Eligo specialises in permanent and contract recruitment across Technology, ERP, Events, Technology Services and Security Solutions and Medical sectors, placing candidates with leading businesses across the UK, Europe and US.
Our mission is to provide Growth Through Talent to our candidates, clients, and colleagues we choose to work with.
Passionate experts in our niche markets providing industry connections, insights and advice.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do.
We believe
everyone deserves to be treated equally, have equitable
opportunities,
and be and feel included.
We are committed to building and
maintaining diverse and inclusive workforces whilst helping
candidates
achieve their professional goals.
Open and honest communication starts with listening.
Advice and guidance based on specialist market knowledge, expertise and insight.
Mutual collaboration & understanding, delivering long term support and growth.
Professional and business success and growth is at the heart of everything we do.
We’ve helped
permanent candidates achieve their career goals
We’ve delivered
of our business with clients we’ve worked with for over 3 years
We’ve assisted
clients deliver their business objectives
Currently partnering with
actively working contractors
With a clear career path and the resources, support, and flexibility you need, see where your career in recruitment can take you at Eligo.
There are opportunities for all Eligoids and we offer support and guidance for your professional and personal goals.
Whether you are looking to partner with us on your recruitment, speak to one of our consultants, or join the Eligo team, we would love to hear from you. Send us a message or email and we will get back to you.
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Submit your vacancy with us and we will consult on your hiring needs and set up a hiring process to secure the very best candidates for your business.
We recruit across five specialist sectors in the UK and Europe. Find your sector below to search live jobs or meet the consultants who cover it.
Connecting businesses to the best technology talent in the Microsoft, Open Source, macOS and Cross-Platform market. Partnering with businesses from start-up and SME through to FTSE 250 companies who operate across a range of platforms including on premise, Web, and Cloud.
Data centre and M&E recruitment across the UK and Europe, covering design, build, commissioning, operations and engineering roles at every level.
SAP and ERP recruitment across the UK, Italy and wider EMEA, placing permanent and contract professionals across SAP modules, from FI-CO and HCM to S/4HANA.
Connecting businesses to the best Fire & Security talent in the market. Our Fire & Security recruitment specialists connect Fire & Security professionals across engineering, sales, operations and technical support within industry leading F&S manufacturers, distributors, and installers.
Eligo Medical places locum GPs, ANPs, Practice Nurses and HCAs across GP surgeries, OOH clinics and Urgent Care Centres in London, Kent and the East Midlands. CQC-compliant. Available at short notice. Trusted by 100+ primary care organisations.
I started my career in recruitment by joining Eligo's amazing trainee program which has allowed me to improve day by day. My favourite thing at Eligo is the work environment and my colleagues. We always help each other and keep the energy and morale up!
Eligo has helped me grow professionally and guided me on my path to become the Medical Account Manager I am today. Eligo is the company that truly has your back and will encourage you to reach your full potential. I have been fortunate to experience and make lots of memories on our incentives and trips abroad.
I love it here and am also proud to work alongside such a fantastic team of specialist and highly successful consultants. Team spirit is high and we constantly all celebrate and embrace both our achievements and our differences, whilst all enjoying both working and playing hard together. It’s a company that is run with empathy and humour and we all have a lot of fun together.
The friendly environment makes it a pleasure to work for Eligo – I wake up in the morning and look forward to coming to work! The support I receive is fantastic if I ever need to ask for advice. I truly believe the culture at Eligo has enabled me to become the successful recruitment manager I am today.
Eligo just really get the meaning of the word ‘support’. They communicate, they listen and they support each and every one of us, it’s as simple as that. The working from home arrangement has had such a positive impact on my relationship with my kids which is just priceless, and despite working remotely, I have never felt so in touch with my colleagues.
As crazy as it sounds, Eligo became my family in the UK and I’m Italian, so “family” is a word not to be used lightly. If you are interested in joining a great company with passionate professionals and amazing bosses you are in the right place.
Eligo is small company that punches well above its weight professionally, but still has that family feel culture. Having been with Eligo for 10 years now, I can honestly say if you are looking for a mature, well-respected, supportive, and fun environment then Eligo is the place for you.
I was fortunate to have been selected by Eligo Recruitment for a position that perfectly matched my skills and professional ambitions. From the beginning, I had a positive feeling about the company. The selection process was transparent, efficient, and professional.
Once hired, I had the opportunity to work with an exceptional team. My colleagues were welcoming, collaborative, and highly competent. I particularly appreciated the positive and inclusive work environment that Eligo promotes.
Eligo Recruitment has proven to be a company that invests heavily in the growth and development of its employees. I had access to high-quality training and resources that helped me enhance my professional skills. I also appreciated the constant support from my superiors.
Furthermore, Eligo Recruitment places great emphasis on the balance between work and personal life. This aspect was particularly important to me as it allowed me to better manage my professional and personal commitments.
Overall, my work experience with Eligo Recruitment has been extremely positive. I had the opportunity to grow professionally, work with outstanding individuals, and contribute to the company's success. I feel grateful for this opportunity and highly recommend Eligo Recruitment to anyone seeking a stimulating and fulfilling work environment.
Eligo HQ is not just an office full of people, it’s the place where I have found friends and a supportive group of people, that have helped me since the beginning to build my career within the recruitment sector.
We have been working with Eligo for years, and our recruiter Veronica Mancini is like a colleague to us. She's always available and perfectly understood our needs.
Over time, I've always found Eligo to be professional and on-point, with a constant focus on the quality of their work. I particularly appreciate the care with which they manage tasks and the rapid responses, which makes our work together seamless and effective. It's a pleasure to collaborate with such a reliable and attentive partner, and I hope our journey together continues with the same satisfaction in the future.
Anezka has provided me with longstanding Locum GP and ANP recruitment support and has always catered to the needs of the GP practices I have worked at, providing an efficient service.
The staff that Eligo provided were fabulous, considering they had not worked in a prison setting before. Both staff members were willing to learn and do everything required of them. It was a pleasure to work with Eligo, and we look forward to continuing to work with your service when the need arises.
Jaimie expends a striking amount of energy in all aspects of recruiting. Getting familiar with the nuts and bolts of the job and what the employer wants to find. A commanding view of candidates. Huge amounts of time building rapport, which is so key. And then, of course, arranging interviews, keeping both sides informed and acting at pace. And all things at all times with a smile. Generous with her time, I found Jaimie very willing to pause the rest of her workload to speak with me (sometimes more than once a day) and provide not just answers but empathy, encouragement and clarity. What I admire and respect most of all about Jaimie's approach is the way that she unerringly does what she says she will do. This quality is one I value over almost all others and is something I strive to reflect in what I do, too. It's this and the building of rapport that differentiates Jaimie from other recruiters. I am very much looking forward to working with Jaimie again in the future, and she has my highest recommendation.
Bhavica, I genuinely appreciate everything you do — you’ve never let me down when I’ve needed support. You always go the extra mile, especially when securing a clinician at the last minute. Your responsiveness and dedication make a real difference, and it’s never gone unnoticed. Thank you for being such a reliable part of our support network.
Working with Meg at Eligo has been a game-changer for us. In a small and highly competitive industry, it’s rare to find a recruiter who not only understands the landscape but can also uncover hidden talent that others overlook. Meg has done exactly that—introducing us to candidates who have since become critical members of our team. Recruitment agencies often struggle to justify their cost, but the quality, dedication, and insight Meg brings to the table make her stand out. Her ability to identify and connect us with exceptional individuals we would never have found on our own has been genuinely impressive. We consider Meg not just a recruiter, but a trusted partner in building our team.
We've been working with Anezka for the past two years, and the experience has been excellent. She is approachable, keeps us informed at every step, and consistently meets our needs, whether securing cover quickly, providing prompt qualifications, or arranging last-minute coverage on short notice. We couldn't ask for better support.
Emma has always been great to work with. She has a great understanding of the industry and is great at recommending genuinely good and suitable candidate. She's successfully hired numerous candidates - both game developers and artists. I would highly recommend her.
Guy’s sector knowledge and relationship building experience, be it client or candidate, means he is adept at making the right introductions. What’s more, in my experience he can really accelerate the process – always handy when you are looking to fill urgent vacancies. It’s been great working with him.
I had the pleasure of working with Jaimie as a recruiter for 8 years for fire and security roles, and I am pleased to provide a glowing recommendation for her outstanding service. Jaimie demonstrated exceptional professionalism and dedication to her role throughout the recruitment process. Her thorough understanding of the fire and security industry, coupled with her ability to identify and match candidates with the right skills and experience, greatly impressed me. Jaimie's commitment to excellence is evident in her attention to detail and proactive communication. She consistently went above and beyond to ensure a smooth and efficient hiring process, making her an invaluable asset to anyone seeking top-tier recruitment services in the fire and security sector. I wholeheartedly recommend Jaimie to any organisation or individual seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable recruiter. Her expertise and commitment truly set her apart in the field.
I worked with Jaimie on a recent position I had as a Regional Sales Manager in a very particular, and sometimes hard, market. Jaimie quickly understood the requirements of the role and within a few months found the perfect candidate from a filtered list of applicants. Jaimie was professional, tenacious and focused in her work. She was supportive in the negotiations and met our brief with the subsequent applicant. I have since recommended Jaimie and Eligo to my colleagues within our group and I know Jaimie is working hard to fill other positions with the company.
Jaimie is an outstanding recruiter who puts the needs of her clients first. She is conscientious, enthusiastic, and reliable, and makes you feel that you are the most important client she has at that moment in time. From my first contact with Jaimie, it was clear that she was at the top of her game and her boundless enthusiasm comes through in every conversation. She is hard-working, reliable, and tenacious and was a real pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Jaimie as a recruiter.
I have worked with Louise in Eligo on a number of mid to senior level roles and the whole experience has been nothing but positive. From the promptness of sending suitable candidates to the communication with herself and the candidate, it is a very smooth process. Louise was is very good at ensuring she understands the full requirements of the role and company and it is clear that she prepares the candidates very well for their meetings with the company.
Not only have Eligo spared us the tangled process in interviewing multiple potential candidates directly, but more importantly we could focus more of our efforts on the business.
Eligo consultants really understand the technology space, and are exceptionally attentive to client requirements, constantly refining their approach according to feedback. A standout service.
The Eligo team are customer focused with a vast knowledge of their industry, unlike many previous experiences, I find recruiting staff through Eligo recruitment easy and straightforward.
What makes Eligo different is the drive to understand your requirements in detail, constantly refining their approach according to feedback and achieving successful results.
ERP Sales Executive Manager and Representative to Pre-Sales Engineer and Consultant, Business Development Manager, across SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft, ERP Cloud, Workday, ServiceNow.
Eligo's insight into the candidate market is invaluable and the consultants have a real grasp of what we are looking for.
I see Guy as one of the team, having worked with him for years he understands our business, staff requirements and always is willing to go that extra mile to secure great candidates. Guy’s knowledge of the event industry and the people within it is a great asset, he can interpret a brief and identify suitable candidates quickly and efficiently, saving us time and effort. He is also a nice “guy”, something that should never be underestimated; hence he is my go-to person on recruitment.
Guy has been really easy to work with and always provides high quality candidates for us. We always go to him for support with our roles. We’ve had some very successful hires through Guy which has been an asset to us as a company!
Eligo's dedication and attention to building a long-term relationship is, indeed, one of the factors for their success. Their honest approach and suggestions are a hard-to-find quality.
We worked with Eligo on two challenging hires; we couldn’t have asked for better support. Following a detailed briefing session with us on the role, our culture and needs they immediately understood our talent requirements. We were quickly presented with a strong bench of candidates, helping us employ two exceptional staff members to very specific briefs and in short order.
iDirect primarily engaged Eligo to utilise their network of Front End focused technical talent. Whilst performing well in this area, what really impressed me was their dedication to assisting the organisation across the board, including roles a lot of front-end recruiters would consider way out of their remit. Great service and excellent delivery from Eligo recruitment.
Not only has Eligo helped us to successfully build our Perl team, but they have been a constant support to me in my role. They are always there with advice on our market and support me in what I'm trying to achieve. We've now been to events with Rick which has increased our brand within the market.
Eligo take the time to understand the environment and the culture of your business which shows in the quality of the candidates they put forward. They have found a number of gems for us and now Eligo are the only recruiter I go to when looking to fill a position in my team.
Eligo are one of those rare agencies in the technical recruitment industry that care and understand about the importance of communities in Open Source and other technical disciplines. They are an advocate of getting people into the right place and are constant supporters of community events.
There are a massive number of recruitment agencies that think they know what a specialist security company needs, but we find that only Eligo utilise their expertise and take their time to understand our requirements in order to fulfill our recruitment needs.
Eligo undertook and implemented their work in a short period of time providing high-quality results. They are professionals that understand our industry and I would not doubt to recommend them.
What makes Eligo different is the amount of time they invest in getting to grips with my company's requirements - not only in terms of the technologies but also the cultural requirement.
Eligo has shown great enthusiasm and efficiency in providing the quality candidates we need. They invest time to fully understand our culture and take a real interest in what we do as a business. With new projects around the corner, we're looking forward to working more closely with Eligo to increase our recruitment drive.
The great relationship we have with Eligo is just one of the reasons they introduce candidates that fit our business. They will never send candidates for the sake of it. Both professional and personable, I really enjoy working with them.
The Eligo team are precise in identifying the exact needs of both the company and the candidate. The approach, in fact, is both worthwhile and winning. Their dedication and attention to building a long-term relationship is, indeed, one of the factors for their success. Their honest approach and suggestions are a hard-to-find quality.
Eligo is an exclusive partner of CV-Library and helps to support us with our technical recruitment, particularly with the harder to fill, senior roles. Rick has really taken the time to get to understand our team and the needs of the business, and as a result, is able to provide us with truly exceptional candidates. We've seen really positive results using Eligo and would definitely recommend it's services to others.
Really enjoyed working with Louise Shepherd on a challenging role. Louise acted with our companies interest from start to finish, and was open and honest regarding feedback, information and suitability which lead to us hiring a brilliant candidate that has slotted straight into the business and hit the ground running.
Eligo are the go-to agency within the events industry. Guy is unrivalled with his knowledge and expertise, and I find him dynamic and great to work alongside. All candidates are fully familiar with the job spec and keen for the role; with minimal amounts of interviews required to identify the correct candidate.
The candidate placed with us is doing excellently and they did really well to find him. They listened to our requirements properly and the process was both smooth and professional.
Eligo Medical provide professional communication throughout the locum booking process even outside of regular office hours. Their friendly, personal approach makes it a pleasure to work with them. I would not hesitate to recommend them as a contract medical recruitment agency who offer quality service with competitive, fair rates.
Eligo are careful and capable professionals who understand your business and your needs first. They provide in-depth knowledge of the SAP market, attention to detail, and reliable delivery.
Eligo is one of the few that listens to their client’s needs regarding locum staffing. They are fast in filling our sessions and always provide us with excellent quality GP’s at fair rates. As an IT Finance & Business Development Director it is also important to me that my finance queries are dealt with promptly and working with Anezka from Eligo has made this process easier I can highly recommend Eligo for your locum needs.
Unlike other recruitment firms, Eligo take the time to understand the business and the position, considering both the company and candidate for growth and succession. Those that I have employed have made a difference almost immediately.
