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Sundae Monday happy days! With a brilliant 10% over target performance, the winners of the Network Infrastructure team’s Table Wars were treated to ice cream and shakes, 1950s American diner style atCreams Cafe Bournemouth. Sweet!

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Generating over 100 sales in a month is thirsty work, so when our Inside Sales team achieved just that, we had to take them out for lunch and drinks at Revolution Bournemouth to celebrate. Who knew sales could be so tasty?

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Just like on The Apprentice, we decided that the winners of our Network Infrastructure Team Awards should be given a treat for going above and beyond – so to get them in the mood for winter we gave them a night out at Snowtrax! Check out their ringo skills!

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Our Mobility & Telecoms team generated 200 small business leads in a month whilst also hitting all their other internal targets. What’s that? You think that means these dudes deserved a night out at the bowling at Bowlplex Branksome followed by a slap up curry at Taj Mahal, Westbourne? As they said in The Big Lebowski – Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.

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You can keep your Oscars and your Nobel Prizes – Astute’s Network Infrastructure Team Awards are where it’s really at. The awards (eight hotly-contested categories including Top Sales, Most Improved Agent, Best New Starter and two agent-vote-only awards for Best Buddy and the Agents’ Choice Award) were set up to reward excellence, positivity, and difference-making. Congratulations to all the winners, each one very worthy of their award, though congratulations are in order to the entire team for making choosing the…

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For smashing out a record 900 leads in a single month, going 25% over target in the process, our Mobility & Telecoms team were treated by the management team to an evening of drinks and food at Cosy Club Bournemouth – a great night had by all, and Cosy Club was true to their word as every customer left feeling splendid!

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They’re crazy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky, the Astute family. Our batty cousins from Hallowe’enland have come to stay for the weekend, and helped us scare up a whopping £300 for The Children’s Society. That’s the spirit! Seriously though, we all know that Hallowe’en is a fun time for kids (of all ages), but for those children suffering in poverty and neglect, the nightmares are only too real, and The Children’s Society exists to help young…

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Hitting target is par for the course at Astute, and we are always putting on special incentives for our telemarketing team. But after another fantastic quarter we are aware that the Commercial, Media, and Data teams are massive drivers of business too – so we decided to show them some love, and, despite only having the one Woods available, the Astute Open teed off at Playgolf Bournemouth. Nine holes of four-ball golf, some lovely approach play, and one golf-cart land…

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Astute has secured A-List business Class cards worth £35 with an £80 welcome pack of free goodies on top as incentives for our staff! This is more than just a one-off prize. For the next six months these cards will give a huge range of offers and freebies on drinks, food, gym membership, nights out, hair, tattoos, taxis, holidays and much more. Now that’s a gift that keeps on giving.

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Just this year we were shortlisted for “Most Commercially Successful Campaign” at the B2B awards, thanks to our hugely successful Leading the Way programme. This integrated programme combines various multi-touch techniques, from digital promotion to contact centre support. We embarked on this project with EE, and the results so far have been industry-leading …. EPIC SCALE, EPIC SUCCESS, EPIC RESULTS

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