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Last night, Hannah & Rosie had the pleasure of attending the Springboard Awards for Excellence 2025 at the fabulous Wembley Stadium, and what an incredible evening it was! 🎉

It was an honor to celebrate the amazing work Springboard does for the hospitality industry, helping people build careers and create opportunities. From start to finish, the night was filled with fantastic food, brilliant company, and outstanding entertainment.

The highlight? A surprise performance from the legendary Heather Small, which made the evening even more special! 🎶✨

A huge congratulations to all the winners and nominees—your dedication and hard work are truly inspiring. Thank you to everyone who made the event so memorable!

hashtag#SpringboardAwards hashtag#HospitalityExcellence hashtag#WhatHaveYouDoneTodayToMakeYouFeelProud 🎤

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at Cartwheel Recruitment! 🎄✨

We look forward to continuing our work together in the new year and helping you achieve even greater success in 2025 🎉

May your holiday season be filled with joy, peace, and happiness, and we can’t wait to reconnect in the year ahead! 🎅🏼🌟

This year, as a special Christmas gift to some of our lucky clients, we’re proud to support two fantastic charities: Hospitality Action and Springboard

🍽️ Hospitality Action has released their wonderful second book, Miracle Mince, where the nation’s favourite chefs turn a humble, budget-friendly staple into flavour-packed, affordable dishes.

🎟️ Meanwhile, Springboard’s Christmas Raffle is raising vital funds to help reduce unemployment and poverty across the UK. By supporting people of all ages and backgrounds—especially those facing barriers to employment—Springboard empowers individuals to achieve their full career potential in hospitality, leisure, and tourism.

We’re delighted to contribute to these incredible initiatives that bring hope, opportunity, and joy to so many people.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎅✨

#hospitalityaction #springboard #hospitality #christmas #charity

Last night, we had the pleasure of attending the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts new members event, and it was an experience to remember! It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow members, share stories, and immerse ourselves in the culinary world.

From exquisite canapés to beautifully crafted drinks, every detail was a testament to the creativity and skill within this vibrant community. It was inspiring to meet so many talented individuals who share a passion for culinary excellence and innovation.

Looking forward to many more moments of learning, networking, and collaboration with this incredible group of professionals. 🌟

#RoyalAcademyOfCulinaryArts #CulinaryExcellence #Networking #FineDining #CulinaryArts #NewConnections #FoodAndDrink

Claire is excited to attend the Foodservice Cateys this Friday!

The Foodservice Cateys are prestigious awards that celebrate the best individuals, teams, and businesses within the foodservice and hospitality industry. It’s a great opportunity to recognise the hard work, dedication, and creativity of professionals in this sector.

Best of luck to all those who have been short-listed, we hope you have an amazing time celebrating the incredible talent in this wonderful industry!

We are thrilled to announce that Cartwheel Recruitment has officially become an Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts (RACA)!

Founded in 1980, RACA is Britain’s leading professional association for Head Chefs, Pastry Chefs, Restaurant Managers, and quality suppliers. With a focus on elevating standards in food, provenance, cooking, and service, RACA’s primary mission is to educate and train young talent in the hospitality industry. A key part of their mission is a steadfast commitment to good practices and the highest standards of food quality.

We look forward to connecting with fellow members at upcoming events and actively supporting RACA in their inspiring work.

The team had a productive meeting in London on Tuesday, followed by a delicious Afternoon Tea at The Ritz. Grateful for technology which enabled us to Teams our remote colleague in!

Claire, Hannah and Rosie are looking forward to attending the ACE Robyns Awards this evening. Another wonderful opportunity to recognize up-and-coming talent within the contract catering sector!

We’re thrilled to announce that Rosie Pack has joined the Cartwheel team as Client Services Manager. Here’s to some new and successful partnerships and we’re so pleased to be working with you Rosie.

Our team enjoyed a glamorous evening at the Cateys. It was brilliant to see so many of our candidates and clients. Huge congratulations to all the nominees, and of course the winners on the evening! We had a wonderful time celebrating the hospitality industry with you all.

