At the end of each month we tally up statistics to compare on previous months. I have been having a good look over how we are doing over the 1st quarter and we are up on nearly all counts which include relief jobs out, permanent placements still standing, turnover and adverts.
In 2016 we had 150 relief jobs out and, in this quarter we had 183 which is a 22% increase.
Permanent has gone up drastically from 36 in 2016 to 52 in 2018 which is a huge 44% increase over the past 2 year.
The only one which is slightly down or could say has stabilised is adverts. In 2016 it was 226, in 2017 it was 307 and this first quarter is 294 which is slightly down. This could be because social media makes it much easier for jobs to be advertised than it was a few years ago.
Turnover has increased 40.5% since 2016 despite having some outstanding bad debt with two companies one which we are going through legal proceedings with and one we will be starting with shortly if we don’t receive payment within the next week. No names mentioned! Although we have this debt outstanding the money banked over the first three months is up considerably on the previous two years which is good even though it is slightly down on the month of March as compared with 2017.
I will definitely be looking at the next 3 month period and fingers crossed we continue to grow through this transitionary period where we will be moving offices to 15 Well Street which we are certainly looking forward to.
We have 58 relief chefs out.
With 87 being booked out this month.
We will expect it to keep getting busier as we move into summer, my aim this year is to try and have 100 relief chefs out working at one time 😊
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Its been a good month in the CIS office with 27 permanent placements and plenty of adverts.
The office is closed tomorrow and Sunday but will re-open on Monday with Michael and Tom.
Hope everyone has a lovely Easter Weekend
We have over 50 chefs working at the moment which is 10 more than last year.
Its been a good week in the Chefs In Scotland office with 9 permanent placements, plenty adverts and 15 relief out so far. Lets see what today will bring?
I have called BT to let them know that we are moving office and are booked in to get additional phone lines in to Well Street, Moffat.
Beer tasting in Lockerbie tonight.
Lots happening which is very exciting 😊
Lets see a few who are out at the moment
Jonny Lewis is at Adelphi in Aberdeen he also had Alan Anderson’s help for a couple of days
Douglas ‘Denzil’ Gillies is at The Inn at Lathones (nice you got to see your daughter too)
Ally Elder has just finished at Ramnee Hotel and James O’Brien is taking over
Graham Smith is up at the Mackays Hotel in Wick where Robert Aspden is joining him
Yousef Shengheer is at Go Glasgow
Phil Smith is helping out for a few days at The Cartland Bridge while Gordon Wright celebrates his 30th (happy birthday Gordon)
Ed Stankaitis is over in St Andrews at The Scores Hotel
Scott MacIntyre is at Nethy Bridge Hotel
Neil Hawthorne is at Stonefield Castle
John Taylor is at The Seafood Ristorante in St Andrews
Sarah Pozzi is at Greshornish in Skye
If you have any holidays or time off planned please get in touch and I can update our database
Hope you all have a great day 😊
We have over 50 chefs working at the moment which is 10 more than last year.
Its been a good week in the Chefs In Scotland office with 9 permanent placements, plenty adverts and 15 relief out so far. Lets see what today will bring?
I have called BT to let them know that we are moving office and are booked in to get additional phone lines in to Well Street, Moffat.
Beer tasting in Lockerbie tonight.
Lots happening which is very exciting 😊
Lets see a few who are out at the moment
Jonny Lewis is at Adelphi in Aberdeen he also had Alan Anderson’s help for a couple of days
Douglas ‘Denzil’ Gillies is at The Inn at Lathones (nice you got to see your daughter too)
Ally Elder has just finished at Ramnee Hotel and James O’Brien is taking over
Graham Smith is up at the Mackays Hotel in Wick where Robert Aspden is joining him
Yousef Shengheer is at Go Glasgow
Phil Smith is helping out for a few days at The Cartland Bridge while Gordon Wright celebrates his 30th (happy birthday Gordon)
Ed Stankaitis is over in St Andrews at The Scores Hotel
Scott MacIntyre is at Nethy Bridge Hotel
Neil Hawthorne is at Stonefield Castle
John Taylor is at The Seafood Ristorante in St Andrews
Sarah Pozzi is at Greshornish in Skye
If you have any holidays or time off planned please get in touch and I can update our database
Hope you all have a great day 😊
Its been a busy week in the Chefs In Scotland office with Michael looking after Head and Sous Placements, Jessica looking after Chef de Partie and Commis Chef Placements and myself working on relief.
We have 44 chefs out working over Scotland and North England.
Relief jobs have been coming in steadily this week with 16 out so far.
Some chefs we have placed
Craig Eggers and Alan MacPherson are both still at The Royal Hotel in Keith
Bobby Ainsworth is at the Albert Hotel in Orkney
Ed Stankaitis finished at The Pier House Hotel in Port Appin and is now on to The Scores Hotel in St Andrews
Jim Miller and Alex Burns are at Duisdale Hotel in Skye
Sarah Pozzi is also in Skye at Greshornish House Hotel
Paul Sellers is at The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness
Ryan Williamson is at Oban Bay hotel
Ross Mathieson is at Cabarfeidh Hotel in Stornoway
Jason Paxton is a Cawdor Tavern near Inverness
Dale Paton is at The Lovat Arms in Beauly
Cameron Brown and Gordon Wright are at The Cartland Bridge Hotel in Lanark
Michael Njoroge is at Gidi Grill in Dundee
Thanks all for your hard work 😊
Newspage 15th March 2018
We have copies kept of old newspages in the offices here in Moffat going back to 2008 which was when I moved down to Moffat from Skye in late November after a three week trip to India where I managed to get lost at Delhi airport.
Almost ten years on and we have quite swish offices in Sunnybrae, Old Well Road in Moffat, with carpets and new desks bought in early 2017. There is lots of space.
CIS is on the move again and as of Monday the 4th of June we will me making the 400 yard trip down onto Well Street in Moffat, smaller premises but what is an actual business premise as opposed to a house which has been converted.
We will be keeping the same numbers, website and email address, our Facebook page will also be in the same part of cyberspace.
I hope that there are not the same complications with switching the phone lines over as there was back in 2009 when we shut down the Portree office on Wentworth Street, overlooking the Tongadale Hotel. I hope that BT gets it right this time.
It will be time to say goodbye to the fax, goodbye to the lovely large interview room which I might just use for more traditional dinner parties and maybe a summer buffet.
I broke the news to Johanna and Jessica on Monday morning past and I am relieved that they both seem quite excited about the move and not having Saturday morning fish feeding duties. Bentley the Basset Hound and Poco the little Spanish Bodeguero will remain with me in Sunnybrae.
It is a busy old week so far in the CIS offices, five permanent placements so far, almost 30 adverts including two in Hong Kong which is always a boost! Johanna is into double figures for relief jobs out and we may make the 60 target for the second time this year. Tom is on holiday this week, coming back Monday to do some chef recruitment and work on more concise details for our brewery in Lockerbie.
As I write Jessica is getting another advert out.
The cool weather has come back today and the dogs are sitting quite content before I wake them from their slumber for the afternoon walk.
Then back to the office for some sous chef hunting.
The time in Moffat has been good for Chefs In Scotland, after our start on Skye all those years ago when many of us were still young.
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