I had the pleasure of working with Anne during my recent job search, and I couldn’t be more grateful for her support. From the very beginning, Anne was professional, approachable, and genuinely invested in helping me find the right opportunity. She kept me informed throughout the recruitment process, provided clear communication, and made everything feel straightforward and stress-free. Thanks to Anne’s expertise and dedication, I successfully secured my new role at ‘We Are Social’. I highly recommend Anne to anyone looking for a recruiter who truly cares about matching candidates with the right opportunities. Thank you again for all your help!
I had the pleasure of working with Chiara, and I was impressed by her professionalism and reliability. She communicates openly, provides valuable support throughout the process, and genuinely cares about creating the best outcome.Whether you’re a candidate or a company looking to hire, I wholeheartedly recommend Chiara and her team.
Right from our first conversation, your clear communication, encouragement, and guidance made a real difference and helped me approach each step with confidence.
I had the pleasure of meeting Chiara during a key step in my career, and
I couldn’t have asked for a better recruiter. From our very first
conversation, she was professional, attentive, and genuinely interested
in understanding both my skills and my aspirations. Chiara has a rare
ability to make the recruitment process feel personal and human. She
communicated clearly and consistently, provided valuable insights at
every stage, and made sure I felt supported throughout.What really sets
her apart is her integrity and care for both candidates and clients. She
doesn’t just look for a match on paper, she looks for the right fit for
everyone involved.
I’m truly grateful for her guidance and highly
recommend working with her to anyone seeking new professional
opportunities.
Jaimie managed my transition from my previous role as a Client Account Manager at an integration company to my new position as a Business Development Manager for a manufacturer. Having interacted with recruitment professionals in the past, I can confidently say that the process with Jaimie was seamless, professional, and faultless from start to finish. Her involvement has truly elevated my appreciation for the critical role a skilled recruitment manager plays. Jaimie acted as a genuine conduit between the business and the candidate, and her support throughout the journey highlighted just how influential and valuable this connection can be in a successful career move.
I have worked with Anezka since May 2020. Anezka is a fantastic and amazing person in her role as Medical Account Manager and always remains professional and helpful in all my encounters with her. Anezka possesses excellent communication skills, and offers and confirms Practice Nurse sessions. Anezka is approachable and supportive, and I've always felt comfortable contacting her via email and telephone if I have any questions about booked sessions.
I was really impressed with how Jaimie communicated effectively and in a timely manner throughout the whole process and made sure that I was informed of my progress every step of the way. She was always on hand to answer questions (even when on holiday!!!) and helped me every step of the way of the process to the point where I have now signed my contract and could not be happier or more excited to start my new role as a Security Consultant. I would recommend using Jaimie and Eligo if you are looking to get into the consultancy arena - I know that she will move heaven and earth to get you into the right role.
Thank you to Lisa for being so downright honest and authentic about the job expectations and the project sizing. This helped me ask the right questions. I appreciate you, for giving me the opportunity to find out more about the role myself - rather than just sharing a typical job description, which, in most cases remains on the paper. Irrespective of the outcome of this interview, Lisa, I can firmly say that in 20 years of my career, I have not met or spoken to a single recruiter like you, who knows exactly what the job requires and what the candidate expects.
Jaimie gave me her total support and direction in getting me to successfully secure the position. Her direction with my presentation was first class; and her knowledge of the Company and directors who interviewed me was second to none. She had total belief in what we were trying to achieve and total belief in me as a candidate. Thanks, Jaimie, I appreciate everything you did for me!
Steve contacted me to talk about a position a few weeks ago. The initial call was excellent and it was good to speak to a recruiter on the phone about a position. Steve was great all the way through the process, prompt in replying and happy to pick up the phone if he or i had anything to discuss. I had my second interview yesterday and successfully in getting the position and have to say it was a pleasure working with Steve on this and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a new role.
A very efficient company in assisting me to secure my first job in the UK after I relocated from Hong Kong. Guy is professional and helped me all the way through the interview process, provided useful information and tips that I needed to know for the role. Eligo is by far the best one, million thanks!
I recently applied for a UK security position through Eligo. Jaimie demonstrated excellent professionalism and customer care throughout the entire process. I was kept fully informed from start to finish, making the process easy and seamless. I would recommend Eligo, but in particular Jaimie, for her dedication and professionalism. Thanks Jaimie.
Steve was very helpful and friendly, I would thoroughly recommend using Eligo if you're looking for a new role.
Lisa Scarlett is extremely professional yet very friendly, I am really impressed by her work ethic. I am very much delighted to have worked with her. I will definitely recommend her further without any question.
If you’re looking for events opportunities in the UK, I highly recommend Eligo, especially Guy Wilkinson who has helped me find the right fit!
I met Domenico by responding to a job opportunity he shared on LinkedIn. Domenico is capable of assisting a candidate with the confidence of a true professional while also providing the warmth of a friend. During a defining moment in one's career, such as choosing a new job, having had Domenico's support was truly fortunate.
Well, what can I say about Jaimie. She is by far the best recruiter out there that I have had the pleasure of dealing with and I would 100% recommend her and her services from Eligo. Jaimie is someone that actually contacts you, speaks with you, updates you, gives you confidence, believes in you and cares for you on your journey job hunting.
She is very thorough and skilled at finding the right person for the right role, even when having to look outside of the box and industry and find someone who can fit the role and duties requested by the employer, coaching you through all aspects of the stages required to get to an offer from a company.
We have been on quite a journey together in my quest for new employment. I managed to get to the final stage interview in an industry that I have absolutely no experience. I was extremely close to being chosen, it was between myself and one other person in the end, but unfortunately, I just fell at the final hurdle...game over.
Deflated from this and beating myself up over it, Jaimie spoke to me about all the positives supplied by the interviewer, offered me all advice required and made sure that I continued to stay positive about my search for a job.
So, with these words of encouragement ringing in my ears from Jaimie, I continued to look for work and deal with the recruiters out there who I have already described above, when out of the blue again a few weeks later, Jaimie contacted me regarding a very similar role in the same industry and recommended that I go for it.
She knew that I would be a perfect fit for this company and hadn't forgotten how close we had come to securing a previous job role, even though once again I have no experience in the industry.
Teams interview sorted within a couple of days, then face to face arranged one week later, I received an offer which I have accepted.
Without Jaimie's help, suggestions, support and enthusiasm for securing this role, I'm not sure that I would have had the offer I received yesterday in an industry that I have no experience in. So thank you Jaimie for being you and thank you for all your support in this mini journey together the past 7-8 weeks. I cannot recommend you enough!
Jaime has just placed me in a perfect role for my experience and wanted a career path all within the space of about 10 working days. From her initial phone call where the conversation was to ensure that I was right for the role and the role right for me through to the signing of the contract - she remained professional - yet personable - throughout.
Jaime is probably the best recruiter I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. My new job search was made an absolute breeze by the fact that Jaimie was always on hand no matter what time to help with questions and to provide assistant no matter what that may be. It has been a real pleasure transitioning to a new job with Jaimies's help, a real 11/10 star player in the recruiter world.
I have worked with Anezka at Eligo for just over 2 years. I can't speak highly enough of her. She is organised, efficient, always helpful and an absolute pleasure to work with.
Thank you very much for covering the sessions at the practice in such a short window of time. Working with you has been great. You are very approachable and all the ANP staff you have arranged to cover for both sites have been lovely. The NHS and general practices are so stretched right now and the workload has massively increased for us, so having a locum agency that can help me as you take a lot of pressure off us. The staff and Leecon way and Hawkwell would like to say thank you for all the support you have given us. You have gone above and beyond for me. Thank you.
Thanks so much to Atif. You're so efficient! It's easy and straightforward dealing with you.
Just wanted to say thanks for introducing this opportunity and all your support since. I love your energy, your thoroughness and preparation advice, you are definitely one of the best recruitment guys I have ever dealt with.
I really appreciate all the personal touches from Eligo. I am also learning a lot about law which is a vast industry. Thank you for placing me here. This role is the perfect blend of using my existing skills and giving me opportunities for professional development.
Anne @eligo has always been a great recruiter for roles in my career. From the early days of starting out on my path, she got to know me and where I wanted to go. And ever since has found me roles which have suited my career progression. Anne and Eligo are very professional and will always work out what both the Company and candidate are after to find the best match.
Recruiters have a pretty bad reputation in the Open-Source community. But Eligo consultants are a shining example of what a recruiter should be.
Eligo were excellent in finding me a short-term assignment in literally no time. They understood my expectations and brought their brilliant recruitment expertise to land me the job. From introducing me to the opportunity, to coming back to me with the good news, they ensured I was informed and motivated to secure the job. The recruitment process was completely unreal and extraordinary.
Guy is a true expert and matchmaker when it comes aligning the right people with the right job and company. Professional, positive and witty with excellent coaching skills – he was a pleasure to work with. Certainly, made the usually tedious process of finding new employment quick and painless. And I am now doing work I enjoy in a great new job. Highly recommended!
Guy from Eligo found me my dream job, talked me through every stage of the recruitment process and went above and beyond to make sure I showed my best self and settled into my role very nicely. I’m so grateful for Guy and his huge experience in the recruitment sector but for also being the human touch back to recruitment. Thank you, Guy!
I have been contracting through Eligo for the past two years and have had a lovely time and support from Anezka. Having a helpful recruitment agent has helped me to work around the usual ups and downs of life and ensure a steady income in a way which suits my needs. I would highly recommend!
I have worked with Eligo over several years and Josh for the last year. I have always found them good to work with. Josh is friendly, polite and very responsive. He is quick to reply to any queries so that the work I have done through them has always run smoothly. I would recommend them.
I met Veronica when I spontaneously applied for an opportunity she was promoting on LinkedIn. That opportunity then vanished, but I kept in touch with her as she thought my CV was interesting. After a few months, we reconnected because she considered my application ideal for an end customer ...and so it was. I can only congratulate Veronica for having remembered me months later, she evidently, is very prepared and organized in her business and well connected with the job market.
I recommend Eligo to candidates and clients because of their strong knowledge of the market and their ability to listen and understand your needs. Throughout the recruitment process they have been total professionals and proven specialists in SAP. This, combined with their proactive approach and their simple and honest communication, means Eligo will get the job done.
Eligo stands out because they can do something simple and unique at the same time. Many recruiters just want to close their next deal and move on, putting pressure and making you feel insecure. With Eligo, we had an open, honest conversation, exploring my career needs and desires, guiding through every step of the journey towards a great opportunity. There was a transparent relationship of total, mutual trust.
Eligo provided me with precise directions to give me a picture of the job opportunity, listened to my needs in evaluating a new opportunity, and provided support throughout the selection process (and even after), helping me clarify and reach my goals.
Eligo provided expert assistance, guidance, advice, and support in finding a new employer. It's rare that you come across a standout recruitment firm like them; I would recommend them to anyone looking for a new challenge in the sector.
The Eligo technology team are a breath of fresh air. It's refreshing to work with agents who understand my craft, and who take the time to understand me as a person and what it is I am looking for. If you are working with Open-Source technologies and you aren't part of the Eligo family, then you should be.
Our mission to provide Growth Through Talent not only applies to our candidates & clients but the personal growth and wellbeing of the Eligo team. Personal and professional, there are opportunities for every Eligoid and we will support you to work toward your goals.
From ensuring flexible working solutions and support to help balance home and work life, to connecting, celebrating, and catching up at socials it’s important to us that everyone can enjoy #lifeateligo.
We all have busy lives and different responsibilities, so our flexi working hours mean you can start earlier or later to maximise your day and work around your schedule. We also finish at 3 pm on Fridays, to get the weekend started early.
An active social committee with an allocated budget put on regular events including quarterly socials, Summer and Christmas Parties, and team celebrations, so there’s lots to attend!
Not only do you get an average of 35 days holiday, 4 can be taken as duvet days, everyone gets their birthday off and you get an additional holiday day after every 3 years! After 5 years with Eligo we’ll give you a one month’s paid sabbatical to travel the world, volunteer, renovate the house, or simply stay at home and recharge, after all, you’ve earned it.
We want you to be happy where ever you’re working, whether that is in the office or remotely. That’s why when you join Eligo we’ll provide you with up to £250 to ‘make yourself at home’ with Eligo.
We’ve got your back when it comes to those expenses or unforeseen events that cause a real dent in your pocket, we can help with season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and interest free loans.
We’re always here to listen and support our Eligoids, though we understand that sometimes more is needed. Get that help with a weight off your shoulders with 5 fully paid therapy sessions on us.
You deserve to be rewarded! On top of quarterly activity days and lunches, international trips, and the odd bottle of bubbly, we've got the Hall of Fame, 200k club and many more competitions and incentives.
You will have a Personal Development Plan and access to a personal development fund and will be encouraged to seek out additional learning and development opportunities to further your career.
From Onboarding onwards you’ll be given a clear development plan alongside 1-2-1 coaching and training from our recruitment experts. We also offer a personal development fund enabling you to seek out additional learning and development opportunities to further your career at Eligo.
Our unique Eligo Academy model fosters a collaborative approach that is mutually beneficial and enables personal growth at every level. Those new to recruitment receive over 250 hours of training, mentoring, and hands-on experience progressing to 360 Consultants within 12 months. Our Senior Consultants fast-track their desks with the candidate generation support from trainees, without splitting or losing any commission.
We know money matters, so no matter your level, you earn on every penny you bill because we do not have any thresholds.
Get to know the consultants behind Eligo, what they specialise in and what they get up to outside work.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do.
We believe
everyone deserves to be treated equally, have equitable opportunities,
and be and feel included.
We are committed to building and
maintaining diverse and inclusive workforces whilst helping candidates
achieve their professional goals.
Open and honest communication starts with listening.
Advice and guidance based on specialist market knowledge, expertise and insight.
Mutual collaboration & understanding, delivering long term support and growth.
Professional and business success and growth is at the heart of everything we do.
Last Thursday, the whole Eligo team came together for our Annual Growth Meeting and Summer Party, with consultants travelling in from across the UK and Italy. There's something different about the energy in the room when everyone's actually in the same place, and it showed from the moment people started arriving and catching up.
Senior management opened with a look at the recruitment market as it stands today. It's a different landscape from the one we were operating in a year ago, and the conversation focused on what that means for how we work with our clients and candidates going forward.
From there, we turned to what's next. We talked through the technology we're bringing into the business to strip the admin out of the day, so our consultants can spend less time on process and more time doing what they're genuinely good at: talking to people.
The final part of the day came back to something we believe strongly: recruitment is a people business, and it always will be. However good the tools we use get, the value we bring comes from listening well, building trust, and understanding what our clients and candidates really need. That's the part no amount of technology replaces.
By the afternoon we headed to Wimbledon Common to unwind and make the most of the sun. It's easy to forget how much you miss people until you're standing next to them again, and Thursday was a good reminder that the best part of Eligo has always been the people in it.
There’s something special about Christmas that brings people together — and
last Friday, we did exactly that.
With colleagues travelling from London, the Midlands and Rugby, and even further afield from Italy (Naples and Rome), our team came together in person to celebrate the festive season and reflect on another successful year.
The day kicked off with a relaxed Christmas pub lunch, giving everyone the chance to catch up properly, share a few laughs, and enjoy some well-earned festive food. For a team that often works across different locations and countries, it was a brilliant opportunity to reconnect face-to-face.
