Pictured above: (l-r) Chris Longmate (MD of Positive Outcomes Group), with new hires Gemma Cripwell and Cheryl Peto

East Midlands-based recruitment and training organisation, Positive Outcomes, has added two professionals to its management team in the newly created roles of HR & Support Services Manager and Company Accountant.

Cheryl Peto joins as HR & Support Services Manager and Gemma Cripwell is the company's new accountant. Both are based at Positive Outcomes' training head office in Mansfield, and together will deliver direct support to the £4.5m turnover business, which employs over 100 staff based in seven key regional locations, including dedicated Recruitment company offices in Nottingham city centre and across the UK.

Chris Longmate, MD at Positive Outcomes Group, comments: "We pride ourselves on delivering a first-class, professional, commercially-led service to our clients across recruitment and work-based apprenticeships and training for both public and private sector organisations. The company is embarking on the next phase of its ambitious strategy for business improvement and growth at all levels, locally and nationally, and to assist in achieving this, it is vital to have high calibre, qualified professionals on the management team. 

"Both Cheryl and Gemma have skills and experience that is relevant to our business and represent a great resource for Positives Outcomes as it moves forward with its business strategy."

Formerly HR Manager at Nottingham law firm Berryman for eight years, Cheryl Peto became a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) in 2004, after completing her HR studies at Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham Business School in 2004. She has extensive experience in employee relations activities and policies, and will have responsibility for recruitment and in-house training, whilst ensuring Positive Outcomes remains abreast of HR and employment legislation for the benefit of clients and staff.

Gemma Cripwell, accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), joins from South East Derbyshire College where she was its Management Accountant, prior to which she was Costing & Income Accountant for the NHS. Her role at Positive Outcomes will be pivotal to enhancing the company's financial reporting and analysis processes and include the creation of an in-house Finance Department alongside Financial Assistant Rachel Swinbank.

"As a privately-owned company, which is dedicated to developing training partnerships with local, regional and national organisations, Positive Outcomes has ambitious plans for growth and will build on its reputation as one of only a handful of dedicated providers that can deliver tailored training for employees aged 16 and upwards," adds Chris. 

"The training arm of the company has consistently won Awards for excellence in training delivery. We have always delivered government-funded work-based training, and the funding for this has recently been significantly increased, based entirely on our strong performance and results in the last 12-months. The training team is also developing a number of initiatives designed to enhance the value-added service for clients, including our innovative Apprenticeship scheme, for which we have a dedicated team of professionals. 

"Our Recruitment company is recognised as one of the premier teams in the UK, and is the automatic choice and preferred supplier for many East Midlands' businesses operating in the commercial office, call centre, sales, secretarial, legal, HR, I.T. and financial sectors."