iGaming Elite Winners of the 2018 EGR Recruiter of the year award, how it happened.
What a whirlwind 48 hours that was, but well worth it. iGaming Elite are the proud winners of the 2018 EGR B2B iGaming Recruitment company of the year award.
Before I tell you how it happened, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you guys, all my connections and the team here, a business is only as good as the people that work for it and the people that they work with, so a big thank you to you all for a fantastic year.
This was a great opportunity to celebrate the industry in which we work, a new, dynamic, upcoming industry, which is changing every day, bigger, better and more innovative. Everyone there was worthy of being there and everyone has had some contribution to shaping the industry, an industry which we all love and are very proud to be part of.
So the big day …. Wednesday 20th of June, my alarm goes off at 03:00 AM, I get up and stagger round for a bit in the dark trying to get ready for my taxi which was booked for our flight at 05:55 from Malta International Airport. Even though I’m tired and trying to make sure I remember everything I’m already getting excited about the day to come and the prospect of winning. We arrive at the airport and Fola, Will and myself settle in for our flight.
The flight was nice, comfortable and on time, definitely not the worst I have ever had. We arrived punctually in Frankfurt to make our connecting flight to Heathrow. We had 55 minutes to make our way across the airport and get to gate to board the plane to Heathrow. 55 minutes between flights with hand luggage seemed like plenty of time, we soon realised this wasn’t the case. Having never been to Frankfurt airport before we didn’t realise that it’s the size of a small city, we rushed through passport control, priority as there was a long cue and managed to just make it to our boarding gate in time. Heathrow here we come !!
Another comfortable flight and we land at Heathrow, greeted by grey skys and a delay of 45 minutes on the runway. Typical UK weather, on our whole trip this was the only cloud and grey that we had seen, it was good to be home.
Once through Healthrow we caught the tube to Ealing, a nice part of the capital and close to the awards even at the Hurlingham Club. We found and checked into our hotel and after nearly a year without it we descended on Nandos for lunch.
I haven’t been back to the UK for 12 months and although I’m originally from Birmingham I have spent a lot of time in London, during my long career in recruitment and sales it’s hard not to be a regular visitor to the capital. I don’t know what I was expecting to find on my return but nothing had changed, it felt no different being back, the only thing that had changed is that I realised it was no longer home for me, I missed Malta (although I do miss Nandos).
After lunch we arrived back at the hotel in good time, Will made some new friends and we prepared for the awards later that evening.
Once we were ready, suited and booted we set off to the event, by this time nervous with excitement of the possibility of the iGaming Elite officially receiving recognition for our continued contribution of finding the industry the best talent, in a difficult market.
We arrived at the Hurlingham Club in good time for the awards, we caught up with some old friends from the industry. It was good opportunity to catch up with people that we haven’t seen for a while and get introduced to, people that are new to the industry or that we simply had not had the opportunity to meet before.
After a good 40 minutes networking and discussing the awards and the industry we were called to start the evening. We all sat down in the main hall and dinner was promptly served. We had the pleasure sharing the table with Trustly, thanks guys, was great to share this special night with you guys and well done !!!
Once we had finished eating (the food was fantastic by the way) the awards ceremony started. Looking at the program, Recruitment Agency of the year was about half way through the evenings proceedings. We sat waiting, watching friends that we have worked with for years get the recognition they deserved for innovating in the industry and consistently pushing the boundaries.
Then our time arrived ……. And the winner of recruitment company of the year are ………… iGaming Elite !!! What a feeling, we did it. Well done, the years of hard worked had paid off. Then, it was only a few moments later that we realised we were on a double award winning table when our friends at Trustly took the award for best Payments Provider, another truly well-deserved accolade, well done guys.
The awards finally came to an end, the night was done, after a few congratulatory drinks we made our way back to the hotel ready to get up bright and early to make our way back to Malta and then back to work.
With the award safely packed away in my hand luggage we journeyed back with a feeling of achievement and accomplishment.
What a great night, I’m looking forward to seeing you all again in 2019, let’s see if we can make it two years running.
iGaming Elite are currently recruiting all levels of consultants, both Junior and Senior, we are also working on a wide range of iGaming roles. If you would like to work for or be represented by an award winning agency then please get in touch – www.igamingelite.com.