After lunch, things took a lively turn as we headed to Festive Bongo’s Bingo — and it certainly lived up to its reputation. Between the music, dancing, singalongs and surprises, it was a raucous afternoon that had everyone fully embracing the Christmas spirit.
The standout moment? One very lucky colleague, Chiara, travelling over from Italy, heading home with an unexpected (and iconic) prize — a Henry Hoover. Proof that anything really can happen at Bongo’s Bingo!
Beyond the fun, the day was a reminder of what makes our team so special. Bringing together people from different regions and countries isn’t always easy, but moments like these reinforce the strong relationships, shared values and collaborative spirit that underpin everything we do.
We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who made the effort to travel and join us — it truly wouldn’t have been the same without you.
As we head towards the end of the year, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved together and excited for what’s to come in the year ahead.
Here’s to teamwork, festive fun, and another great year ahead 🎁🥂
Eligo
Festive Closing Times:
Eligo will be closed over the
holidays from December 24th and re-open on Friday the 2nd of Janaury.
Any
queries send to hello@eligo.co.uk and we will respon as soon as possible.
Each year, we carve out time to come together as a
company—to reflect, re-align, and re-energise for what’s ahead. This year’s
Annual Growth Event was no exception. With teams coming together across the UK and flying in
from Italy, we gathered in person for a full day of collaboration, insight, and a few unexpected
surprises.
Led by our senior leadership team and anchored by
our mission the next year, the day kicked off with a strategic look at the year so far. We
took stock of the challenges, the wins, and the opportunities still waiting to be unlocked.
Through open conversations and structured workshops, we dove deep into what’s working,
what’s not, and how we can keep growing—together.
One of the highlights of the day was the chance for team members who don’t often work closely to exchange ideas. These moments sparked new thinking, uncovered hidden challenges, and inspired some exciting next steps.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper event without a few light-hearted moments. An unexpected feline guest made a surprise appearance mid-session, much to everyone’s delight. There were plenty of laughs, some ice cream to keep us cool, and a celebratory pint in the sunshine to wrap up a productive day.
We also took the opportunity to celebrate all of our Eligoids that have been with us for over 5
years, and some recently well-earned promotions across recruitment and central function teams.
We walked away from the event with renewed focus and energy. With clear action plans and team alignment, we’re heading into the next financial year with purpose, passion, and positivity.
We’re proud of what we’ve achieved so
far—and even more excited about what’s to come. Onward and upward!
Interested in how we work and grow as a team? Stay tuned for more stories from behind the scenes—and if you’d like to be part of the journey, check out our careers page.
We have been made aware that individuals are receiving unsolicited text messages from someone using the name "Erin" and claiming to be from Eligo Recruitment with job opportunities.
🚨 These messages are NOT from us. We want to assure all candidates and clients that Eligo Recruitment does not send unexpected job offers via text.
✔️ Do not respond to these messages or share any personal information.
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Do not click on any links provided.
✔️ Verify all job
offers by contacting us directly through our official website: [Insert Website
Link]
✔️ Report the message to your mobile provider (e.g., by forwarding it
to 7726 in the UK) and relevant authorities such as Action Fraud.
We take this matter very seriously and are actively working to prevent further unauthorised activity. If you have received a suspicious message or need to verify a job opportunity, please reach out to us directly via hello@eligo.co.uk.
Thank you for your vigilance and support in keeping our community safe.
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The holiday season at Eligo Recruitment is never complete without our annual
Christmas celebration, and this year was no exception. Last Friday, our team came together to
bid farewell to the year in style, marking the occasion with laughter, camaraderie, and a touch
of festive magic.
Creating Memories with Merry Moments
The festive spirit was contagious as we gathered to share in the joy of the season. From the first bite of delicious food to the last dance move on the floor, it was a night filled with merry moments.
Our team has worked incredibly hard this year, and it was heartwarming to see everyone kick back and enjoy a well-deserved break. Consultants from Italy and our regional offices made the trip to London for the occasion, making the celebrations all the more special.
Celebrating the Team's Dedication
Amidst the merriment, there was a heartfelt acknowledgment of the incredible dedication our team has displayed throughout the year. Each member has contributed their best, and this celebration was a token of appreciation for the collective effort that has propelled us to new heights.
Cheers to a Well-Deserved Break
As we indulged in the festivities, there was a collective sense of gratitude for the hard work and resilience that defines our team. With a toast in hand, we bid adieu to the challenges of the past months and welcomed a well-deserved Christmas break.
A Heartfelt Thank You
To our fantastic team, your dedication and spirit are the driving forces behind Eligo Recruitment's success. We couldn't be prouder of what we've achieved together, and we look forward to many more milestones in the coming year.
Until We Meet Again
As the year comes to a close, we reflect on the memories we've created, the challenges we've overcome, and the bonds that have grown stronger. Here's to a cosy and joyful Christmas break, and to the promise of new beginnings in the year ahead.
Eligo offices will be closed from this Friday 22nd December 2023 and will reopen on Tuesday 2nd January 2024. 📅 Our medical division will be on call for any inquiries regarding locum shifts. 📞
You can also email us at hello@eligo.co.uk and we will get in touch as soon as possible. 📧
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
🎄✨ The festive season is upon us, and at Eligo we're embracing the spirit of giving and sharing!
As we count down to Christmas, we're thrilled to announce our Christmas Referral Program – an opportunity for you, to spread the joy and be rewarded!
We want to make this holiday season extraordinary for you and your network. That's why we're introducing our Christmas Referral Program, designed to celebrate the season of giving and receiving.
So, how about gifting a friend a new career for the new year?
How it Works:
🤝
Refer a friend that you know would be great for one of our available roles across Events,
Marketing, Sales, Technology and software Engineering, SAP, and Medical roles such as Locum GPs
and Locum Nurses.
Check out our roles here
🎁 Unlock Festive Bonuses: After your referral is successfully placed, both you and your friend will receive a special £150 voucher as our way of saying thank you!
🩺For our medical contract roles: you will receive vouchers once you both have completed 25+ hours of sessions.
Help us make this holiday season unforgettable by spreading the joy of opportunities. Whether it's a colleague, friend, or industry peer, we believe in the power of connections. Share the love and refer a friend today here
🎅🎁 Eligo wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with endless opportunities and joy! 🌟🌈
We're thrilled to unveil the next chapter in our journey - the launch of our brand-new Italian website, marking a significant milestone for Eligo Recruitment Italia.
As a premier Italian specialist IT recruitment company with international offices, our new online presence reflects our commitment to delivering unparalleled services to the vibrant tech community in Italy.
Whether you're a skilled tech professional searching for SAP Jobs, Software Jobs, Microsoft Jobs, Sales or Consultant roles, or you’re a visionary company ready to access top-tier talent in these fields, Eligo Recruitment Italia is your dedicated portal to extraordinary possibilities.
At Eligo Recruitment, we pride ourselves on striking the perfect balance between international reach and local precision. With over 20 years of expertise in technology recruitment, our expansion into Italy solidifies our dedication to connecting exceptional technology talent with forward-thinking companies in the Italian market, covering SAP jobs, Developer Jobs and Consultant positions within their businesses.
We are thrilled to announce our membership with ANPAL, the Italian National Agency for Active Labour Policies. This accreditation is a testament to our commitment to providing comprehensive recruitment services to Italian businesses. ANPAL membership allows us to deliver a full-spectrum recruitment service in Italy, distinguishing us from other international recruiters and strengthening our position as a trusted partner in the Italian tech market.
"Having worked for Eligo for over 7 years successfully in the Italian Technology and ERP market based in London, I’m proud to say we now also have a base in Italy, and 12 months ago we managed to secure our ANPAL registration, which has meant a great deal to our ongoing success in matching technology talent to successful businesses in the Italian market."
- Mattia Brancaccio, Associate Director, Eligo Recruitment Italia Technology Division.
Our website redesign encapsulates the essence of Eligo Recruitment Italia - innovation, expertise, and a commitment to fostering lasting connections in the tech industry. Here's what you can expect from our new online home:
Tailored Technology Job Listings: Explore opportunities in SAP, Microsoft, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Data & Business Intelligence, and Software Engineering.
Expert Advice and Insights: Stay ahead in the tech world with our expert advice and insights, whether you're a tech professional or a forward-thinking company.
Specialised Sectors: Our website is designed to cater to the unique needs of both candidates and clients, ensuring a seamless and personalized experience across SAP, Microsoft, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Data & Business Intelligence, and Software Engineering industries.
ANPAL-Approved Services: Benefit from our ANPAL membership, a mark of our commitment to delivering exceptional recruitment services in the Italian market.
Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to bridge the gap between top-tier talent and thriving businesses in the Italian tech landscape. Explore Eligo Recruitment Italia's new website and be a part of our vision for a dynamic and connected future!
How long have you been working for Eligo? How did you start out in Recruitment?
How do you start your workday? What’s your favourite part of your work environment?
What’s the best lesson you have learned in your career so far? (why was this significant, How did it help you)
What’s your biggest achievement/success in your career so far?
Federica joined the team as a Junior Delivery Consultant last year with no recruitment background, since then she has done excellent work in learning all about recruitment whilst hitting her quarterly targets for Q2 & Q3, continues to do well in helping the international team thrive, and has become a real asset to the team.
How long have you been working for Eligo? How did you start out in Recruitment?
My curiosity for recruitment and the HR sector started while attending an HR and Art management Masters Degree in Rome 2 years ago. After working within the arts sector in London I realized I needed a more challenging environment so started looking for a recruitment company that could suit my personality. And then I found Eligo!
How do you start your workday? What’s your favourite part of your work environment?
To be honest, I'm not really a morning person, so my workday usually starts in a rush to get ready and go to the office, but with a great will to go through the day.
The work environment is the perfect balance between friendly and professional. Our day starts with a team meeting to update each other on our daily plans (a great example of teamwork and a healthy environment!) and my day continues with research and making different calls to assist the candidates in any step.
What’s the best lesson you have learned in your career so far?
To not take anything for granted. Sometimes a hopeless situation can turn into a great “deal”
What’s your biggest achievement/success in your career so far?
In my current role, I feel I have reached a good level of resiliency to working in recruitment, from accepting the ups and downs of a new career path and learning about recruitment, in particular, since it is mainly focused on human relationships it can be tricky at times but always rewarding.
Want to know more about working for Eligo, visit our work for us page, or meet the consultants.
Pssst, we're currently hiring for an Italian Speaking Recruitment Consultant to join our team! Check out more details of the role here or get in touch for more info!
Last Friday we all met up in central London for our first-ever company-wide AGM, Annual Growth Meeting. Not only was it a chance to talk about the growth and success of the last year but also a great opportunity to celebrate the growth of the Eligo staff.
With most of the company working from home or hybrid working in the office, it also gave them a chance to re-connect and meet in person some new faces that have been a part of the business for over a year.
Friday was also a great opportunity for us to look ahead and introduce our growth plans which included expanding our markets into different sectors and to more international locations.
Check out some of the highlights below...
A couple of other things we covered at Eligo’s very first Annual Growth Meeting…
Celebrating Business Growth
It’s been a tough 2 years for the recruitment market but thanks to the hard work and resilience of our recruiters and central staff (this time 2 years ago, many were on furlough) we kept going, and there has been a strong and consistent performance over the past 12 months. Aside from a focus on the excellent growth & hard work from all during a rocky two years in the industry, the management team also shared their exciting plans for the next 5 years at Eligo.
Celebrating Eligo Employees
This is a big one for us, as our employees are at the heart of the business. We know that
everything we do depends on happy & motivated employees and hard work deserves
celebrating!
Promotions
We recognised some well-deserved recent promotions across our International, Tech Midlands, and Central Function teams.
200k & £1Million billers
We recently launched our Eligo Hall of Fame, which recognises consultants who have billed over 200k in a year and those who also hit £1million of billings. We currently have 8 billers in the hall of fame and can’t wait to see more consultants up on the wall!
10 Year anniversaries
With the business being over 20 years, we're proud to celebrate long-standing employees who have grown with us for over half of that. To say celebrate and say thanks, we presented Rick & Anne with their very own team shirts & prize activity of their choosing.
E-league-O tournament
We like to run regular activity-based incentives to keep the team motivated and it’s a real hit for those who are uber-competitive. Activity across the board was high, but only 3 made the top spots to win a choice of prizes! (Which included things such as a helicopter ride, overnight stay abroad, spa treatments, and car driving experience to name a few!)
Re-launching our values
Values matter; they're the fabric that binds the way we hire, we operate, and we work. Quite literally, we started Eligo because of them. When it came to condensing these into statements, we wanted the words to reflect not only who we are but exactly what our clients and candidates should expect from working with us.
In true easter treasure hunt style we hid letters that make up our 4 key values attached to mini chocolate eggs around the room, the team had to find them and then put the words together above the statement it represents. Aside from being a great way to stretch our legs and earn some easter chocolate, it introduced the new values we want our business and employees to utilise, in the way they work as consultants but also for their own career growth.
Benefits and Rewards (+ our annual incentive is back!)
As well as a re-launch of our values, we also wanted to re-evaluate our benefits offering and re-introduce these to existing and new members of staff.
This included.... (how much do we want to mention?)
Our rewards also extend to our annual incentive based on company & personal performance. When we hit 100% of company annual target, we will take everyone who has also hit 100% of their annual personal target to an exciting location to enjoy a few days off to toast our achievements for the year.
Dependent on company performance it may be a long-haul trip to somewhere far-flung and exotic or a European getaway to take in Sun, Sea, or snow! These trips have always been a highlight of our year and we can’t wait for our next one to either Ibiza or the Caribbean! (dependant on company performance)
Every day we’re shuffling
Feeling energised and hopeful for the future ahead at Eligo, beer in hand we then shuffled our way over to Electric Shuffle Club for some more drinks, fun & games to finish off a fantastic day celebrating all things Eligo!
Want to join us on our next annual trip, social event, and more? We’re currently hiring! Check out our latest roles here. Or get in touch with us at hello@eligo.co.uk to see if we've got a role for you!
Everyone everywhere should be a reader, whether that’s picking up the paper on a Sunday morning, reading that rather interesting paragraph on the milk carton (I'm looking at you Oatly), or turning the pages of a no.1 bestseller, reading helps us escape from the humdrum of day to day life.
For some of our consultants who are parents, World Book Day comes with the added stress of having to find or even make a book-themed costume for their little ones. So we asked our Eligoid's to share their favourite books that help them escape life's daily stresses, books that got them into reading, or books that they couldn't put down.
Read below for a diverse reading list full of great fiction, children's classics, self-help, and even cookbooks!
Life of Pi
"Life of Pi is my favourite book. Just a really good story, highlighting the will to live, which is open to multiple interpretations and very well written."
Steve Brennan
Daring
Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live Love, Parent, and
Lead. "This book is a guide on diving deep into what we perceive as inadequate about us. Hardly ever did I feel this much excitement, vulnerability, anticipation, and just plain old fear when turning the pages. It’s raw, honest, and causes a great deal of discomfort. The other side of it is bliss, self-compassion, and self-acceptance. It’s a book that will help you show up for yourself. " - Asia Niscur
Mr.
Men Collection"Since having children the level of my literature has changed somewhat and I've been reading Mr. Men & Peter Rabbit a lot recently. I'll let you decide if that's because I have kids or just a love for children's books..."