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https://cartwheel.co.uk/jobs/client-services-manager-2861/
We invite you to explore this exciting opportunity to join our highly successful team at Cartwheel Recruitment!

Claire is excited to be judging for The Cateys 2024! Good luck to all those nominated and shortlisted for the most coveted award in our industry. Some of our team are looking forward to celebrating at the awards evening in July.

Claire and Fiona had a wonderful evening, mixing with some incredible talent at the Springboard Awards for Excellence. Congratulations to all the amazing winners and those short listed for an award.

Thank you Springboard for all your hard work and dedication.

What a wonderful evening Hannah Horler and Claire Philpott had at the Contract Catering Awards last night.

It was a joy to celebrate some outstanding achievements with the fabulous people in our industry. 

Congratulations to all the winners and also those shortlisted. 

#foodservice #contractcateringawards

Hannah and Claire are looking forward to attending the Contract Catering Awards this evening.

Good luck to all those shortlisted for an award.

To have reached this stage is testament to all your hard work, passion and dedication.

Hannah and Shaun enjoyed a fun-filled evening last night at CH&Co’s Annual Quiz Night in aid of The Prince’s Trust.

The evening raised over £5000 and their team only went on to win!

A huge thank you to Laurent Lucas-Dufour and Simone Santeramo for organising a great evening and testing our knowledge on questions over the decades!!

Hannah Horler attended Springboard’s Annual Patrons Dinner last night, which was held at Sea Containers London.

Chris Gamm, CEO shared impressive statistics on the work and impact of Springboard, which included training more than 3,300 young and disadvantaged people over the last year, with a remarkable 73% of them securing hospitality jobs!

Hannah and Claire are attending the EP Business in Hospitality Collaboration Event today.

Looking forward to some interesting insights from the panel.

Our very own Fiona and Claire are looking forward to judging this week for the Springboard Awards for Excellence 2024.

Taking time out as a Team was SO much fun!!

Eurostar to Paris and a fabulous lunch at Le Grand Colbert!
Quality time spent with special people! 

#team #fun #laughter #enjoyment

Candice spent a day at the Edinburgh International Convention Centre in October networking with Scottish tourism and hospitality professionals, in between presentations from leading experts giving insights, trends and forecasts for travel and hospitality. An enlightening event, not to mention a tasty lunch served by Leiths!

Hannah and Claire attended the QEII Centre to enjoy some very interesting and insightful discussions on our Foodservice sector:

Thank you to EP Business in Hospitality, AlixPartners & Compass Group UK & Ireland.

Graeme Smith detailed some positive indicators on food service demand.

Julie Ennis MBA covered market trends and keeping ahead of the curve.

Jonathan Davies focused on the vital and urgent efforts required on sustainability.

Catherine Brien guided us through the developing world of AI.

And thank you to the panel on your vision and insight in to future growth and development:

Alan Beddie 

Simon Houston 

Alex Head 

Christina Ronsyn 

Dan Kelly 

Sam Tate 

It is always such an honour attending this prestigious event at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, celebrating the UK’s most successful hotels, hoteliers and employees. Fiona and Candice represented Cartwheel this year, and were treated to a delightfully delicious meal and outstanding hospitality.

Cartwheel is excited be in Scotland – Candice, who previously worked in our London and Milton Keynes Offices, has swapped the city for mountains!
She is still actively supporting her clients in London and surrounds with recruitment needs, whilst also building Cartwheel’s presence within Scottish Hospitality.

It was the first time for Cartwheel to attend the prestigious AA Hospitality Awards on Monday evening.

A sparkling evening at The Grosvenor House Hotel, which saw 39 establishments awarded new AA Rosettes and Red Stars, along with 15 very worthy Hospitality Award Winners for 2023.

Great to attend Arena’s Autumn event yesterday, held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. Fascinating insights by Lumina Intelligence followed by an inspiring all female panel discussion focusing on “is there more to be done to remove the barriers to the top for women and how women build their confidence in order to remain their most authentic self”.

