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“I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.” Winston Churchill Strive Together, Share Success hashtag#granitesearch hashtag#stewandcocoa hashtag#veday hashtag#success hashtag#winstonchur...

It's Episode 4 of Stew & Cocoa where Andrew Tuck - Head of Workplace for Nationwide Building Society - provides an insight into how the mutual is functioning in its major economic role whilst ensuring its key workers are kept safe. He also points towards some concerning, but unavoidable consolidation for the institution, whilst reassuring all members and stakeholders with a ...

The team here at Granite Search would like to reassure you during this time of uncertainty, that we are thinking of all of our candidates and clients. ‘Strive Together, Keep Calm & Carry On’ is our mission and our motto to help keep our industry moving, but it is a bit of a mouthful… ‘Stew & Cocoa’ seemed a fitting and more palatable abbreviation with welcome, nourishing, re...

Ep.3 of the Stew & Cocoa podcast with John Howie BSc, CEng, FICE, FEANE of John Howie & Associates is out now! John provides a useful insight into the liabilities of all supply chain members who have elected to place sites on stop. We discuss some of the questionable decisions that have been made, albeit with good initial intentions; the mindset of contractors, subcontractor...

Episode 2 of the Stew & Cocoa Podcast is out now! For this episode I spoke with Joe Giordano, an ex consultant QS, but he does much more interesting work now in project finance and due diligence for major sovereign wealth funds and retail banks among others. He also has almost as many charitable commitments as letters after his name and is thoroughly entertaining over a beer...

Episode 1 of the Stew & Cocoa podcast is out now: https://lnkd.in/gkrdvz7 In challenging times, Granite Search offers ‘stew and cocoa’ to the front line in construction's response to Covid 19. How does a major builder increase sales by 20% in 6 months? What bid service can demonstrably prove it nets 100 x the amount spent in fees within the year and establish long term succe...

We are very pleased to announce our new 'home' from January 2020: Becket House 36 Old Jewry London EC2R 8DD

Granite Search are pleased to announce the appointment of Dame Grainne Nite, who will be striving to secure the very best recruiters to work with us. Whether you have little experience or a proven success and are looking for your next opportunity Dame Grainne Night is keen to speak with you! What do we offer you may be wondering? Get in touch to find out! #God save the Queen...

Save the Date: Friday 13th September 2019 – The Day Granite DID (Drop in & Donate) for The Movement Centre Now you will be wondering what we need your help with, our objective is to raise £10,000 for The Movement Centre in 2019 to support them in funding their new building facilities. This is the 8th year of our sponsorship of The Movement Centre and this year we would like ...

Granite Search welcomes Daniel Laming to Team Construct! Dan will be responsible for Permanent Operation roles for our Fit Out and Refurbishment clients. Roles he will be responsible for include Project Managers, Site Managers and Construction Managers. He joins Granite with a wealth of recruitment construction experience which he has built up over the last 15 years.