Rick Deller
Roald
Dahl books "I would say the Roald Dahl books sparked my interest in reading, I got transported and loved his whole collection, what a great author."
Louise Sheperd
The
Doctors Kitchen - Supercharge your health with 100 delicious everyday recipes by Rupy Aujla "After my cancer diagnosis, I was desperately researching what I should and should not be doing and eating to try to have some impact and sense of control over my prognosis. Despite this being a great distraction and way to focus my attention on my health and recovery, it was a very large rabbit hole to fall into! There is sooooooo much information out there, much of it often conflicting, so it was starting to become a stressful and unhealthy focus. Then unprompted, serendipity struck and a friend sent me this book through the post! It offered the perfect balance, not too prescriptive, not too restrictive, fascinating, and inspiring. It was a real game-changer and perhaps even a lifesaver. Highly recommended to anyone wanting to have a positive impact on their health through what they eat." - Vicky Bodhani
Shantaram
"I read this book after I came back from my travels in India and it totally fixated me. I absolutely loved it, the richness in the story reminded me of
that very special place and the mad times I also had over there."
Guy Wilkinson
The
Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition by Robert Graves"Definitely not a book to read in one sitting! Probably the best compendium of Greek myths that you can find on the market. I love to read a couple of chapters during weekends because of the charm that these myths can exude with their fascinating dilemmas and stunning visionary imagination."
Mattia Brancaccio
Life
After Life "Once I started reading this book I couldn’t put it down! It follows the main character Ursula as she relives her life over and over in a different time and place across the 20th century & World War. It’s about a life of what if’s, reincarnation, family, love, and loss. It’s a hefty read, but worth it!"
Chloe Pearson
Are
you there God? It's Me, Margaret By Judy Blume"A book that stands out for me as an all-time fave is 'Are you there God, it's me Margaret' by Judy Bloom. I still have her entire teenage range from when I was a teenager. I loved her books. Probably a cringe read for a Teenager of today but it was very on point for me at the time of reading."
Jaimie Dickson-Davies
To
Kill A Mockingbird"A great book that offers a deeper insight to human behaviour, with one of my favourite quotes; " Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what."
Manraj Khangura
May
Contain Nuts"A good one for the over fastidious helicopter Mums out there, it's a funny and provocative book that will make you laugh, cry and vow never to become that sort of parent."
Anne Rooke
Veronica started her Eligo journey almost 3 years ago now, joining the Recruitment academy as a newbie, and with hard work and determination has seen her go from Delivery Consultant to a 360 Recruitment Consultant, and finally to managing other Delivery Consultants in the team, and working as a focal point for the clients we work with.
Read all about her Eligo journey and day-to-day work life below
How long have you been working for Eligo? How did you start out in Recruitment?
My adventure with Eligo started 2 years and a half ago.
After graduating with a psychology degree in Italy, I decided to move to London considering the numerous opportunities that the city can offer. I was not sure yet about what I was looking for, but I wanted to challenge myself, curious about where a new environment would lead me.
After many searches and attempts, I found something that could be the perfect combination between my degree and my dynamic personality: the world of recruitment.
How do you start your workday?
Working in recruitment for me, basically means that you never get bored, not even one day in your career.
Despite mostly working from home after the pandemic, I have found the best way to manage daily activities and really rely on working together as a team.
After a good breakfast in the morning, we start with a team meeting, where we each share our daily activities and information about our candidate’s process or general communications. Afterward, my daily focus is on keeping in touch with clients, following my candidates during the process, doing searches to find new candidates, whilst communicating with and supporting the rest of the team.
What’s your favourite part of your work environment?
The People ☺
“Find a job that you love and you'll never work a day in your life” is even more true if you find the right people to work with.
Our strength, in fact, is definitely the relationships we have built with each other (not only with my team but with the entire company). London can be a really tough and dispersive city in terms of relationships, that’s why I feel really lucky for having found this kind of supportive and friendly environment.
What kinds of resources have you taken advantage of working for Eligo and in the international team?
I have changed many jobs over the years, and noticed the thing that is not common to find is trust.
Even during the bad times, my managers and employers have always been there to support me, without feeling the need to give orders but instead finding the best way to communicate, help and teach you new skills.
The attention to the human side is definitely the aspect that made a significant contribution to my growth, not only technically but also in terms of soft skills.
What’s your favourite thing about working in an international team? What is the team like?
The most interesting aspect of my job at Eligo, is that one of my natural skills gave me the opportunity to be considered for the job, just doing what I’m able to do better: speaking Italian ☺
In fact, I believe that this is the most interesting thing about working in an international team: being in London and interfacing daily with different cultures without losing the connections with your native country.
About the team, as I mentioned before, we have built a very good relationship with each other and the collaboration between colleagues, regardless of the seniority itself, has always been the key to our success.
In fact, the best day of the week is definitely when I go to the office: we always have a good time together which is the key to loving your job, and our lunches are definitely the best ☺
What’s the best lesson you have learned in your career so far?
Especially during the pandemic, the best lesson I learned has been how to bring out the best even during the bad times. Instead of giving up, they gave me the opportunity to challenge myself in a new way, learning a new approach to work and new strategies.
I truly believe that if you believe in something you can reach it, despite the difficulties, with good effort and tenacity.
What’s your biggest achievement/success in your career so far?
My position at Eligo has evolved and changed a lot since I first started.
My current role is managing consultant, and as well as being the focal point for several clients, my role includes the ongoing support and communication with my team, exactly the position I was looking for.
Considering the fact that I started 2 years and a half ago which is not a very long time, the progression has been really fast, probably beyond the expectations and I know it will get even better and more exciting day by day. In fact, becoming independent on my job and having started to be the referent of the team thanks to people who have full trust in me, is definitely the biggest success in my career.
I still have many things to learn and improve upon, which makes my job even more interesting.
Want to know more about working for Eligo, visit our work for us page, or meet the consultants.
Pssst, we're currently hiring for an Italian Speaking Recruitment Consultant to join our team! Check out more details of the role here or get in touch for more info!
On Friday it was Eligo’s Summer Party in the park and our first in-person Eligo social gathering for a very long time!
The day was filled with drinks, food, fun, and games and with many of the team not having seen each other for over a year, one big catchup was well overdue!
We also had first-time face-to-face meetings too, not having met our new eligoid's who had joined in the past year.
It was a great chance to get to know each other offline and in person!
You can’t beat good old human connection and some London sunshine!
You can head over to our Instagram - @eligorecruitment for some more highlights of the day!
We love socials!
At Eligo we run two big socials a year, (Summer and Christmas) alongside other incentives and trips throughout the year. Our previous incentives and group social activities have included mini golf, go-karting, cocktail making, karaoke - accompanied by some great food and drink!
For more information about incentives and other great benefits visit our Life at Eligo page.
What's your normal?
We've all been looking to get back to normal life, but what does that mean for you?
Spending an extra 2 hours a day packed like tinned sardines to get to your desk? Worrying about who's going to be able to collect the kids from school? Another day spent trying to secure a big account with no support?
Who'd want to return to that?
Our emphasis has always been on the support you receive. Whether it's a dedicated marketing team to help improve your personal brand, or the addition of a resourcer to your team as you seek bigger targets.
We want to make sure that this support extends to all areas of your life with things that we feel should just be normal.
So we're introducing the Eligo 'new normal' - a range of new policies, commitments, and rewards for our staff to experience as a normal part of their job.
From hybrid flexible working meaning, you can work from home, our HQ, or a range of co-working spaces through to a £250 make your home fund for employees to contribute towards making their workspace wherever they choose, we'll be rolling out these policies in the near future for all current and future staff.
Interested in finding your new normal? Contact us about joining Eligo.
It has been a turbulent year for many businesses and employees across the country. It's strange to think that one year ago the UK had gone into its first national lockdown due to Covid19 and we were getting to grips with working from home for the first time.
1 year on, the whole team have been working hard throughout, despite challenges in the market, working at home with family, newborns, and pets!
The way we work has changed for everyone this past year and working from home full time has become a reality for many because of the covid19 pandemic. At Eligo we were sceptical at first, but we’ve seen the team rise to the challenge and thrive at home working from across the UK and internationally. (with some of our Eligoids based in Italy, Poland, and Bulgaria)
We recently asked our LinkedIn audience what their preference for office working was since going into Lockdown with results showing the majority would prefer a 50/50 remote and office work balance.
We also asked, what their reasons would be for continuing to work from home with the majority claiming the availability of flexible working hours and the chance to avoid the daily commute.
These results show mixed views on returning to work full time, with the majority hoping for a hybrid way of work. One that might go against the chancellor’s recent announcement that employees may quit if forced to work from home.
Celebrating despite the challenging times
We recently celebrated our end of Quarter and end of the financial year, celebrating the team's sales and achievements. Usually, we celebrate in the office with a few drinks and games, and then we head to the local pub in Wimbledon.
But this year, due to COVID, we bought the celebration to each other’s homes with a virtual mixology class!
It was a great experience, and there were some cracking mixology skills on display. We were taught how to make 3 delicious cocktails as well as a little competition to make our own creation at the end!
Check out some of the team’s creations over on Instagram.
Looking ahead
We have embraced home working over the past year, and due to its success Eligoids are offered the freedom to choose where they work. Equally, nothing can take away that social aspect of work, chatting and laughing with colleagues. So, we are looking forward to returning to the office in some capacity when we can, to see each other in person!
What our team have to say about working for Eligo
Jaimie
“When it comes to the wellbeing of staff, Eligo have always taken a genuine interest, and this is why communication across the business works and is key in the workplace especially during these difficult times.
I work from home, and I love it. I am a disciplined person with a good work ethic and having the flexibility of wfh (I have kids), is just wonderful. The flexibility inspires me to give/do more, and I’m way happier.
The leadership and communication throughout Eligo have always been strong. The MD who I currently report into is an effective communicator, he checks in with me/us regularly, he is a very honest and transparent leader, something I truly respect him for.”
Anne
“Eligo genuinely has a real family feel but with the resources of a large agency. In the nine years I’ve been an “Eligoid”, things have evolved, grown and improved year-on-year with the constant adoption of state-of-the-art resources and up-to-date tech. This has really helped us to continue to be the best at what we do whilst encouraging independence and flexible working.
I can’t stress enough what a hugely supportive and friendly environment Eligo is. We all support each other through the good and the tricky times, be it work or personal. I have been truly touched by this over the years, including of course across the last year where the encouragement and constant positivity from the top downwards has been incredible.”
Mattia
“My experience at Eligo started more than 5 years ago through the Academy and lead me to the Manager position for the International Division. This journey was possible because the Senior Management created a truly supportive working environment where the primary concern is to allow your talent and potential to flourish. In every step of my career progression, I was encouraged to push myself, given more responsibilities and guided when needed.
As crazy as it sounds, Eligo became my family in the UK and I’m Italian, so “family” is a word not to be used lightly. If you are interested in joining a great company with passionate professionals and amazing bosses, you are in the right place.”
Check out more employee testimonials and what it's like to work at Eligo here, view our glassdoor page
If you're looking for a new role in recruitment, check out our current vacancies or get in touch via hello@eligo.co.uk.
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Congratulations, we've made it through the first full working week of the year!
Over the years Eligo has forged excellent relationships with practice managers, nurses, GPs and medical institutions across London. Now, as demand grows, They've taken their services forward to the Midlands covering Birmingham, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Shropshire to name a few.
We are recruiting now for GPs, ANPs, ECP’s, Practice Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Prescribers who are looking for sessions at GP surgeries, OOH, walk-in centres, urgent care, HMP Prisons, Community and District Nursing and Care Homes.
To celebrate the success of our expanding medical recruitment services we wanted to OFFER a fantastic deal for new client and candidates who fully register with us by February 28th.
New doctors or nurses – 1 hour EXTRA PAY when you complete 5 sessions
New Clients – 1 hour EXTRA when a locum candidate completes 10 sessions with us!
We’re also offering a referral bonus of £150 in vouchers to anybody that refers a Locum GP or Nurse who subsequently works with us!
If you’re a GP, ANP, ECP, Practice Nurse, Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Prescriber looking for sessions in the Midlands area, then get in touch with me via the following;
Phone : 020 8944 4192
Email : Bhavicar@eligo.co.uk
We’re picking up new sessions and working with new clients every day, with current Nurse & GP locum job positions available right on your doorstep.
No matter where it is in the UK you’re based, we’re looking forward to working with you
If you would like to speak to us about working together to fill your GP sessions, Nurse requirements, or any medical contract recruitment needs, please click here or call
The effects of climate change have gifted us with a heatwave this week, with temperatures rising up to 37 degrees in the city. Causing rows over whether shorts are appropriate for work, and it feels like its almost too hot to even wear skin.
Heatwaves like this can take you back to a time or place like a past holiday at the beach, or your youth, water-balloon fights in the school holidays. All great right? Though for me, as well as these, it evokes memories of the District Line at 8 am in the morning on a sticky Summer’s day, desperate to finally get to work. Thankfully those days are long gone and it got me thinking about all the reasons I don’t miss the commute into the city.
If you grew up in London, it probably feels like a lifetime that you’ve spent navigating cancellations, body odour, and giving up any sort of hope of a seat. If not, you probably moved to the big smoke bright-eyed, excited by the opportunity to grab a quick read of your book on that famous London establishment; the tube.
Who’d have known that a couple of years down the line you’d be staring across the platform at the same people every day, readying yourself to be packed like tinned sardines, inevitably about to spill your lukewarm coffee, barely uttering signs of a sigh as delays are announced; it now feels like a lifetime for you too right?
Commuting into the city sucks. Even more so in the Summer.
Nobody wants to start their working day miserable and your working life will inevitably suffer in one way because of it. Life brings enough occasional stresses for there to be a guaranteed surge in blood pressure every single morning and evening during the working week.
Sometimes it’s unavoidable, but it doesn’t stop the odours lingering. Coffee breath, breakfast pasties, Lynx Africa, and sweaty armpits come together in a symphony of stink, one not so compatible with that hangover from last night, or the long-awaited summer heatwave.
London is a beautiful city with some wonderful parks and great architecture, but travelling in you can feel part of the rat race, doomed to spend the next 9 hours surrounded by tower blocks and a concrete jungle. Yet break through the boundaries of zone 1 and 2 and the grass is literally greener, with the perks and quirks of the city all whilst enjoying it a little bit more.
Everyone that commutes into the city feels a little bit of hate towards one commuter or another, it’s near impossible not to. Travelling in the other direction, however, is another story, with empty carriages and little more than a suit in sight.
The joys of travelling in the other direction also include actually getting a seat so you can avoid playing musical chairs with your fellow travellers at every stop and I won't even mention manspreading...
How about somewhere with all the benefits of London without any of the above to rant about as you arrive at your desk each morning? For us that’s Wimbledon!
Wimbledon in summer!
Here we truly are underground, overground, wombling free, with almost every transport connection you could think of, and direct trains into central in just 15 minutes should you want to meet up with clients, friends, or explore! We’ve also got a whole host of restaurants, bars – including our favourite roof terrace on our doorstep, shops, and of course, the tennis!
So how about it, time to change up your commute? Enjoy work, before you even get there.
Eligo are currently hiring for local recruiters that hate the commute just as much as we did. We’d love to talk to you more about how great our location is and just what working at Eligo is all about. Take a look at our careers page here, or get in touch for a confidential discussion to find out more.