Claire is looking forward to attending the Autumn Event at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Thursday.
Mixing with great company and a range of people from all sectors of hospitality services, celebrating innovation and contributions to the continuous development of our industry.

Shaun was there on Tuesday evening, enjoying the competition,

Big Congratulations to Everyone who entered.
Huge congrats to Vacherin for 1st place
Baxterstorey for 2nd
Houston & Hawkes for placing 3rd.

Cartwheel’s very own Fiona has been on the judging panel for the Food and Beverage Manager of the Year and Hotel Restaurant Chef of the Year, for this years Catey’s.

Awards night is the 13th November, Best of Luck to all of this year’s nominees.

Congratulations to Claire Philpott who has been promoted to Operations Director.  

Claire has been a loyal and highly valued member of the Cartwheel Team. Claire assisted Hannah Horler with the launch of Cartwheel Recruitment back in 2007 and following a two year break from 2009, she returned to the business in 2011.  Claire has immense knowledge and experience of recruitment and the hospitality industry.  She is greatly respected by her clients, candidates and colleagues and we are delighted Claire will be moving into this leadership role. We wish her all the best and have no doubt she will be successful in leading and developing Cartwheel’s team.

A great day of judging the BaxterStorey Awards at one of their contracts; PWC in London.  Cartwheel felt honoured and privileged to be invited back again to help seek out the best talent within the group worthy of the 2019 Trophies. 

Hannah is honoured to be invited to judge The Food Service Catey Award 2019.
The shortlist will be announced soon and the winner revealed at the glittering Awards Dinner on 2^nd July at the Grosvenor House, AJW Marriott Hotel.

This year we are proud to announce we are sponsoring the Hotel Cateys, Front of House Team of the Year award. The prestigious event takes place this Friday, 23rd November at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge. It is sure to be a glamourous event, as ever celebrating the most successful hotels and hotel employees from across the UK. We will be live tweeting on the night to announce the winner! Good luck to all nominees.

We are very proud to let you know that Claire, our Client Services Director has made the shortlist for the Permanent Recruiter of the Year Award at the IRP Awards later this year. Here’s wishing Claire lots of luck for the big night. Bring home the trophy!!

https://www.irpawards.com/shortlist

Our MD Hannah Horler has been supporting the Springboard Charity for a number of years now and this year her support takes the form of a new and exciting challenge. As part of their annual fundraising Hannah and a group of 30 others will be trekking in Vietnam and joining a community project there.

The 70km trek will take them away from all the hustle and bustle and deep into the Hoa Binh Province where they will be hiking through valleys, rice paddies, bamboo forests and mountains.

Their journey will take them to a very poor community in Ham Yen.  Here the average monthly wage is a mere $15USD per month! This is where they will be rolling up their sleeves and over four days help to build a school alongside the locals.

This is one of Springboard’s key fundraising events and makes a significant difference in helping those who need someone to give them a chance in life and support them into employment.  If anyone wishes to donate to this worthy cause you can follow the link below.

https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/hannahhorler

The Nottingham team dusted off our posh frocks and black ties last night to attend the 2018 Nottingham Restaurant and Bar Awards held at Colwick Hall Hotel.

We had been invited to help judge one of the categories, the Young Front of House award and after selecting a short list we were able to go and see the finalists in action at each of their restaurants.

The awards night itself was a great celebration of all the amazing eating and drinking venues in Nottingham and of the people who work at them.

Congratulations again to Daiva Steponaviciute from La Rock in Sandiacre who was our chosen winner. (Pictured here with the award sponsor Kathryn Greenwood from Eden PR Consultants)

The New Year starts with an exciting new addition to the Cartwheel team. We are delighted that Amanda Afiya joins us as Non-Executive Director.

