Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2007 | Page 127

LOCAL BUSINESS

Island work
is on the up!
Pertemps are celebrating
one of their busiest years
yet on the island following
a significant increase in
their industrial recruitment
sectors. The industrial
division has grown
significantly and now covers
a wide range of skills.
The commercial division of the
Newport based branch have also
reported a steady increase in
recruitment activity, signalling to
businesses that employment and
commerce on the island is on the up.
Jobs @ Pertemps specialises in
both permanent and temporary
recruitment for a vast range
of positions including
office,

recruitment consultancies. Founded
in 1961, it has over 45 years
experience of servicing industry,
commerce and the professions.
Pertemps have a nationwide
network of branches in prime
site locations across the UK
and therefore have the high
profile needed to attract the
maximum number of talented
candidates for any recruitment
campaign. All offices are linked
by a fully integrated database,
providing clients with access to
a vast pool of people stretching
far beyond a localised area.
Pertemps have generated many
accreditations this year already.
They have been awarded a Star
accreditation from Best
Companies
2007

and
industrial and driving
work. They have been
supplying companies
across the Island since 1998
from their Riverway Industrial
Estate office and, following a major
upturn in business, are planning
expansion later in the year.
“2007 is proving to be our busiest
year yet with the Industrial
division increasing by 75% in the
last year”, said Branch Manager,
Denise Dorley-Brown, “We have a
number of recruitment campaigns
that we are embarking on and
we are urgently seeking full and
part time office administrators,
warehouse workers, secretaries,
skilled and semi-skilled labourers,
accounts personnel and drivers
to keep up with demand.”
Pertemps is one of the UK’s leading

appeared
in the recent
Sunday Times
Top 100 companies
to work for listing.
Pertemps has also been accredited
with the Two Ticks Accreditations
from Job Centre Plus. This accolade
has been awarded for their
positive attitude about disabled
people and their commitment to
providing work for and keeping
disabled people in employment.
Denise Dorley-Brown said:
“AlthoughPertempsisgettingbigger
and bigger, we still treat every client
as an individual. Our consultants
take time to listen to what people
want, and we have a wide range
of opportunities on offer.”
Please call 01983 533235.

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Clocks have
become very
collectable...
Have you ever wondered
when the clock was invented?
Although
it’s
unknown
who
was
responsible
for the invention of the
mechanical clock, the word
‘clock’ originates from an old
continental
word
‘clocke’
meaning bell.
Monks were summoned to prayer
by the ringing of a bell at canonical
hours; it’s believed a mechanical
mechanism was invented to perform
this task during the 13th Century.
With the addition of a dial and hour
hand, these clocks were installed in
churches, monasteries and public
buildings.
By the mid 15th Century versions
of these clocks began to appear
in private dwellings, being wall
mounted, weight driven and having

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to be wound twice daily. Until
the invention of the pendulum in
1656, time keeping was, at best,
inaccurate.
The 17th and early 18th Century
were the golden years of English
clock making. Eminent makers
such as Edward East, Joseph Knibb
and Thomas Thompion produced
fine Lantern, Bracket and Longcase
clocks. Robert Hooke, who was
born in Freshwater, worked closely
with Thompion, the most eminent
of clockmakers.
Fine clock making also existed
on the European continent with
marquetry Longcase clocks and
wall clocks from Holland, early wall
clocks with revolving dials from
Italy, automata, table clocks, and
later, cuckoo clocks from Germany
and fine Ormolu clocks from France.
Antique clocks are very collectable
with early examples fetching high
premiums.
By David Wynn
‘Ye Old Village Clock Shop’
Freshwater Tel: 754930

Continental or Full English??
Forget breakfast at Tiffany’s,
Vectis Sunrise Rotary Club
meets every Wednesday at
7.30am for breakfast at the
Riverside Centre in Newport.
Rotary is an international
organisation whose members
make an important difference
to the quality of life in the
community and worldwide.
We are a fun, growing club with
a mix of ladies and gentlemen but
we’d like more members!! If you
have time to spare and would like

the enjoyment of helping others
and meeting new people on the
Island then contact us now!
Be part of a local, national
and International organisation
that is committed to making
the world a better place!
If you’d like to know more then
please checkout the website (www.
rotary-ribi.org) or ring Jennie
Lewis, Membership Services, on
289794 or the Club Secretary,
Brian Hopkins, on 531341.

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