OUR STORY
Cherry Professional first opened its doors in in 2009, and since then we've been on an epic journey. From our humble beginnings as a specialist recruiters, to creating our new division in Administration and Business Professionals, HR and Marketing and we’ve continued to grow and develop our brand to be able to call ourselves the highest rated agency in the East Midlands.
We have continued to stay true to our core values and to deliver an unparalleled service to our candidates and clients, over the last 13 years, creating meaningful and lasting relationships. We owe our success to all our clients, candidates and the dedicated members of the Cherry Professional family, and we hope you'll continue to be a part of our story!
“It’s been an incredible journey since Cherry Professional started trading at the height of the recession in January 2009.
As anyone in business will tell you it’s never plain sailing with plenty of highs and, unfortunately, the occasional low.
We are proud that Cherry has now grown to a 30 person business with a fantastic brand and an excellent reputation as one of the leading recruiters in the wider East Midlands with regards to Finance, HR, Admin and Business Professional.
We have become a preferred supplier to nearly all of the leading companies in our area including Experian, Vision Express, University of Nottingham, Healthcare at Home and Aggregate Industries.
We are genuinely grateful to all our clients and candidates for putting their trust in Cherry, we will continue to do our utmost for you.”
– Martin Burnett, Director
2009
CHERRY PROFESSIONAL IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
We were created with a simple mission:
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January 2009
Started trading at Beeston Business Centre
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March 2009
We placed our first ever candidate
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October 2009
Our Office Manager and first Consultant are employed
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September 2010
Set up Office Support and Administration and Business Professionals Division
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November 2010
Winners New Business of the Year – Chamber of Commerce Award
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July 2012
Opening of our first part time office in Derby at the Derby University Enterprise Centre
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August 2012
The Cherry Directors completed the Business Growth Programme at Cranfield University for aspiring SME Owners
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January 2013
Creation of our new HR Division as a result of continued growth!
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March 2013
First Expanded into our Leicestershire Market
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February 2014
Creation of our Internal Marketing Team with our first Marketing Manager
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July 2014
Creation of the Cherry Academy development program
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December 2014
New Headquarters; Our continued success has led us to acquire new office space, leaving our Beeston premises and moving to Nottingham City Centre. At this stage we had 17 employees
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March 2015
Moved into our Derby office full-time
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October 2016
We began our programme of Digital investment with a dedicated Project Manager.
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August 2017
Implemented our first project and moved to Bullhorn
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September 2017
Danielle Coleman promoted to Associate Director
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October 2017
Successful implementation of compliance and contract Software Kylo & DocuSign
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March 2018
Sponsor of the Nottingham Evening Post SME Business Award
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August 2018
We rebranded and our new website went live; allowing Cherry to be at the forefront of recruitment technology
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January 2019
We celebrated our 10th Birthday!
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February 2019
Danielle Coleman Promoted to Director
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September 2019
High Growth Company Recognised by Growth Accelerator Programme, giving us access to all these great resources
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January 2020
Investing in our people; our Senior Leadership team attended Women in Leadership Course hosted by Nottingham Trent University
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February 2020
Our 1st hire & dedicated Office Manager takes her sabbatical celebrating 10 years at Cherry
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January 2021
Covid, Centralised hub in Nottingham and turned into a hybrid working model
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February 2021
Invested in external HR platform BreathHR
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March 2021
Ian Machell joined as a Director
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April 2021
Successful implementation of new Email Marketing and Automation Software Herefish
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June 2021
Invested in internal Culture with Employee Feedback Project
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August 2021
Launched a Talent Pool
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October 2021
Expanding into the Marketing Market
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January 2022
Simon Wassall joins our team to help our next phase of growth
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February 2022
Creation of our internal Staff Forum Committee
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March 2022
Our Project Manager, Sarah Gibson, is promoted to Operations Director
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May 2022
Successful implementation of SourceBreaker
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June 2022
Next phase of our brand development as we implement our latest website!
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HELPED FIND 4693 PEOPLE NEW JOBS
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SUPPORTED 914 BUSINESS ACROSS THE REGION HIRE TOP TALENT (YTD)
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MAINTAINED OUR HIGHEST RATED STATUS FOR 8 YEARS
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RECORD NUMBER OF CANDIDATES REGISTERED