After a brief period working as a personal assistant at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park (then owned by Trusthouse Forte), Amanda trained as a journalist with The Caterer. She has spent more than 25 years writing about hospitality and was most recently editor of The Caterer magazine, where she worked for 27 years, latterly overseeing its digital edition, daily online content, the group’s other market products, such as the Acorn Awards and the Cateys, in addition to the market-leading title.

Amanda now runs her own business offering editorial services and advising operators on PR, marketing and communications, and careers.

As well as being on the Board of Directors for Cartwheel she is chair of Hospitality Action’s fundraising and marketing communications national committee and a trustee of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ Adopt-A-School charity.

Once again Cartwheel are proud to be partnering with The Caterer to bring you the Food Service Forum. The Forum is specifically geared towards the Foodservice sector. As a fast moving sector, always aiming to keep one step ahead, we have put together a great line up.

The event takes place on 9th June at Kings Place and again brings a broad, interesting line up of speakers.

Keynote speaker this year is Sarah Linton, Director of Zircon Management Consulting, who will be sharing her company’s Winning Attitude research. We also have Sarah Jayne Stanes OBE and Alex Taylor talking about food education in schools. Mike Hanson from Baxterstorey and John Campbell from Woodspeen join us to talk about Protein Challenge 2040.

For more information on this years event please go to –  http://www.foodservice-forum.com/foodserviceforum2017/en/page/new-home-page

On Tuesday 2nd January 2007 Cartwheel Recruitment began trading. This month sees us celebrate our ten year anniversary. Much has changed over the years, with several office moves, new openings and a growing team. May the next ten years be just as exciting. We thank you all for your continued custom and support.

Cartwheel Recruitment are again partnering with The Caterer for the Foodservice Forum on the 16^th September 2016.

This event offers a great line up; including Ross Walker, Senior UK Economist for RBS, who will be giving us a macroeconomic forecast post Brexit.  We also have Karen Forrester, MD for TGIF, who is a truly inspirational leader and speaker!

And for fun, we have devised ‘The Caterer’s Room 101’ where Bill Toner, Noel Mahoney and Wendy Bartlett will be discussing their pet hospitality industry hates to be banished to Room 101…..

For more information on the event visit: http://www.foodservice-forum.com/

Cartwheel had the honour of sponsoring The Cateys 2016 Special Award at the glamourous annual dinner at the Grosvenor House on Tuesday 5^th July. The award was presented to Jill Stein and Rick Stein for their wonderful achievements in creating an enduring restaurant business that has steadily expanded over more than 40 years and for developing a strong food-led tourism culture in Cornwall. To view the full article click on this link: https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/367615/cateys-2016-special-award

This month saw Hannah Horler take to the South Coast to complete her final half marathon on behalf of The Springboard Charity’s 25^th Anniversary. She battled high winds and driving rain in order to complete her challenge for 2015! A huge thank you to all who have donated. Hannah has exceeded her target of £5,000 and funds are still coming in to support this amazing Charity!

The evening of the 2^nd November was a very special evening for Cartwheel Recruitment. Not only did we have the honour of sponsoring the Best Recruitment Initiative with Hannah presenting the worthy winner, Diageo with their trophy,

Hannah also won an award herself! At the end of the evening Hannah was presented with the Chris Beaumont Special Award 2015 for her services and support towards The Springboard Charity, which have spanned 15 years.

This month Hannah Horler took to the streets of Birmingham to join in the Morrison’s Great Birmingham Run. Again this half marathon was all in aid of The Springboard Charity’s 25^th Anniversary and totaled Hannah’s 4^th run out of 5 completed for them. With her funds steadily growing, she still has one more to complete in November.

Hannah Horler took to the streets of Nottingham on Sunday 27^th September to run her 3^rd of 5 half marathon’s for The Springboard Charity’s 25^th Anniversary Year. As Chair of their Fundraising Committee, Hannah set a challenge of completing five half marathon’s; one for every five years they have been helping disadvantaged and under-privileged people gain access to training and embark on a career within the Catering & Hospitality Industry. She aims to raise £5,000.