We’re exceptionally proud of our technology division, making strides in the technology recruitment market to create success for our business partners and specialist candidates.
And no more so are we proud and delighted to discover that Eligo Technology has made the shortlist for the best DevOps Services Company at the Computing DevOps Excellence Awards 2018.
The first thing we ask anyone looking to join Eligo is ‘what is it you love about Recruitment?’. We started Eligo in 2001 for one simple reason; we loved Recruitment, but we didn’t love the way it was being done in the companies we had worked in before.
In the 15 years since we have grown organically to 30 consultants, from one sector to four, and from helping 10 candidates to helping over 4000. We put this down to our initial goals and values, and dedication to our own staff, the communities we work in, and of course, the DevOps and Technology companies we partner with every day.
We work across the technology spectrum, partnering with companies from start-ups and SMEs through to blue-chip FTSE 100 corporates across key specialisms including DevOps, Open Source, Sitecore, Testing and QA, and SAP. Last year our DevOps Recruitment team partnered with these on their DevOps and Tech Recruitment placing over 25 DevOps professionals with an average salary of £60-75k.
Eligo’s Head of Technology Division (London and West Midlands) Rick Deller shared his delight and excitement of Eligo Technology’s best DevOps Services award nomination;
“I could not be prouder of the team when we heard the news last week. We are a growing team with exceptionally talented consultants in a relaxed environment. We invest heavily in the development of our staff, this means that all our DevOps recruiters are thoroughly trained with an appreciation of proper recruitment practice and the market and are passionate about achieving the business goals of our partners. It’s an honour to lead the tech department within Eligo Recruitment and this is a testament to hard work of a lot of people. Well done Eligo Tech!”
If you would like to find out more about partnering with Eligo on your recruitment and hiring needs, please take a look at our recruiting page here, read more about us here, or get in touch on the below.
Looking back and moving forward
We’ve forged excellent relationships with practice managers, nurses, GPs and medical institutions across London. Now, as demand grows, we’ve taken our services forward to the Midlands and north of the country covering areas in Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, Birmingham and Coventry.
We are recruiting now for GPs, ANPs and ECP’s who are looking for sessions at GP surgeries, walk-in centres and OOH in these areas!
GP’s will be paid £85 + for sessions and ANP/ECP’s £45 +.
To celebrate the success of our expanding medical recruitment services we wanted to OFFER a fantastic deal for new client and candidates who fully register with us by February 28th.
New doctors or nurses – 1 hour EXTRA PAY when you complete 5 sessions
New Clients – 1 hour EXTRA when a locum candidate completes 10 sessions with us!
We’re also offering a referral bonus of £200 in vouchers to anybody that refers a Locum GP or Nurse who subsequently works with us!
It’s set to be an exciting year for all of us here at Eligo Medical and we promise a few more surprises will be on the way for all our registered Drs and Nurses.
We’re picking up new sessions and working with new clients every day, with current Nurse & GP locum job positions available right on your doorstep in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, and Coventry.
No matter where it is in the UK you’re based, we’re looking forward to working with you!
If you would like to speak to us about working together to fill your GP sessions, Nurse requirements, or any medical contract recruitment needs, please click here or call 0208 944 4190.
If you would like to view our current locum and medical vacancies please click here
Since we started Eligo Medical, the team has gone from strength to strength. We’ve forged excellent relationships with practice managers, nurses, GPs and medical institutions across London, we’ve exhibited at the UK’s most important Primary Care conference, Best Practice Show, and we’ve been nominated for awards such as GP Staffing Agency of the Year. Now, as demand grows and our teams success continues, we’re welcoming two new members to it; introducing Atif Ahmad and Justine Poturicich.
Atif has been working in Medical Recruitment with both locum and salaried GPs, ANPs, NPs, Practice Nurses, and Health Care Assistants for a number of years, initially starting a career in recruitment because of the opportunity to help others achieve something such as their dream job.
Justine has 9 years experience in Locum Agencies and has joined Eligo after recently becoming a proud Mummy to “the most beautiful human ever” as she tells us. Justine joins with a focus to help the Locum GPs and Nurses of Birmingham achieve a first class locum service, and has already begun picking up large numbers of sessions across the area.
We’re particularly excited about our new recruits and the ability they give Eligo Medical to bring our high quality service to Medical professionals outside of London as well as within it.
I’m extremely proud of the way the Eligo Medical team have continued delivering on our core values throughout, providing a personalised, specialist service for our Locum GPs and Nurse, which matches their needs with those of the practices.
As we look towards the year ahead and the chance to engage with many new locum GPs and Nurses across the country, we’re just as excited to continue our relationships built over the last 2 years. As well as once again exhibiting at the Best Practice Show later in the year, we’re also in the planning stages of our annual client and candidate Pimms o’clock event held during the Wimbledon Championships. We’d love to see you there.
It’s set to be an exciting year for all of us here at Eligo Medical and we promise a few more surprises will be on the way for all our registered Drs and Nurses.
We’re picking up new sessions and working with new clients every day, with current locum job positions available right on your doorstep in both London and Birmingham, with further roles being added nationwide.
No matter where it is in the UK you’re based, we’re looking forward to working with you!
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To celebrate the Eligo Medical’s expansion, we are delighted to OFFER new clients and candidates who fully register with us by March 3rd
New clients – your first 3-hour session completely FREE
New Doctors or Nurses – 1 extra hour on your first timesheet
We’re also offering a referral bonus of £200 in vouchers to anybody that refers a Locum GP or Nurse who subsequently works with us.
If you would like to speak to us about working together to fill your GP sessions, Nurse requirements, or any medical contract recruitment needs, please click here or call 0208 944 4190.
If you would like to view our current locum and medical vacancies please click here.
Roses are red, violets aren’t blue, and recruitment is that relationship looked down upon by those surrounding you.
Yep, recruitment sometimes doesn’t have the best rap having gained a reputation from a select few as an industry that plays fast and loose, often doing no more than sending across a CV and bombarding the phone with calls. If we were casting industries for a Jane Austen novel, it’s unlikely recruitment would be chosen to play Mr Darcy.
For those that love what they do in recruitment, however, it’s an unfair reputation and often people don’t understand the efforts and highs and lows that go into the job every day. As such we’re abandoning the cheesy poems and asked some of the team here at Eligo what it was that they love about recruitment. From genuine joy to sarcasm highlighting the pitfalls of working in a people-centric market here’s what they said.
We asked a number of our team what they love about recruitment, so here's our love letter (of sorts) to recruitment.
“I love building relationships with clients who trust me, value my service and genuinely turn to me for help. Being talked through a business strategy and how I can help that company achieve their goals through a structured recruitment plan is exciting, challenging and rewarding when together we reach the end result.”
“Networking is one of my favourite parts of recruitment and due to being in such a niche industry it’s great to go to places and be recognised; it’s important to put faces to names sometimes so you become more than just a voice on the phone. Networking drinks are always fun, sometimes with some embarrassing but funny stories to tell the next day!”
“It’s not all glitz and glamour and there are many challenges and let downs that we have to face, but the most important thing not only for yourself and your company but to your clients and candidates is how you work through it, stay focussed and overcome those obstacles in a professional manner.”
“I love the fact that people never fail to surprise you – no really I do really love it!”
“I love that I work with candidates who are senior with most having degrees including Masters and PHDs, however when it comes to finding an office right outside a station they crumble and roll up to the interview late”
“Being in control of your own destiny financially can be daunting, but is so motivating. Knowing that the harder and smarter you work, the more you will earn is enough to keep going even when the times get tough!”
“I love the fast pace environment, every call and email is different so my day is always full of surprise”
“Working in recruitment is rather like riding a rollercoaster on a daily basis – plenty of highs but sometimes these can be swiftly followed by a low and you have to keep your nerve and focus on it being alright in the end! Oh and tomorrow’s another day to ride it again!”
“I love getting creative in order to attract the best candidates. Whether it’s by writing an out-of-the-box job ad or conversing with my network to get introduced to the right people, every day can be a new and different challenge which you can approach in a number of different ways”
“I love the rare moments when the whole process goes smoothly and falls into place; from getting the role to spending a great deal of effort to find the right candidate. They’ll be a real golden nugget, a needle in a haystack. They’ll fall in love with the role too and they’ll go over and interview and everything will go amazing. Of course, usually either the candidates partner will put a stop to the move or we’ll find out they spoke to a different agency a couple of years back that happen to have candidate ownership“
“I love the fact that you effectively run your own business, build your own network and succeed based on your own abilities and strengths”
“I genuinely love some of the excuses you hear for people not turning up to interviews. It’s a wonder that driving to interviews hasn’t been banned yet with the amount of car accidents that happen!”
“I enjoy the relationship building and the satisfaction you get from clients who view you as the best at what you do and you assist them in growing their business or making their team or company successful.”
“I enjoy getting to know and following candidate careers over a long period of time and again their pleasure in finding a recruiter who is a specialist in their field who understands them and doesn’t try to put them forward for roles that aren’t right for them.”
We believe that part of the reason we’re so successful at Eligo is because everyone here genuinely loves what they do and does it with integrity, quality, and passion every day. If you’d like to speak to us more about the process behind our recruitment, how we can help you recruit for you next role, or if you’d like to fall in love with recruitment here too, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
It’s now almost 5 years since I joined a growing recruitment company based in Putney as a Mac Recruitment specialist. Since I’ve seen it grow to a team of more than 25 people covering markets including Technology, Fire & Security, Events, and Medical, and pick up many accolades along the way.
Last week along with some of my colleagues I attended the Merton Best Business Awards where Eligo had been selected finalists as Employer of the Year, on the night it turned out that not only were we awarded Employer of the Year but also Best Overall Business, so I thought there was no better time, and no one in a better place to write about what it’s like working in recruitment at Eligo and just why those awards were so deserved.
There are literally hundreds of recruitment jobs and recruitment agencies out there looking for talented recruiters to join their ranks and earn lots of dough, but, hand on heart I’d say Eligo is uniquely special and a place I feel I’ve been particularly lucky to continually learn, work, do, and earn well. For me, this all starts at the top.
As one of the “old-timers” at Eligo, I’ve known Andy and John for a long time and have seen their vision grow with the company. Like many recruiters, they grew tired of old-school heavy handed sales techniques and severe micro-management and started the company as a place where people would enjoy their recruitment jobs. In my own personal experience, this has always been the case. It’s rare to find management that know how to run a business both fairly and well, treating each employee as their own person with their own needs. You’re given enough acknowledgment and respect to do your job properly, and regularly invited to provide ideas which are both embraced and adopted so that you feel you are constantly contributing to not only the success of your own desk but the growth of the organisation too.
Working in recruitment you experience a number of characters. Recruitment satirist Ed Hunter provided a very funny generalisation on this in one of his blogs, however, at Eligo these stereotypes aren’t so evident. There’s a term which I think goes back right to the early days of Eligo for the people who work here, “Eligoid”, which sums up pretty well the type of people here. They’re a crazy, and enjoyable bunch, each with their own personalities. It’s definitely not one size fits all, and we are all encouraged to play to our own strengths.
I’d hate to wax too lyrical about it, but working for Eligo genuinely feels like a big supportive family and that makes us all want to work harder and better. Whether it be competing for the best decorated Christmas pod of desks or introducing colleagues to your clients who may specialise in a different area of their business, everything is both collaborative and rewarding. Working in Recruitment isn’t easy, but with direct support from the Directors and the team around you, it is much easier.
This spirit extends to after working hours too. In my time here we’ve enjoyed all manners of nights out in fancy dress, attended live music nights where an impromptu encore of “Don’t look back in anger” was sung by all Eligoids, and had great incentives along the way. There’s so many little touches working at Eligo that make it such a great place to work, things you’d immediately question why you had never had them before after joining.
Whilst my field of Recruitment often leads to me taking inspiration from Steve Jobs and of course dealing with all things Apple Mac, I saw a quote the other day about how Google cultivates a community-like workplace and why it is so successful; “It’s important that the company be a family, that people feel that they’re part of the company, and that the company is like a family to them.” For me, Eligo is just like that, and it’s the reason why we really are the best overall business and employer of the year!
For anyone who feels recruitment is the career for them but their employer would struggle to win an employer of the year award, I would suggest you try Eligo, as for me, it really is not only the Employer of the Year but the best I’ve ever had.
If you’d like to hear more of a first hand account of working in recruitment at Eligo feel free to get in touch with me at anne@eligo.co.uk, or if you’d like to speak to one of our directors about working here contact John at john@eligo.co.uk or 0208 944 4180
Last week the Eligo Medical team attended the Best Practice Show at the NEC in Birmingham, an event Keynote speaker Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, labelled “the most important primary care conference in the year”.
Amongst the other messages in his address, Hunt called Primary Care the “most exciting place to be in the NHS, both today and over the coming years”. After 2 days spent meeting hundreds of GPs, Nurses, and Practice Managers from all over the country, we can most definitely say that both of these statements ring true.
As specialists in Primary Care Recruitment and Locum Jobs we loved the opportunity to engage with the medical professionals we work with daily on a personal level and further understand their problems, needs, and what we can do to help.
For us, the event started the night before the conference with the set-up of our stand, which, being only 4 foot 9, was eventful to say the least! Luckily I had the rest of the lovely Eligo Medical team there to help and we successfully prepared for the conference ahead.
Located on stand K80, close to GP Theatre A and Theatre 1, it was great to be able to chat with the growing crowds of GPs gathering for the mass of excellent lectures, seminars, and talks that had been arranged. We were also excited about some new additions to our stand including sweet dispensers, and a raffle we were running to win Apple Watches, Phone Chargers, Hand Sanitiser and more.
Throughout the 2 days which Best Practice ran, the importance of the Primary Care workforce was continually emphasised along with how GPs can be central to the transformation of our healthcare system. This was particularly relevant as the conference fell on the same date as Fab Change Day, a day for collective action by NHS staff to demonstrate the difference they can make.
Meeting so many passionate GPs and Nurses, we’d definitely agree with this sentiment. We spoke to so many new and existing clients and candidates that Christina actually had almost lost her voice by the end of the show.
With all the talks taking place, our Eligo sweets including classic retro love hearts were proving especially popular, with the Eligo goodie bags we had made up also a hit as they included something everyone within the Medical industry could do with!
We gave away many prizes during our raffle, but we came back with one more Apple Watch that we didn’t manage to give away. As such we’ve decided that if you register with us as a Locum GP or get in touch with your session requirements for Locums before the end of November you’ll be put in the final draw for the Apple Watch. We’ll also give you an extra £100 on your first timesheet or a free hour off your booking for Locums. Simply get in touch quoting Best Practice Offer or click here to upload your CV now.
Overall, our time at the Best Practice show was an amazing experience, so much so that we have already booked a spot at next year’s show where we hope to meet all those that we met this year and hopefully some new faces too. Jeremy Hunt said in his keynote speech that we all need to “bang the drum for primary care” and that is something we will keep on doing for a long time.
A couple of month’s after initially being announced as finalists and more than a couple of outfit choices later, the Merton Best Business awards finally arrived last night where we were up for the Employer of the Year award.
We’re absolutely delighted to say that not only did we walk away with the Employer of the Year award but in what was a huge surprise to us all on the night, scooped the Best Overall Business award as well!
