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Astute has donated £210 to Giving Africa, helping this wonderful charity to eradicate poverty through the power of learning, by providing access to education and training in relevant skills to help provide employment for some of Africa’s poorest children. To support this cause, visit: https://goo.gl/SsVrwn

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Because family is important to us, one of our traditions at Astute is the giving of personalised baby stools to our team members when they celebrate a new addition to their families. Each stool is handmade and engraved with their child’s name. Here are the latest group of proud Astutian Daddies with their gifts. Congratulations!

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Our Network Infrastructure team celebrated exceeding target with a multi-cultural incentive of a night out enjoying African tapas at Nativ followed by drinks at Vodka Revolution.

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Every day, 10 children and young people in the UK are diagnosed with cancer. CLIC Sargent is a national charity with one simple aim: to help ease the burden of childhood cancer on children, young people, and their families. Astute’s mufti donation of £260 will go towards helping the charity provide clinical, practical, financial, and emotional support to help them cope with cancer and get the most out of life. To support this cause, visit: http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/content/donate

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Congratulations to Eddie Howe from all of us at Astute on winning the LMA Manager of the Year! Beating out Premier League winner Jose Mourinho to the top spot, the award recognises Eddie’s achievements in taking our beloved AFC Bournemouth into the top flight for the first time in its history. From all the season ticket holders at Astute, especially Darren Green and his little boy, we salute you! Richly deserved.

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Human resources, noun: the department of a business that deals with the hiring, administration, and training of staff. While factually accurate, we at Astute believe that this description doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. We believe that the HR department should bring a friendly face, understanding, and a warm sense of humour to the task of supporting our 200 staff on a daily basis – but then, we have been spoiled by having as HR Manager the wonderful Jo,…

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It was one year ago today that Paul Woods stepped into the CRN Fight Night ring and emerged victorious. It seems like only yesterday! Paul, on behalf of everyone at Astute, wishes good luck to all of this year’s competitors – and whilst in each bout there can only be one winner, every single fighter there is a champion in our eyes, boxing against industry insiders to raise thousands for a host of charities chosen by the fighters themselves.

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What do leads make? Raffle prizes! With 1 raffle ticket for every lead generated, the Network Infrastructure team not only smashed its target this April, but managed to bag some fantastic prizes along the way, including Nerf guns, hairdryers, DVDs, headphones, and of course, a little something to celebrate with.

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Astute has donated £280 to the Senior Staffy Club, a specialist charity which rescues, rehomes and cares for older Staffordshire Bull Terriers in need. This particular donation is to go towards restoring Stevie the Staffy’s eyesight – Stevie was blind and abandoned but the senior Staffy Club rescued him from being put down and found him a loving home – and with our help the charity can fund an operation to restore 85% of his sight. To support this cause,…

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Ten years ago, Charles and Camilla were married, Christopher Eccleston made his debut as Doctor Who, and England won the Ashes for the first time in 18 years. But, more importantly, Nia started work at Astute. Beginning her career on the phones as an Agent, Nia worked her way up through the ranks, becoming Team leader, Campaign Manager, and in 2008 became a Business Relationship Manager – the ‘face’ of Astute to our clients, developing relationships, overseeing campaigns, and winning…

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