Engineering passed their internal Client's Ethical Audit and in fact were the only on- site agency passing it in green without a single minor. A huge well done to all the team and thank you for all your constant hard work.
Congratulations are in order too to our Rail|Power|Infrastructure division; after a grueling assessment and inspection in June, we are delighted to confirm that we’ve passed this year’s RISQS Audit!
A MASSIVE thanks to Sarah Twibell for her brilliant work with this, not to mention all the preparation she put into ensuring we’d pass. This audit has been particularly challenging, so it’s a great performance from Sarah to get us through it.
This audit has confirmed what we do well but it has also given Sarah a lot of ideas that will improve us even further.
Well done Sarah and thanks again. |
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