Daisy Visit Highlights Demand for Private Sector Jobs

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Daisy in Work for daisy

Daisy Group plc was able to highlight the demand for private sector jobs during a high profile visit from the Director General of the CBI (Confederation of British Industry).
We tied in the visit from John Cridland with a recruitment day which attracted more than 400 job-seekers to our Nelson headquarters.

Mr Cridland, who speaks up for the business community on public platforms and with government, chose Daisy as one of two highly successful companies he was keen to visit during his whistle stop tour of the North West.

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“You’re hired!” Matthew Riley joins Lord Sugar in BBC One’s The Apprentice

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Daisy in News, Work for daisy

Lord Sugar has enlisted the help of serial entrepreneur Matthew Riley, CEO of Daisy Group Plc, to assist him in crowning this year’s Apprentice. The 37-year-old is one of four interviewers to be drafted in by TV’s most notorious boss, tasked with interviewing this year’s candidates.

Injecting a new spin into the life-changing opportunity, this year’s successful Apprentice will no longer win a six figured salary job working in one of Lord Sugar’s businesses. Instead the winner and their business idea will found the basis of a partnership with Lord Sugar, with an investment to the value of £250,000.
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Daisy bus proves hit for job seekers

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Daisy in News 2009, Work for daisy

The Daisy big red bus proved a hive of activity as the local telecoms firm recruited staff at the weekend.

More than 100 job seekers hopped on board the recruitment double decker as it parked up in Burnley town centre for the day and more than 80 filled in applications for positions with the company which currently has 50 vacancies.

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Daisyplc breathes new life into Prodigy hang-out

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Daisy in News 2009, Work for daisy

A leading Lancashire telecoms firm has ‘pimped’ an old London Routemaster bus which previously belonged to The Prodigy front-man Liam Howlett.

The iconic bus was bought for Liam as a bizarre birthday gift by his wife Natalie Appleton of All Saints fame and was used as a hang-out for the band in the star’s London back garden.

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Cream of the North West’s business talent sought

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Daisy in News 2009, Work for daisy

The cream of the North West’s business graduates are being sought by a rapidly growing telecoms company.

Due to recent expansions, Lancashire-based daisy has reintroduced its successful graduate management scheme for bright young talent, fresh from university.
daisy’s two-year scheme gives graduates the opportunity to spend a three month period working within each department, starting with a front line role and moving on to more managerial roles. Stefni Oliver, Operations Director at daisy said: “There has never been a better time to join daisy. The past few months have seen major changes within the company which floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) back in July this year.

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