Countdown is on for HR event of year

Excitement is building for the biggest day of the year for HR professionals in Scotland as the clock ticks down towards the 2023 cHeRries Conference and Awards in Aberdeen.

The conference being held by The Press and Journal (P&J) and The Courier in association with wealth management firm Mattioli Woods – will deliver insights and practical advice in areas such as training, recruitment and organisational effectiveness.

Delegates will also hear about the many benefits to business of diversity and inclusion.

And the highly anticipated awards, also being held by the P&J and Courier in association with Mattioli Woods, will honour the best and brightest examples of HR excellence over the past 12 months. Both events take place at the same venue, P&J Live, on Thursday June 8.

The conference from 8.45am-4pm.

It will feature three main panel sessions, lunch and an exhibition, as well as the keynote speech from diversity champion Samantha Jayne Nelson.

She is said to be the first offshore installation manager in the oil and gas industry to openly identify as transgender and to hear from her is on

and the strong line-up of others speakers, visit dctevents.com/event/thecherries-conference/

Finalists in the latest edition of the cHeRries Awards were unveiled last month.

A total of 30 individuals and businesses were nominated after a tough judging process.

The awards recognise excellence in the fields of

human resources, training and recruitment.

There are 10 award categories this year, including the Top cHeRry gong for outstanding contribution sponsored by Mattioli Woods.

This award, won last year by Aberdeen-shirebased organisational improvement and development consultant Willie MacColl, will be

chosen by a panel of judges and announced at the ceremony.

The other categories were open to individuals, teams and organisations to enter or be nominated for.

Finalists recently gathered at Cask & Cream, in the Hilton Aberdeen Teca hotel, to enjoy a night of networking ahead of next month’s big event.

The much-anticipated cHeRries Conference will be held in Aberdeen.