McNally Recruitment shortlisted for StartUp Awards National Series
Dundee-based McNally Recruitment Ltd has been named one of the most exciting new businesses in the region after being shortlisted as part of a brand new awards programme.
The StartUp Awards National Series has been launched to recognise the booming startup scene across the UK which has accelerated since the pandemic began. In 2020, when most of the world was shutting down, more than 400,000 startups were set up in Britain, with similar increases seen in other European countries.
There was stiff competition with over 2,500 applications received in response to the Startup Awards National Series’ first-ever call for entries.
Steve McNally, Founder / Director of McNally Recruitment Ltd said:“Despite starting up as a one-person business, we’ve already invested in the youth by recently employing a Kickstart person. Natalie Taylor joined us in mid-February and has already been doing an incredible job despite having no recruitment experience."
McNally continues"It makes me feel very proud and honoured to be a nominated finalist in the category of Professional Services. I know from starting in IT recruitment in 1996, I was taught early on the value of being good recruitment consultant and what a strong ethos is. It’s all about building relationships with candidates and clients. We focus a lot of our time meeting our customers in person or by video in order to build stronger relationships and to listen to what each wants rather than being driven by sales targets or KPIs. It may be ‘old school’, but I feel that the personal element is often missing in the service we receive these days, so I intend to pass on these core values to our employees, both present and in the future."
"Natalie will be with me when we attend the Awards Ceremony at the SWG3 in Glasgow on Tue 7th June. It will be a great experience for her, but we also hope we will have something to celebrate!”
Supported nationally by BT, EY, Dell & Intel, the programme will celebrate the achievements of the amazing individuals across the UK who have turned an idea into an opportunity and taken the risk to launch a new product or service.
Co-founded by the team behind the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, the new series follows the success of the Wales StartUp Awards, after organisers recognised the exceptional potential in the startup scene across the other British regions.
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, the creator of the StartUp Awards National Series, said: “New firms are important for generating economic prosperity, employment opportunities and innovation. Since 2016, the Wales StartUp Awards have celebrated this amazing annual contribution to our economy by entrepreneurs and the impact they have on communities across the nation.
“Given the sheer volume of phenomenal startups we’ve heard from since then, as well as the huge post-pandemic shift in people’s desires to take their career in a new direction and set up a business against the odds, we felt it was the right time to take the programme nationwide. We’ve been blown away by the standard of entries in this first year and truly look forward to crowning the winners in June.”
For more information about McNally Recruitment Ltd, please contact Steve at steve@mcnallyrecruitmentr.com or 07784 569 596, website www.mcnallyrecruitment.com
For more information about the Start Up Awards Series or to request an interview, please contact Sam at sam@paperclip-pr.co.uk or 07429 487 554 or Simon at simon@paperclip-pr.co.uk or 07894 151 206.
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