The awards come as a huge achievement for the company, demonstrating the progress we have made since initially forming in 2001 with a clear prerogative to found a company where our staff would enjoy coming to work. In the time since, we’ve seen the company grow to include Eligo Technology, Eligo Fire & Security, Eligo Medical, and Eligo Events, encompassing over 25 staff.
Taking place at the prestigious and local All England Lawn Tennis Club, the awards gala was not only extremely entertaining (featuring yet another Conga!) but an excellent opportunity to showcase Merton’s wide array of top businesses, of which we’re proud to be one. We’d happily say that this year’s awards were the best yet, with so many of these high-quality businesses in attendance celebrating the tremendous achievements of everyone recognised.
Both the Employer of the Year and Best Overall Business awards come at a fantastic time for us as we seek to continue to grow our sectors. As the night proved Merton and the surrounding areas is abrim with talented individuals, and these awards serve as an excellent opportunity to spread the word about Eligo and the benefits of working here. For more information about that, take a look at our careers page here, or get in touch!
All of us at Eligo would like to thank the Merton Chamber of Commerce, and Love Wimbledon for their support throughout our time as members, as well as for the coordination of such a successful, entertaining evening. Of course, we wouldn’t be who we are without our wonderful staff either, who continually drive the company forward, aid in all our successes, and have contributed towards making us both employer of the year and Merton’s best business.
Congratulations to all the other winners of the night
Cheers!
Last month I spoke at this year’s YAPC::EU, held in Cluj Napoca, on the subject of “How’s the Perl Jobs market?” The topic of Perl Jobs and the Perl Jobs Market is one that is always on the minds of many people, particularly with recent events such as Brexit.
Those who attended YAPC::EU will have seen my brief overview of the Perl jobs market and how it’s currently looking. For those that didn’t attend YAPC::EU, or missed my talk you can watch a video of the talk below which answers a number of questions many Perl job seekers are asking;
Are there still Perl Jobs?
What form to they take?
Where in the world are they?
What’s the money like?
How do we apply for the right role?
I also cover tailoring your C.V. to Perl jobs and what else can set you apart from the competition…
Whether you’re a senior developer who has been working for 10-15 years or a Perl Developer in your spare time now looking to move into a commercial environment there is a Perl job out there for you.
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If you are hiring or looking for Perl Job roles, then please get in touch!
Call me on 0208 944 4187 or email rick@eligo.co.uk – you can also follow me on twitter for the latest roles in tech @PerlRick . Our Jobs range from Perl Developer, Senior Perl Developer and Lead Perl Developer, take a look here.
We love to get out to events, whether it be attending, sponsoring, exhibiting, or speaking, we believe it’s the best place to engage with the developer community and keep up with the market. You’ve probably seen us and the infamous Eligo pink at previous events but if not, we’d love to meet you at one of the next ones!
We won! Eligo crowned Best Business in SW19 and Best Enterprising Business
Sep 25, 2015
The Merton Best awards finally arrived last night, with some of the Eligoids here donning their dinner jackets and cocktail dresses ready for the borough’s prestigious business showcase! We’re absolutely delighted to say we were crowned Best Business in SW19 and Best Enterprising Business at the awards!
We’ve come a long way since our formation in 2001, growing into a company with 5 division and over 25 staff, all of whom love their job and have a passion and knowledge for their respective markets. We’re extremely proud of the recognition of our entrepreneurial nature, caring for our staff, work with the local community, and success, that these awards bring.
Taking place at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, the Awards Gala featured singing waiters, Champagne Funk – a band formed by students of South Thames College, our apprenticeship partner -, a tasty 3 course meal, and of course celebrations a plenty!
All of us at Eligo would like to thank the Merton Chamber of Commerce, and Love Wimbledon for their support throughout our time as members, as well as for the coordination of such a successful, entertaining evening. Of course, we wouldn’t be who we are without our wonderful staff either, who continually drive the company forward and aid in all our successes.
Congratulations to all the other winners of the night
Cheers!
If you’d like to enquire about working with Eligo Recruitment for your recruitment or job hunting needs, please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we’d be more than happy to help!
Whether it is attending developer workshops, hosting networking drinks, exhibiting, or sponsoring key open-source events so that they can go ahead, we’ve done it all.
This knowledge and understanding of the market is so crucial within recruitment, even more so within the open source job market. For the clients, it means that we can understand their client brand, requirements, fit, and secure the best possible talent for them, whilst for candidates, it means we actually know what they’re talking about when they talk Perl, Java, and .NET, and we know exactly where they would best apply these skills.
We continue to try to further this understanding and share our knowledge in turn.
We reached out to some of the clients and candidates that we work with to come in and give a series of talks to our recruitment team here at Eligo.
So far, we’ve had talks including;
“The mind-set of a developer” – Why developers do what they do and how they do it?
In order to successfully place open source job candidates it’s crucial that we understand what they want from a job and why they do what they do. This talk proved extremely beneficial in gaining vital insight into the mind-set of a developer and will only further help us in ensuring that both candidates and clients are happy.
“How a hiring manager decides on a technical candidate”
Once we have found you, the perfect candidate for an open source job role, we need to ensure that the company is the right match for you and you are the right match for the company – it’s how we make sure you’ll be happy to wake up on Mondays, and the company will be happy to see you there! Part of this process is understanding how hiring managers think and what they are looking for in an open source job candidate.
We have further talks to come including workshops on Agile, one of our client’s specific products and the infrastructure behind it, and plenty on Linux!
Each of these talks and workshops is being delivered by leading industry figures with our open-source recruitment team already reaping many benefits from them.
We are able to pass this knowledge on to our clients, with a particular understanding of open source developers and experience within the market, advising on topics such as how to interview well and sell an open job role to the candidate (remember hiring is a two-way process!). In the coming weeks, I will be visiting Foxtons to do just this, and give my very own Rick Talks on these subjects.
*Updated* Foxtons has now had its own very own Rick Talks – read some of their feedback below
“In my capacity as the Recruitment Operations Director at Foxtons I have worked with Rick for three years. During this time and with Rick’s help we have grown a number of our technology departments and we have found his advice and hard work invaluable. We work in a strong partnership with Rick and his team and they continue to deliver great candidates.
Recently I asked Rick if he could present to my internal recruitment team on engaging and hiring tech candidates. Rick came down and gave a very detailed, informative and engaging talk on this and we found it a vital help in our recruitment strategy and policy.
It’s fantastic that Rick and his team can impart some of their specialist Recruitment knowledge within the technology area and we are looking forward to a long a prosperous partnership with Eligo Technology Recruitment”
Jonathan Richards, Recruitment Operations Director at Foxtons
You want more Rick Talks I hear you say? Don’t fret. Rick Talks will be back at YAPC: Europe where I will be doing various workshops on what a Recruiter looks for in an Open Source Developer, as well as job search advice, career advice, and much more. To find out more about this event and upcoming events I will be at, please don’t hesitate to get in contact here, through my LinkedIn or email.
At Eligo we are good at what we do because we love our market, we love the people we work with, and we love to continue to know more. As always, if you have any questions you would like to ask, or would like to come and share your insight into the open-source mind or market, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Following on from our recent selection as finalists in 4 categories in the Merton Best Business Awards including Best Enterprising Business, Best Business in Wimbledon, Best Business in SW19, and Best Customer Service, we’re extremely proud to announce that we have now been selected finalists as Staffing Agency of the Year in the General Practice Awards!
It’s been a busy year and a half since Eligo Medical’s formation, growing to a team of 4, introducing dedicated in-house payroll as well as a compliance officer, whilst building excellent relationships with clients and candidates throughout.
We’ve extended our services to clients and candidates across a whole host of primary care providers through both the private sector and NHS. Ranging from single local practices to multiple location social enterprises, we’re proud of our work with each of them.
Summer further saw us host our first annual local networking event during the famous tennis championships here in Wimbledon! ‘Pimms O’clock’ gave us the opportunity to meet some of our GPs and Practice Nurses as well as the individuals behind the Surgeries and Primary Care Providers we work to match them with. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed building further on our relationship with our clients and candidates, we hope that those who came did too! If you didn’t have the opportunity to attend this year, be sure to look out for an invite next summer: Pimms, Strawberries, and excellent company guaranteed!
We’re looking forward to the General Practice Awards gala on the 26th of November and regardless of the result is extremely proud of being selected as GP Staffing Agency of the Year and of the progress and work the Eligo Medical team have done so far.
Interested in working with Eligo Medical as a locum GP, Practice Nurse or more? Click here to register your interest and let us pay you an extra hour on your first timesheet whilst we’re at it!
If you’re a primary care provider who would like to work with Eligo Medical on filling your sessions please don’t hesitate to get in touch to find out how we can help! You may also find our SELDOC case study interesting reading here.
Within the Eligo Group of Companies (Eligo Holdings Limited, Eligo Security Limited and Eligo Medical Limited) protecting your privacy is very important to us.
Our Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which we process any personal data that we collect from you or about you that you provide to us or that we receive from other sources. It also sets out how we expect you to assist us in protecting third party data we require to collect such as that provided by our suppliers and customers. We’re committed to protecting the privacy of our employees, candidates, suppliers, contractors, customers, and users of our website, I.T., and telephonic systems, and provide a safe and secure user experience.
The Eligo Group of Companies will always treat your personal information with the utmost respect and act in accordance with this Privacy Policy and legislation as set out in The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR) in so far as it may still apply in England or other parts of the United Kingdom.
Our Privacy Promise
We promise that we’ll tell you how we use your data and we’ll use it to provide the best service possible for you. Plus, we’ll make sure we collect and store your data securely.
The way we process and use your personal data will always conform to the way we work throughout our organisation, linking to our values and continued emphasis on our services being all about you.
Doing the right thing
You are our number one priority. We have to collect and keep a little data about you, like your name and home/business address, email address, and other items listed later in this policy document. We also have to share your data with our trusted partners, such as our accountants or 3rd party who process our P.A.Y.E. system and H.M.R.C. We also have to share your data with our trusted partners, such as our lovely clients or candidates to successfully do our job as a recruitment agency.
We promise to collect, process, store, and share your data safely and securely. We’ll also make sure that the other businesses we work with are just as careful with your data.
We’ve got your back
Ultimately, we use your data to ensure you are paid the correct amount (employees and contractors), get you a job (candidates), invoiced for the correct amount (customers), paid the correct amount to the correct bank account (suppliers) or for the reasons you’ve provided consent to store and use your data (marketing communication, useful information, etc.). We’ll use the details you share with us to let you know about employment opportunities suited to you, keep you updated whilst working with us, or for other things that might be relevant to your employment or to your job hunt. Should you not arrive for work and we are unable to contact you, we may also use your information to get in touch with your nominated emergency contact to find out if you are unwell or otherwise ascertain you are safe. For our suppliers and customers, we may use the information you have provided to advise you of changes to our working hours or schedules for delivering work, ordering or delivery requirements, or sending you reminders in relation to actual or proposed works to be carried out on your behalf. Plus by listening to what our candidates and clients tell us, we can make changes, secure you the best opportunities, and make things better where we can.
Going beyond expectation
We make sure our recruitment service is all about you. This means that throughout working with us we’ll be able to provide a service tailored directly to your needs. If you choose to receive email marketing from the Eligo Group of Companies, we can let you know about new opportunities or services, provide you with useful content and updates from us and continue to go beyond the remit of what you expect from your recruitment agency.
Remember that whatever consent you give, you’re in control and are able to manage these preferences at any time.
Be more you
You’re always in control of your data and are welcome to amend your preferences at any time.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing from us, you are able to review and amend your preferences at any time by (volcanic or RDB) or emailing us at dataprotection@eligo.co.uk. If the information we hold on you is wrong, you can email us at dataprotection@eligo.co.uk , let us know what needs updating and we will correct it.
When it comes to your data, with the Eligo Group, it really is all about you.
The Legal Stuff – Our Privacy Policy in full
Who are we?
The Eligo Group of Companies are recruitment and employment agencies operating within specialist markets, comprising three companies; Eligo Holdings Ltd. (14580239), Eligo Medical Ltd. (07920513) and Eligo Security Ltd. (07920420) all incorporated under the Companies Acts in England and Wales and having their Registered Office and Principal Place of Business at Suites 1 & 3 Hatton House, 83 Hartfield Road, London, England, SW19 3ES.
The information and policies set out in our privacy policy apply to all interactions with these companies. In regards to our Privacy Policy and compliance with data protection regulations, the data controller is Eligo group of companies.
Our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how personal information, about you, may be collected, used, or disclosed as a consequence of your interactions with us and/or your activities on the Eligo website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data. We recommend that, from time to time, you visit our website to review this policy and stay up to date with any changes to it.
If would like to read more about how Eligo Group of Companies processes your personal data, you can more information in our GDPR and Personal Data FAQ here.
This privacy policy covers:
What establishes our data protection obligations to you?
Eligo group of companies. is required to process your personal data in accordance with the law.
The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) implements the EU Data Protection Directive 1995 (EU Directive 95/46/EC).
On 25 May 2018 when the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (EU Regulation 2016/679) came into force; the DPA also came into force in anticipation of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union and E.U. law ceasing to apply within the United Kingdom on 31st December 2019.
This privacy policy complies with the DPA and GDPR.
What information may we collect from you?
Eligo limits the collection of your personal information to that which is required or permitted by law. Eligo collects such personal information as is required for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy or identified by Eligo at the time that we collect the information from you.
This information will only ever be used for these relevant purposes and for reasons as consented to by you. For example, if you have consented to your personal data being stored in relation to your job search (candidates) or your employment (employees) and not marketing activity, this is the only purpose for which it shall be held.
Information that we may collect from you includes but is not limited to;
How does Eligo group of companies collect your data?
Information that we receive from other sources
This is the personal data that we receive about you from others. As a recruitment business, Eligo group of companies also works closely with third parties including, for example, Job boards, Payroll providers, and Reference services in order to provide and maintain your employment position. We also works closely with third parties including, for example, public organisations, N.H.S. Hospital Trusts and G.P. practices for whom we are supplying sub-contractor services or who are supplying sub-contractor services to us, and Reference services we may use to assess the credit worthiness of an existing or potential individual customer or supplier.
We also cooperate with and report to government agencies and regulatory bodies, such as the HMRC, BIS (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), Department for Work and Pensions, the Pension Regulator, to ensure that we are meeting our statutory obligations and providing an acceptable level of service to you and all of our customers.
Any information collected from third party sources will be for purposes relevant to you and we ensure that all third parties that we work with are also DPA/GDPR compliant.
To find out more about the personal data that we collect from third parties, the purposes for which we intend to use this, and how long we keep that data, please view our FAQs.
Information we collect when visiting our website
In line with our information security standards, we monitor website behaviour through website analytics. We collect information about how each visitor uses our site. These are then used to compile reports and to help us improve our site. Information is collected in an anonymous form, including:
Eligo group of companies wants to provide you with the best possible service. We are always looking for ways to improve. This includes improving our website so that it provides the information that you need, on a regularly updated basis and in an easily accessible way.
How does Eligo group of companies use your data?
All personal data will be collected and handled by Eligo group of companies for the following purposes:
• To best tailor the job searches according to your preferences (candidates).
• To best tailor the information needed to enable you to carry out your work (employees).
• To keep you informed by email, telephone and/or mail about future work opportunities and marketing communication.
• To deliver other services – such as newsletters, events, or training – that we may offer you.
• To help us create, publish, and improve content most relevant to you.
