Debbie Watson, Founder
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“Initially, keeping up with documentation, policies and framework guidance was just about manageable – but then when larger healthcare providers started coming to us to outsource their patient work, it was clear we needed help with more formal planning and processes," said founder, Debbie Watson.
Guy Turvill, Chairman
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With over 200 staff, the company still didn’t have its own dedicated HR department, nor a true grasp of what it might need to be looking at with regards to a more ‘strategic’ approach to performance, appraising and long-term operational hires. Chairman Guy Turvill felt the time had arrived for the right HR partner to support the future trajectory of the group.
Karen Pringle, Business Manager
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Highfield’s nursery school staff are employees of the county council. The employees of the ‘company’, however, are not covered by the same council HR policies, and as such, it was considered important to have separate and impartial HR support.
Sarah Stowe, Managing Director
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While successful in managing its own workforce of circa 10 staff, WillisPalmer was eager to engage an HR partner in order to have more ‘ready access’ to up to date information and guidance.
Becki Kelly, Chief Financial Officer
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Many of our clients run businesses which were born out of a family passion or an interest which has spanned generations. Kocurek is one such example.
Nathan Doe, Senior Manager
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For the latest of our lockdown-reflections mini-series, we’ve been in conversation with Nathan Doe, of the popular homewares business, John Doe of Diss. This family firm first began selling carpets in the East Anglian region in 1983, and now has a workforce of some 50 employees.
Richard Turvill, Managing Director
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There’s no denying that the hospitality industry was devastatingly hard hit by the pandemic. But what happens when you’re a key supplier to that sector? How does a business weather the storm and exist ‘in limbo’?
John Jackaman, Founder & Managing Director
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Based in West Suffolk, the umbrella brand has four core areas of trade – a restaurant, cook school, an eCommerce business selling ingredients and equipment to chefs worldwide, and a dry stores business supplying restaurants and hotels in East Anglia.
Steve Pearce, Chief Executive
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Having experienced significant growth and momentum, by 2020, Omega was in need of a greater structure and strategy to its HR approach.
Janene Bush, Founder & Director
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Given the beauty industry has been closed for so much of the last 12 months, it’s been a challenging time for this ambitious businesswoman – but something she’s faced head on, with a determination to come out fighting.
Abi Charter, Marketing Manager
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The pandemic has forced the company to think on its toes and for certain working practices to be rightfully challenged. Working from home has not been previously considered at Best of Suffolk, but the advantages have been clearly seen.
Aime Southgate, Founder and Director
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MAD-HR assisted in the recruitment process for the next phase of the company’s growth, supporting the team through interviews, vetting applicants and leading on psychometric testing.
Nathan Doe, Senior Manager
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Despite its impressive record, and with a new generation of the family now involved, it became more evident that a more established and ‘expert’ level of resource might required to support HR issues or dilemmas. The directors met MAD-HR at a networking event, and were immediately keen on the idea of the Toolkit.
John Jackaman, Founder & Managing Director, The Infusions Group
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Based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Infusions Group are food specialists with several arms of the business: premier distribution for professional and hobby chefs worldwide; an online shop proffering ingredients, equipment and more; a cookery school and development kitchen; and a café serving up delicious sourdough pizzas, burgers and the like.
Paul Winter, Chief Executive
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Ipswich Building Society has achieved successful growth during the tenure of Chief Executive Paul Winter. Their heritage as a mutual business naturally drove a family style culture with high employee and member satisfaction rates. However, in 2015 Paul could see that the market was becoming increasingly more competitive and that the Society would need to implement strategic change to ensure future success and counteract the effects of new competition.
26th November 2021 
