The Charles Fellowes Group celebrated 20 years of service in the marketplace with a reunion of its original staff at an event held earlier this month. The Charles Fellowes Group (www.charlesfellowes.com), which has offices in Birmingham, London and Brussels, started in September 1987 with just three staff in a bedroom in Sutton Coldfield! Birmingham. Whilst the company is now based in the city centre, it now has a global presence and employs 35 staff across its three sites.
Tony Tomkins, Managing Director of Charles Fellowes, who started the company after a successful career at the Bar practising criminal law, decided that contacting the original staff was the most fitting way to mark the landmark anniversary. “Not many recruitment companies are around for 20 years,” he comments. “By that time many have been bought out, closed down or sold off, so we are proud to be thriving in such a competitive industry and felt that we wanted to mark this significant milestone. We also felt that it would be a test of our research department’s skill to track down the original staff and ask them to join us for the celebrations.”
Once contacted, all the original staff were keen to attend and were presented with a plaque to commemorate the occasion. “Our current staff were also interested to hear about their experiences of the early days of the company and how the industry has changed,” adds Tony. “It was a great way to celebrate how far the company has come.”
Guest and original staff member Gail Merriman also enjoyed the opportunity to relive old times. “Although we’ve lost touch over the years, we always got on well and it was great to meet up again. It’s fantastic to see how the company has evolved and how well Tony has done.”
Charles Fellowes now handles senior recruitment positions for many major national and international firms and specialises in strategic appointments within the legal, property, technology, sales and marketing and HR sectors.
http://www.charlesfellowes.com/
SOURCE - Onrec.com News Pages 23/10/2007
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