• To ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
• To further develop and improve our Website, Portal and other systems to better serve you.
Accessing your data
In compliance with DPA and/or GDPR you have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the information supplied by you as well as additional information such as interview feedback that we currently hold.
If you would like to request a copy of the information held please contact our data protection officer at dataprotection@eligo.co.uk or (via the candidate portal on our website).
Where this request also involves the deletion of data we have on file there may be some instances in which we may not be required or able to do so, particularly where this information pertains to client or financial information that we have to keep for legal matters e.g. tax.
Where we cannot provide or process a request we will always provide reasons for not doing so.
Cookies on the Eligo group of companies website (www.eligo.co.uk)
Like most websites, our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. These are small text files stored in your web browser, which can identify you (or your device) when visiting our website. This helps us to check on the effectiveness of your experience and devise ways to improve our website to improve its content, search functions, and make it more user friendly.
Information that we may collect from your visit includes your device’s Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), services you viewed or searched for, page response times, and length of visits to certain pages.
For more information on our use of cookies, view our cookie policy.
Contact us
Eligo will make information about its policies and practices relating to management of personal information readily available. Please direct any questions about our privacy policies and procedures, any requests for access to our records of your personal information and any other privacy related concerns or complaints using our contact form.
You can contact us by using this contact form, through our phone number 0208 944 4180, email at dataprotection@eligo.co.uk, or by post to: Eligo group of companies , Suite 1 & Suite 3, Hatton House, 83 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, SW19 3ES
Structure, business and supply chain
The Eligo Group of Companies is a modern, dynamic group operating in the contract and permanent recruitment sectors, incorporating the Eligo Recruitment, Eligo Security and Eligo Medical brands.
We are serious about our brand because it’s part of our identity and so is our commitment to corporate social responsibility. We believe transparency is the best way we can ensure the public that we are doing our best as an ethical corporate citizen. In that spirit although we are currently exempt from the requirements of the legislation, we have published our annual statement for slavery and human trafficking, made in compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, in which we explain how slavery and human trafficking can affect our business and the steps we are taking in the fight against it. This slavery and human trafficking statement addresses the steps taken by each of our Group of Companies, namely Eligo Medical Ltd, Eligo Recruitment Ltd, Eligo Security Ltd and Eligo Towers Ltd . This statement is intended to fulfil the legal requirement for a slavery and human trafficking statement on behalf of all companies within the Eligo Group, as relevant. Our efforts against slavery and human trafficking complement our broader CSR Policy and our adoption of the Ethical Trading Initiative.
All Eligo Group Companies are headquartered in London, England. We provide recruitment services throughout Europe, including the United Kingdom. We do not produce, sell or supply goods of any sort. We provide recruitment services by sourcing candidates from across the world that we believe have the academic skills and professional experience to meet the needs of our clients. These candidates may either be placed by us becoming employees of our clients or in short-term temporary/longer-term contractor roles becoming either our employees or operating as self-employed contractors (“workers”) providing services to our clients via our companies. We have around 35 employees within our Group in addition to approximately 100 workers who are engaged through our supply chain. We source candidates in one of two ways. Either they respond to adverts we place on well-known industry “job boards” seeking candidates with specific job skills and experience or we contact candidates who have become known to us either through established business networking groups or who have achieved some form of recognition or publicity due to their skills and expertise.
Building on our existing CSR Policy and our commitment to the Ethical Trading Initiative, we have embraced the requirement to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement. This will allow us to share our efforts against slavery and human trafficking and improve and measure our success each financial year. This past financial year ending 31 March 2019, we took the following key steps to ensure slavery and human trafficking did not occur within our organisation or supply chain.
Slavery and human trafficking policies
Notably, we have begun to develop a Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy, which on completion will be found within our new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy. We have also begun to develop a Supplier Code of Conduct. It will set out clear objectives for 1, 3 and 5 year slavery and human trafficking plans around the following themes:
• Relationships: Strengthening our supplier engagement process
• Feedback: Establishing grievance mechanisms and channels for individual worker feedback
• Knowledge: Improving our knowledge base by collecting relevant data and improving Candidate sourcing techniques
• Third party engagement: Building strategic alliances with independent organisations and other businesses/bodies within the recruitment industry
• Measurable change: Developing verifiable KPIs to measure progress
• Supplier collaboration: Encouraging workers to collaborate to address slavery and human trafficking issues
• Accountability: Establishing a framework for organisation accountability to allow for raising issues, making suggestions, voicing grievances and reporting slavery and human trafficking
Due diligence procedures
We understand that our biggest exposure to Modern Slavery is in our sourcing candidates and workers from out with the United Kingdom, where we have undertaken activity over the last decade to minimise the risk of Modern Slavery. Within these areas, new suppliers and candidates/workers are subject to due diligence checks in the form of ethical/compliance audits. Such audits are also regularly conducted for existing suppliers and candidates/workers, including those operating within the United Kingdom. These audits assess compliance with the Global Sourcing Principles and are, amongst other things, intended to identify any Modern Slavery practices. If issues are identified, appropriate investigative and remedial actions will be taken.
Identifying, assessing, and managing risk
We set out to identify the extent of any slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains by:
• Conducting a thorough check of all academic, professional and national identity documentation, including any bank account or financial details obtained
• Engaging with all new candidates and workers to assess whether they are being “manipulated” by any unknown third party
• Interviewing (usually via digital communication) candidates and workers to discuss their existing conditions and their right to live and work in the location where clients wish to place them
• Constantly updating and evolving our work practices to develop an improvement plan to address new and previously identified slavery and human trafficking issues
• Instituting an annual review questionnaire (from April 2020)for existing candidates and workers to understand their self-assessment of slavery and human trafficking issues, allowing us to better identify slavery and human trafficking issues as they develop over time and to collect candidate and worker-provided data to track improvement in their attitudes.
We have not thus far discovered any slavery and human trafficking in any part of our supply chain. However we recognize that as less dependence is made on candidates and workers coming from other parts of the European Union and more become accessible from India, China and other parts of the non-European world, there will be a greater exposure to opportunistic trafficking occurring.
Key performance indicators
In order to assess the effectiveness of our modern slavery measures we will be reviewing the following key performance indicators:
• Staff training levels
• Number of slavery incidents reported in the supply chain
Training available to staff
A key part of our slavery and human trafficking strategy is to promote cultural change through training. We have not thus far offered training but in the 2019-2020 financial year we will:
• Offer online training modules on modern slavery to all staff
• Ensure all staff are aware of current United Kingdom Home Office guidance and advice
• Run internally or send staff on such training seminars as may seem appropriate
• Aim to start development of a dedicated training and resources webpage which individual candidates and workers in the supply chain will be able to access to learn about modern slavery and human trafficking, understand their rights and anonymously report any slavery and human trafficking issues in their workplace.
About this statement
This statement was prepared by Cadboll Business Consultancy applying a template provided by VinciWorks, a leading provider of compliance training to over 80,000 people around the world. VinciWorks released a free guide to compliance with the Modern slavery Act and a new online modern slavery course. To learn more please visit www.vinciworks.com/modernslavery.
Eligo Medical Limited - Carbon Reduction Plan
Supplier name: Eligo Medical Limited
Publication date: 17/11/2023
Eligo Medical Limited is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2030
The UK Government amended the Climate Change Act 2008 in 2019 by introducing a target of at least 100% reduction in the net UK carbon account (i.e. a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions when compared to 1990 levels) by 2050. As a result, Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies are required to ensure that suppliers to contracts with an annual value of in excess of £5 million (excluding VAT) per year are committed to achieving “Net Zero by 2050” for all procurements after 30th September 2021.
This has led to PPN 06/21 which applies to all new procurements from this date including framework call-offs and Dynamic Purchasing Systems where the anticipated individual value of the call-off or DPS is £5 million or more (excluding VAT) per annum. To demonstrate compliance, we have set out our environmental management measures in our Carbon Reduction Plan which includes:
Scope 1 Direct Emissions - these are direct greenhouse gas emissions that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by us (e.g. emissions from boilers in our buildings, company vehicles etc).
Scope 2 Energy Indirect Emissions - these are indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, heating or cooling etc, and are measured and reported in alignment with our energy use.
Scope 3 Other Indirect Emissions - these fall into 15 categories and include all sources not specified within Scopes 1 and 2 above. The Scope 3 emissions that we are required to report on are:
Baseline Emissions Footprint
Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in the past and were produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions.
Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reduction can be measured.
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2.081 |
To continue our progress to achieving Net Zero since the base year, we have adopted the following carbon reduction target and plans to be Net Zero by 2030;
Carbon reduction projects have included:
In the future, we will implement further measures such as:
Although we can influence the Scope 3 emissions arising from our staff travel to work, other upstream and downstream emissions are more difficult to measure and report.
We have communicated our Net Zero ambitions to our Tier 1 supply chain partners and are engaging with them to support us with reporting Scope 3 emissions that are not under our control.
Measure
Our monthly carbon reporting means that we are in a continual measurement programme, and by implementing the above actions, we are able to see how well each specific measure is working and refine our processes accordingly.
Offsetting
Offsetting the emissions that we can’t mitigate will become part of our strategy, but only at the point that we’ve implemented all of the possible behavioural, process and technology changes that we can influence.
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance.
Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans, the GHG Reporting Protocol Corporate Standard and we use the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting.
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.
We confirm this Carbon Reduction Plan is reviewed and signed off at board level on an annual basis and is available on the home page of our website.
Approved for and on behalf of Eligo Medical Limited – Andrew Molloy, Managing Director November 2023.
Introduction
The Eligo Group of Companies (Eligo Recruitment Ltd, Eligo Security Ltd and Eligo Medical Ltd) is committed to providing a working environment free from bullying and harassment. We aim to ensure that all staff and candidates are treated, and treat others, with dignity and respect. This policy covers bullying or harassment which occurs at work and out of the workplace, including on work trips or at work-related events or social functions. This policy also covers all steps in the recruitment process, from initial contact with candidates through to placement. This policy applies to all staff at all levels including employees, management, agency and casual workers, candidates seeking employment through the Eligo Group and independent contractors.
What is harassment?
Harassment is any unwanted conduct that has the purpose or effect of violating a person's dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them. A single incident can amount to harassment. A person may be harassed even if they were not the intended "target". Harassment also includes treating someone less favourably because they have submitted or refused to submit to such behaviour in the past.
It is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010 to harass a person because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
It also includes conduct of a sexual nature (sexual harassment).
Harassment is unacceptable even if it does not fall within any of these categories.
Examples of harassment include, but are not limited to:
• unwanted physical conduct including touching, pinching, pushing and grabbing;
• unwelcome sexual advances or suggestive behaviour;
• offensive e-mails, text messages or social media content or the display of offensive materials;
• unwanted jokes, banter, mocking, mimicking or belittling a person.
Remember what may seem to be harassment is determined in how the victim reacts to it, not how the perpetrator views it. What you may consider to be “banter” to another may be deeply offensive!
What is bullying?
Bullying is offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behaviour, an abuse or misuse of power through means that undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient.
Bullying can include the use of personal strength or the power to coerce through fear or intimidation, not necessarily from someone in a position of authority.
Bullying may be physical, verbal or non-verbal. It can include conduct that is not face-to-face, including via text message, email and social media.
Examples of bullying include:
• physical or psychological threats;
• overbearing and intimidating levels of supervision;
• inappropriate derogatory remarks about a person or their performance;
• shouting at one or more people, in a threatening, offensive or overbearing manner;
• persistently picking on people in front of others or in private;
• blocking promotion and training opportunities;
• regularly and deliberately ignoring or excluding staff from work activities or work related social events;
• setting a person up to fail by overloading them with work or setting impossible deadlines;
• regularly making the same person the butt of jokes.
Legitimate and reasonable criticism of a staff member or candidate’s performance or behaviour, or reasonable management instructions, do not amount to bullying.
Breaches of this Policy Bullying and harassment are not tolerated in our workplace and all staff are required to treat each other, along with our candidates, customers, suppliers, and visitors, with dignity and respect.
Breaches of this policy will be dealt with in accordance with Section 7 of our Employee Handbook setting out our disciplinary procedure.
Serious cases of bullying or harassment may amount to gross misconduct resulting in dismissal.
Staff or candidates who make complaints or who participate in good faith in any investigation must not suffer any form of retaliation or victimisation as a result. However, making a false allegation deliberately and in bad faith will be treated as misconduct and dealt with under our disciplinary procedure.
Anyone found to have retaliated against or victimised someone in this way will be subject to disciplinary action under our disciplinary procedure.
If you believe you are being Harassed or Bullied
If you believe you are being harassed or bullied, you may wish to raise the problem informally with the person responsible. Explain the situation and how it has made you feel. It can be helpful to describe the event so the other person is clear about your concerns. Use the opportunity to ask the person to change or stop their behaviour.
Alternatively you may speak to your manager or account handler who can provide confidential advice and assistance in resolving the issue formally or informally. If you do not feel that informal steps are appropriate, or they have been unsuccessful, you should raise the matter formally under our grievance procedure in accordance with section 7 of our Employee Handbook.
All complaints will be investigated in accordance with our grievance procedure.
If we consider that there is sufficient evidence to suggest you have been harassed or bullied we will consider the appropriate action to take.
If the person accused is an employee, this may include invoking our disciplinary procedure. If the person accused is a candidate, this may include removing him or her from our candidate database.
Whether or not your complaint is upheld, we will consider how best to manage any ongoing working relationship between you and the person concerned.
We are committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity at all levels within our organisation. This includes creating a working environment free of bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination, promoting dignity and respect for all, and where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. It is our policy to provide equality of employment (and in respect of candidates and job applicants) to all, irrespective of:
We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination both direct and indirect. All our employees and candidates will be treated fairly and will not be discriminated against on any of the above grounds. Decisions on selection for employment, (presentation for employment in respect of candidates), office, training or any other benefit including rates of pay, hours worked etc. will be made objectively, without unlawful discrimination, and based on aptitude and ability. We recognise that the provision of equal opportunities in all our activities benefits our organisation. Our equal opportunities policy helps employees and candidates develop their full potential and we aim to fully utilise the talents and resources of our employees to maximise the effectiveness of the organisation. We recognise our statutory duty under the Equality Act 2010, to implement an equal opportunities policy. This policy applies to applicants for employment within our organisation, to our interaction with suppliers and customers (including all their employees), to candidates and job applicants using our services to secure temporary or permanent placements and to members of the wider community.
We are committed to the principles and practice of Equality.
We value the diversity of the local population. We want our services, facilities and resources to be accessible and useful to every citizen regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religious belief, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other individual characteristic which may unfairly affect a person’s opportunities in life.
Equality commitments
We are committed to:
This policy is fully supported by our Management Team.
Implementation
The Management Team has specific responsibility for the effective implementation of this policy. We expect all employees to abide by the policy and help to create an equality based environment which is its objective.
In order to implement this policy we shall:
Monitoring and review
We will establish appropriate information and monitoring systems to assist the effective implementation of our equal opportunities policy. The effectiveness of the equal opportunities policy will be reviewed regularly (at least annually) and action taken as necessary.
Complaints
Employees or candidates who believe that they have suffered any form of discrimination, bullying, harassment or victimisation are entitled to raise the matter through the agreed grievance procedures (section 7 of our Employee Handbook). The initial complaint should be made with the employee’s Line Manager (or if the complaint is about the Line Manager) with Andrew P. Molloy our Managing Director. All complaints of discrimination will be dealt with seriously, promptly and confidentially.
