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THE BIG BLACK BOOK
ALY GRIMES PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR JAVELIN BLOCK Javelin Block is a regeneration company like no other, reimagining derelict or disused industrial buildings into spectacular loft apartments and creative spaces. As project co-ordinator, 26-year-old Aly helps lead these schemes and uses her passion for the arts to help drive Javelin Block’s creativity, by working with international artists and craftsmen. Javelin Block is based at The Compound; a 12,000 sq ft former textile factory that was converted in 2012 into a multi-functional creative space. The building has been used by Ed Sheeran and, most recently, Steven Spielberg while he was in Birmingham filming sci-fi blockbuster Ready Player One.
ROSANNA MOSELEY SOUS CHEF AT ADAM’S RESTAURANT Birmingham loves its food. And with five Michelin-starred restaurants, it has every reason to do so. The latest culinary star to emerge is sous chef Rosanna Moseley of multi-award-winning Adam’s Restaurant. The 21-year-old from Staffordshire made it through to the semifinals of BBC’s Masterchef: The Professionals. Her outstanding food instantly won over judges Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti. Rosanna is clearly going places and a star in the making. On behalf of Birmingham food fans, however, let’s hope she sticks around for a short while longer.
FUTURE TALENTS
NATALIE SMITH DIRECTOR AT CENTRAL RECRUITMENT Natalie started in recruitment 10 years ago, spending her first 5 years with a large international recruitment company and then moving to an independent recruitment company for the remaining 5 years. Here she worked her way up from Recruitment Consultant to Branch Manager. In July 2015 she took a leap of faith and made the decision to start her own recruitment company. With the help of a government new start up loan, secured with help from Hyndburn Enterprise Trust and Enterprise for All, Natalie opened Central Recruitment. Central Recruitment is based at Daisyfield Mill in
Blackburn and specialises in temporary recruitment within the industrial sector, offering clients affordable recruitment solutions in the North West area. The team at Central Recruitment has grown from 2-4 people, with Klaudia and Laura both having their one year anniversary with the company in November 2016. Natalie strongly believes they all share the same vision and this is the driving force behind their success over the past eighteen months. Central Recruitments’ annual turnover in the first year was £1.5M, exceeding their £1M forecast.