Closed Business Sales Team Night Out at Revolution



We know you can’t actually give 110% effort. You can only give 100%. But when you do give it 100% as a team, that’s when all the individual 100%’s add up to 110% results over target. That is just what our Closed Business Sales team managed, and here they are giving another 100% to the celebration that followed at Vodka Revolution Bournemouth.  

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London to Paris Bike Ride Fundraising



Astute has donated £300 to a great project being undertaken by one of our clients, Jay Dyer from EE, who is cycling from London to Paris to raise money for a superb charity called Set4Life UK – Children’s Education which works with schools in war torn Sierra Leone. Jay and his team will be cycling for more than 310 miles over 3 days and are hoping to raise enough money to be able to purchase necessary learning materials, recruit two…

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Farewell to Mattes Lau



Here is our IT team saying farewell to Mattes on the last day of his internship, with Caribbean food atTurtle Bay in Bournemouth. As a special surprise, the team bumped into our ex-IT Manager, Niall, who decided to come along too. It’s always nice to see old friends, and we hope we will be seeing Mattes again in future too.

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Education & Health Nepal



After a second, devastating earthquake hit Nepal, Astute’s mufti collection of £400 has been donated to Education & Health Nepal. Knowing the charity’s Director, who is in Nepal right now helping with all their rebuilding efforts, we know that every penny will be going to help EHN rebuild schools and vital services in the country’s poorest areas, which are among the hardest-hit following the earthquakes. If you are interested in helping EHN in other ways please visit http://ehn-nepal.org/ehn-uk/donate/  

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Table Wars Barbie’s Soldiers



The first rule of Table Wars is, you don’t talk about Table Wars… unless you’re part of the winning team. Then you shout about your victory and celebrate with lots of booze for the weekend. Barbie’s Soldiers, pictured here with their loot, won in handsome style, with 24 sales across three days between the five of them. Cheers!

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£100 Incentive



Everyone at Astute is extremely happy to be working with a brand new web hosting client, providing them with an innovative Cost-Per-Sale service for their key online products. Perhaps no-one is happier than Adrian, pictured here with his £100 incentive for the first sale of the campaign.  

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Margaret Green Animal Rescue



Astute wishes a very happy 50th birthday toMargaret Green Animal Rescue of Dorset. This charity helps rescue, care for, and rehome 1,200 animals a year, many of them abandoned and ill-treated. Animals of all shapes and sizes are looked after – from cats, dogs, and rabbits to donkeys, goats and pigs. The charity receives no government funding, so we hope that our £270 donation from our mufti day will go towards helping them carry on their good work. To support…

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Astute Bike Ride



We are very lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world. Some of the team took advantage of the wonderful weather to take in the sights and enjoy a leisurely cycle from the Astute offices to Sandbanks and back – with the obligatory stop for a pub lunch on the return leg, of course!  

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YGO-TCG Bournemouth



YGO-TCG Bournemouth is a club is for children and young adults who play a trading card game called Yu-Gi-Oh. Many members have an ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder), ranging from high-functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome to dyslexia and speech impediments. Because people with an ASD often struggle in social situations, the club allows them to meet and interact with like-minded others in a safe and structured location. It also helps with reading and maths, due to the way the game itself…

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