Every effort will be made to ensure that employees who make complaints will not be victimised. Any complaint of victimisation will be dealt with seriously, promptly and confidentially. Victimisation will result in disciplinary action and may warrant dismissal.
Complaints from members of the public will be dealt with under the same procedures.
For further information contact the Equality and Human Rights Commission who can provide free and confidential advice and guidance on promoting equality of opportunity.
Scotland: 0845 604 5510 Text phone: 0845 604 5520
Email: scotlandhelpline@equalityhumanrights.com
England: 0808 800 0082 Text phone: 0808 800 0084
Website: http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/
Policy Statement:
The Eligo Group of Companies believes that everyone we come into contact with, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or ethnic origin has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, and exploitation. We will not tolerate abuse and exploitation by staff or associated personnel.
This policy will address the following areas of safeguarding [as appropriate]: child safeguarding, adult safeguarding, and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. These key areas of safeguarding may have different policies and procedures associated with them.
The Eligo Group of Companies commits to addressing safeguarding throughout its work, through the three pillars of prevention, reporting, and response.
The Eligo Group of Companies abides by its duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of adults at risk, children, and young people and is committed to safeguarding practice that reflects statutory responsibilities, and government guidance and complies with best practice requirements.
Purpose:
The purpose of this policy is to protect people, particularly adults at risk, children and young people from any harm that may be caused due to their coming into contact with the Eligo Group of Companies. This includes harm arising from:
The policy lays out the commitments made by The Eligo Group of Companies, and informs staff, associated personnel, and candidates placed in situations where they are in contact with adults at risk, children and young people of their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding.
This policy applies to anyone working on behalf of the Eligo Group of Companies, including senior managers and the board of directors, paid staff, volunteers, sessional workers, candidates, agency staff and students. Failure to comply with the policy and related procedures will be addressed without delay and may ultimately result in dismissal/exclusion from the organisation.
This policy does not cover:
Definitions:
Adult at Risk:
Beneficiary of Assistance
Someone who directly receives goods or services from an employee, candidate or agent of the Eligo Group of Companies. Note that misuse of power can also apply to the wider community that we serve, and also can include exploitation by giving the perception of being in a position of power.
Child: The definition of a child in The Children Act 1989 is anyone who has not yet reached their 18th birthday, even if they are living independently, are a member of the armed forces or is in hospital.
Child and Adult Abuse: Children and adults may be vulnerable to neglect and abuse or exploitation from within their family and from individuals they come across in their daily lives. There are 4 main categories of abuse, which are: sexual, physical, emotional abuse, and neglect. It is important to be aware of more specific types of abuse that fall within these categories, they are:
Harm: Psychological, physical and any other infringement of an individual’s rights
Psychological harm: Emotional or psychological abuse, including (but not limited to) humiliating and degrading treatment such as bad name calling, constant criticism, belittling, persistent shaming, solitary confinement and isolation
Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA): The term used by the humanitarian and development community to refer to the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse of affected populations by staff or associated personnel. The term derives from the United Nations Secretary General’s Bulletin on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (ST/SGB/2003/13)
Safeguarding: In the UK, safeguarding means taking all reasonable steps to prevent harm, particularly sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment from occurring; to protect people, especially vulnerable adults and children, from that harm; and to respond appropriately when harm does occur. In our sector, we understand it to mean protecting people, including children and at risk adults, from harm that arises from coming into contact with our staff, candidates or agents.
This definition draws from our values and principles and shapes our culture. It pays specific attention to preventing and responding to harm from any potential, actual or attempted abuse of power, trust, or vulnerability, especially for sexual purposes.
Safeguarding applies consistently and without exception across our business, directors, candidates, agents and staff. It requires proactively identifying, preventing and guarding against all risks of harm, exploitation and abuse and having mature, accountable and transparent systems for response, reporting and learning when risks materialise. Those systems must be survivor-centred and also protect those accused until proven guilty.
Safeguarding puts beneficiaries and affected persons at the centre of all we do.
Safeguarding children: Safeguarding children is defined in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 as:
Sexual abuse: The term ‘sexual abuse’ means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions.
Sexual exploitation: The term ‘sexual exploitation’ means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. This definition includes human trafficking and modern slavery.
Survivor: The person who has been abused or exploited. The term ‘survivor’ is often used in preference to ‘victim’ as it implies strength, resilience and the capacity to survive, however, it is the individual’s choice how they wish to identify themselves.
Legal Framework:
This policy has been drawn up on the basis of legislation, policy and guidance that seeks to protect children in England. A summary of the key legislation is available from nspcc.org.uk/learning.
The Eligo Group of Companies should have in place arrangements that reflect the importance of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people as well as vulnerable adults.
Prevention:
The Eligo Group of Companies responsibilities
We will:
Staff responsibilities
Child safeguarding
Our staff and associated personnel must not:
Adult safeguarding
Our staff and associated personnel must not:
Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse
Our staff and associated personnel must not:
Additionally, our staff and associated personnel are obliged to:
The Prevent duty
Some organisations in England, Scotland and Wales have a duty, as a specified authority under section 26 of the Counterterrorism and Security Act 2015, to identify vulnerable children and young people and prevent them from being drawn into terrorism. This is known as the Prevent duty. These organisations include:
Children can be exposed to different views and receive information from various sources. Some of these views may be considered radical or extreme.
Radicalisation is the process through which a person comes to support or be involved in extremist ideologies. It can result in a person becoming drawn into terrorism and is in itself a form of harm.
Extremism is vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.
Reporting:
We will ensure that safe, appropriate, accessible means of reporting safeguarding concerns are made available to staff and the communities we work with.
Any staff reporting concerns or complaints through formal whistleblowing channels (or if they request it) will be protected by the Eligo Group of Companies Whistleblowing Policy.
We will also accept complaints from external sources such as members of the public, partners and official bodies.
How to report a safeguarding concern
Staff members who have a complaint or concern relating to safeguarding should report it immediately to Aleks Dimitrova or line manager. If the staff member does not feel comfortable reporting to Aleks Dimitrova or line manager (for example if they feel that the report will not be taken seriously, or if that person is implicated in the concern) they may report to Victoria Bodhani, General Manager.
Response:
We will follow up safeguarding reports and concerns according to policy and procedure, and legal and statutory obligations.
We will apply appropriate disciplinary measures to staff found in breach of policy.
We will offer support to survivors of harm caused by staff or associated personnel, regardless of whether a formal internal response is carried out (such as an internal investigation). Decisions regarding support will be led by the survivor.
Training and Awareness:
We will ensure an appropriate level of safeguarding training is available to our Directors, Employees, Candidates, Volunteers and any relevant persons linked to the organisation who require it (e.g. contractors).
For all employees who are working or volunteering with adults at risk, children and young people, this requires them as a minimum to have awareness training that enables them to:
Confidentiality and Information Sharing:
We expect all employees, candidates, volunteers and other personnel to maintain confidentiality. Information will only be shared in line with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018.
However, information should be shared with any relevant Local Authority if an adult at risk, child or young person is deemed to be at risk of harm or contact the police if they are in immediate danger, or a crime has been committed.
Recording and Record Keeping:
A written record must be kept about any concern regarding an adult with safeguarding needs. This must include details of the person involved, the nature of the concern and the actions taken, decision made and why they were made.
All records must be signed and dated. All records must be securely and confidentially stored in line with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. (see the Eligo Group of Companies Privacy Policy)
Safe Recruitment & Selection:
We are committed to safe employment and safe recruitment practices, which reduce the risk of harm to adults at risk, children and young people from people unsuitable to work with them or have contact with them.
We have policies and procedures that cover the recruitment of all directors, employees, candidates and volunteers. (see the Eligo Group of Companies Recruitment Policy).
Social Media:
All employees, candidates and volunteers should be aware of our social media policy and procedures (see the Eligo Group of Companies Employee Handbook) and the code of conduct for behaviour towards any adults at risk, children and young people we support.
Use of Mobile Phones and other Digital Technology:
All employees, candidates and volunteers should be aware of our policy and procedures regarding the use of mobile phones and any digital technology and understand that it is unlawful to photograph adults at risk, children and young people without the explicit consent of the person with guardianship and/or parental responsibilities. (see the Eligo Group of Companies Employee Handbook)
Whistleblowing:
It is important that people within the Eligo Group of Companies have the confidence to come forward to speak or act if they are unhappy with anything. Whistleblowing occurs when a person raises a concern about dangerous or illegal activity, or any wrong- doing within their organisation. This includes concerns about another employee, candidate or volunteer. There is also a requirement by the Eligo Group of Companies to protect whistleblowers. This is more specifically dealt with in the Eligo Group of Companies Whistleblowing Policy.
Important Contacts:
Primary Contact for Safeguarding
Name: Aleks Dimitrova (Operations and Finance Manager)
Email address: aleksd@eligo.co.uk
Telephone number: 020 8944 4116
Police
Emergency – 999
Non-emergency – 101
NSPCC Helpline
0808 800 5000
Part 1: Policy details
What does this policy cover, and who is covered?
This Policy applies to all employees (including officers of the Eligo Group of Companies), contractors, consultants, candidates (already placed or awaiting placement), interns, and casual and agency workers who are covered by the terms of this policy.
We set out in this policy document what a person to whom it applies should do if s/he has reason to believe that something dangerous, unlawful or unethical is going on at work and it is affecting (or risks affecting) him/her, fellow colleagues or any third party.
Any person reporting a concern of this kind is known as a “whistleblower” and the action s/he takes is called whistleblowing.
The Eligo Group of Companies is committed to operating at all times, and in everything that we do, to the highest standards of probity and integrity.
Unfortunately, all organisations can occasionally be affected by conduct on the part of one or more persons that is dangerous, against the law or breaches ethical or professional codes.
If you become aware of any behaviour which you are suspicious about, please follow the procedure outlined at Part II of this policy to immediately report any concerns that you have about such action or conduct, so that we can take the necessary action to address these concerns as fast as possible.
This policy also covers the actions of third parties such as suppliers, service providers, and clients, as well as our employees, contractors, candidates etc. If you are concerned about a third party, please also raise them with us before approaching anyone else. Aleks Dimitrova, our Operations and Finance Manager will be able to explain how you should proceed.
We will always take your concerns seriously and they will be thoroughly investigated by a senior member of our Management Team. Most importantly, you should feel confident to follow the Part II procedure with confidence. There will be no reprisals for individuals who bring these concerns to our attention – we value and respect all such reports and those who make them to us. We all play an important role in ensuring that our business and everyone working in and with it acts professionally, lawfully, and appropriately.
It is not part of your employment contract
This policy is not part of your employment contract. The Eligo Group of Companies may amend this policy at any time. Nothing in your Contract of Employment takes precedence over the policy as the right to act as a Whistleblower is a statutory right, not limited by any contractual obligation to us as your employer, if you are an employee.
What sorts of activities are typically considered relevant to whistleblowing?
This is not an exhaustive list, but the types of concerns you may want to raise with us by whistleblowing could include:
Please speak to Aleks Dimitrova, our Operations and Finance Manager if you are unsure whether something that you are concerned about is covered by this policy.
Bullying or harassment
If your complaint is about the behaviour of others towards you, our Bullying and Harassment Policy or the Grievance procedure contained in our Employee Handbook contain the relevant guidance on how to proceed. These types of behaviour are not covered by this whistleblowing policy but may justify Disciplinary action being taken against a person responsible for such behaviour.
Confidentiality and anonymity
You are always encouraged to raise concerns openly with the designated manager Aleks Dimitrova, our Operations and Finance Manager. If for any reason you feel unable to discuss any matter with her, you should raise it with Andrew Molloy, our Managing Director. We actively discourage anonymous whistleblowing because it is not always easy to manage and investigate anonymous reports. It can be difficult to separate genuine concerns from e.g. “idle gossip or rumour”, especially if we are unable to ask you for clarification or further details. This may result in us struggling to clarify any point and find evidence to support your allegations and/or reach an informed conclusion. In these circumstances, we risk missing evidence or opportunities to gather important supporting information, or identify helpful witnesses, because we may simply be unaware of their existence, in spite of our best efforts to uncover them.
However, if you prefer to keep your identity anonymous, we will do all that we can to ensure that you retain your anonymity, and the confidentiality of your concerns, as far as possible. If we need to disclose your identity to others as part of the investigation, we will always discuss with you beforehand both our desire and our reasons for wishing to identify you.
We will protect you from reprisals, and you can read more about how we do this and what rights you have in section 5 below.
We protect whistleblowers
There are no reprisals for mistakes or if following our investigations, (which we will always conduct thoroughly and conscientiously), we conclude that there has been no breach of law, policy or unethical conduct. However, to qualify for protection, the disclosure must, in the reasonable belief of the worker making the disclosure, show that one or more of the following events has happened, is happening or is likely to happen and that it is in the public interest to make the disclosure:
If at any time, you do not feel that you have been fairly or properly treated by us in the handling of your whistleblowing concern, you must inform us immediately. You should inform Victoria Bodhani, our General Manager in the first instance; and if you are not satisfied with the outcome of that conversation, you should follow the process set out in our grievance policy.
We also protect whistleblowers from others, so where a whistle-blower reports to us that they have been treated inappropriately by others, (including having received threats as a result of raising their concerns), we will take disciplinary action against those individuals in accordance with the procedure set out in our Employee Handbook. The consequences of us taking this action could include dismissal of such individual(s) for gross misconduct. Whistleblowers may also be entitled to take legal action against those individuals.
If you would like more information about your rights as a whistle-blower and how you are entitled to be protected, you can contact Public Concern at Work, which is an independent charity offering a confidential helpline on 020 7404 6609; www.pcaw.org.uk.
Whistleblowing to others outside of The Eligo Group of Companies
Our policy covers the process for raising, investigating, and resolving wrongdoing within the workplace of any company within the Eligo Group of Companies.
The whistleblowing procedure that we have carefully put in place has been designed to ensure that to the best of our ability, we are able to resolve any concerns raised and to protect you as part of this process.
For these reasons, we anticipate that it would be extremely rare, if ever necessary, for you needing to involve anyone outside of the Eligo Group of Companies as part of this process.
However, we recognise that potentially, in exceptional circumstances, you might wish to involve an external body – an industry regulator, for example – and/or the independent charity Public Concern at Work, who can direct you towards the appropriate regulator for the type of issue you want to raise.
Involving the press/media
Involving the media in a whistleblowing matter often has the effect of inflaming the situation, not assisting it. It can significantly hamper evidence gathering and the willingness of other relevant individuals to support the process.
We therefore strongly discourage you from involving the media. We may treat any contact with the press as a serious disciplinary issue justifying dismissal unless exceptional circumstances exist. For example, we would generally expect you to have taken all reasonable steps to deal with the matter internally, or with an external regulator, and to have taken full advice from a solicitor or from Public Concern At Work, before you could justify involving the press.
Part II: Our procedure for raising a whistleblowing concern
Please follow this procedure:
If you have raised a concern in good faith, our process and all those involved in giving effect to it will support and protect you. However, if a false concern is raised with us in bad faith (e.g. for malicious reasons), we may invoke our disciplinary policy and you may be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the procedure set out in our Employee Handbook.
