Here’s a quick look at 2016, and what made the last 12 months our most successful to date. We closed our financial year at £37.5m, up a huge 22% on the previous year. We grew to 87 employees, covering 11 languages and 8 nationalities. We visited 17 countries, contacted candidates in 147 countries and clients in 70 countries!
January
We found out we were in the top 5% of JustGiving fundraisers for 2015!
Harrison Moore was promoted to Senior Consultant.
February
We released our Oracle Division video showcasing our expertise, industry knowledge and work with clients such as Oracle Corporation, Capgemini and Accenture.
We also hit the first company milestone of the year, celebrating with gourmet burgers!
March
A lunchtime sponsored race for Sports Relief raising over £500.
April
We launched a ‘careers’ website covering Whitehall, the opportunities, the challenges and rewards of working in recruitment.
Luke Percival was promoted to Senior Consultant.
Ricky Knight was promoted to Sales Director.
May
A golf night out for International after breaking a company team record.
To support our growth, we ran a campaign advertising the opportunities for talented people to join us.
We also began the six-month countdown til the big move into our new office building!
Nadia Westhorp was promoted to Team Leader.
Members of the team headed down to help St Helena Hospice at a community fair.
June
We featured on the cover of Recruitment International.
A night out to celebrate hitting a BIG company target!
July
We sponsored the International SAP Conference for Mining and Metals in Frankfurt.
Cowboys and Indians for our summer party.
Jade King was promoted to Senior Consultant.
Chris Morris was promoted to Team Leader.
August
Ice cream treats for passing a company milestone.
Tom Thackrah was promoted to Senior Consultant.
September
Pizza and paella to celebrate a company milestone.
3 months until the big move.
Piotr Wrona was promoted to Team Leader.
A bowling night out for International after breaking a team record.
October
We joined clients for the Oktoberfest gathering!
Celebrated another company milestone with crepes and galettes.
Ross Waugh was promoted to Senior Consultant.
Molly Dawson was promoted to HR Administrator.
Leah Jamieson was promoted to Contracts Administrator.
November
In our first year taking part in the survey, we were incredibly proud to receive Best Companies highest award of 3 Stars “Extraordinary”.
We celebrated the award by inviting award-winning Chef Collin Brown to cook up a Jamaican brunch!
We also hosted our annual end of year consultant drinks at Tiger Tiger. A great night out networking with the brightest and best in the industry!
We also raised money for St Helena Hospice on Halloween
Chris Morris was promoted for the second time this year, to Senior Team Leader!
Charlie Irons was promoted to Senior Accounts Consultant.
December
Nadia Westhorp was promoted for the second time this year, to Senior Team Leader!
Jo Sharp was promoted to Client Services Manager.
We opened our new office building! We invited down local MP Will Quince for the event as well as reporters – the expansion will allow Whitehall to grow to over 220 employees at Colchester.
If that wasn’t enough, we also held our biggest Christmas party to date! 85 Whitehall employees and their partners.
From all the team at Whitehall Resources, we wish you the best for 2017.
