Nice work if you can get it

Jaws dropped when it was revealed at the AJ100 awards ceremony last night (14 May) that Ken Shuttleworth's burgeoning practice Make has only a 2 per cent staff turnover – an incredibly low figure which more than justifies the firm's Employer of the Year award.

Karl Haden, chief of recruitment agency and award sponsor SIV, jokingly booed as he handed over the prize. But Astragal's sure that the agency's work recruiting nearly 150 newbies for Hamiltons last year will have eased this minor pain…