Policies and Practices

As a leading recruiter within the real estate and finance markets, Cobalt Consulting recognises its obligations as both an employer and a provider of recruitment services to the wider community.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunities and Diversity

Cobalt Consulting is committed to promoting equal opportunities and diversity, as an employer, a provider of recruitment services, customer and supplier. We make every effort to prevent discrimination against any of our employees, candidates or clients on the basis of gender, race, age, ethnic or national origin, disability, religion or political belief.

We monitor the gender, age and ethnicity of applicants across all roles and levels that we recruit for. These statistics can be provided to clients on request in order to help them achieve their own organisational aims.

Equal opportunity is all about good and fair employment practice and makes sound business sense. Everyone has the right to work and do business in an environment free of discrimination and harassment and we will not tolerate such behaviour under any circumstances.

For our full Equal Opportunity and Diversity Policy, please click here. For further information on equality and diversity, please click here.

Age Discrimination

Following the implementation of the Age Discrimination Law in October 2006, Cobalt has ensured that all current and new consultants are made aware of its implications through training and monitoring of their work. This has included changes to the registration process, a fully compliant database and ensuring that our advertising does not contravene the legislation.

For our full Age Discrimination Policy, please click here

Environment

Whilst this may be perceived as a minor contribution to our local community, we are aware of our corporate expansion plans for the future and what the impact will be on our immediate environment. We are strong believers that for a company the size of Cobalt, it is the minor contributions to our environment that make a difference in the long term. Examples of our contribution to our local community are:

It is Cobalt’s policy to return all printer cartridges to the manufacturer for recycling.
We outsource our recycling to Paper Round who collect our paper waste.
Cobalt has installed a water purifier system so to reduce the purchase of plastic water bottles which are a major landfill issue.
We donate all functioning IT hardware (which is obsolete for our business purposes) to local schools.
Cobalt has bought an environmentally friendly company car, the G-Wiz. This car is emission free, with no exhaust emissions. It uses just one quarter as much energy as a similar size small car with an internal combustion engine.
Installation of showers in our central London office to encourage cycling and running to and from work.

For our full environmental policy, please click here.

Well Being and Health and Safety

Cobalt is a strong advocate of a healthy work/life balance, and accepts its responsibility in ensuring that individuals achieve this. We do this through:

Discouraging any additional hours being worked, whether it be before or after the core working day or at weekends, which is communicated at the outset of their careers here and continually reinforced throughout the business.
Encouraging employees to run, walk or cycle to work where possible so that individuals can in turn reduce environmental damage by unnecessary use of taxis or private transport. To make this a viable and realistic option, we provide on-site showering facilities.
Ensuring that full holiday entitlement is exercised each year, by not carrying forward annual leave.
Introducing incentive schemes which centre on taking time off or relaxing trips abroad, often including partners.
Encouraging sporting activities, including football, netball, running, cycling and golf weekends.
Free flu vaccinations annually for all staff, administered by a qualified health professional at the office.
Flexible working and child care vouchers are available to employees with family commitments.

We take the health and safety of our employees very seriously, with our health and safety policy being communicated to all new employees through the employee handbook. We engage an independent health and safety consultant to review our practices annually.

For our full health & safety policy, please click here.

Community Support

Cobalt Consulting is introducing a new scheme for 2008 which will provide opportunities for disadvantaged individuals in partnership with PeaceMaker. This will involve providing employment and training opportunities at Cobalt as well as financial support. For more information on PeaceMaker, please visit www.peace-maker.co.uk

Charitable Giving

We actively encourage those individuals who undertake personal challenges for charity, which has recently included completing a 10k run and a 600 mile cycle ride from Bordeaux to Cherbourg on behalf of Helen and Gordon House and the Paris half marathon for Cancer Research. As a company we participate in charitable events such as “Wear it pink day” for Breast Cancer Campaign and at Christmas rather than participate in “secret santas” Cobalt made a donation to charity.

Equal Opportunities and Diversity Resources

The following links provide a variety of sources of information and advice on the subject of equal opportunities & diversity in the workplace. Cobalt Consulting accepts no responsibility for the content of external sites.

c2e – Committed to Equality
This Website has been developed for the use of all organisations, to enable them to implement the C2E Equality and Diversity programme.

Equal Opportunities Commission
The Equal Opportunities Commission is the leading agency working to eliminate sex discrimination in 21st Century Britain.

Disabilities Rights Commission
The DRC has identified its goal being "a society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens", the DRC provide helplines, legal services, advisory groups etc for disabled people.

Commission for Racial Equality
The Commission for Racial Equality is a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up under the 1976 Race Relations Act to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality.

Website usage terms and conditions

The information contained in this website has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing general information about Cobalt Recruitment, its partners and the services that they offer.

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is accurate, it does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation, endorsement or arrangement by Cobalt Recruitment.

The information presented is believed to be reliable but it's subject to change at any time without notice. Cobalt Recruitment do not guarantee its completeness or accuracy. By accessing this website you agree that Cobalt Recruitment will not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss arising from the use of the information and material contained in this website or from your access of other material on the internet via web links from this site.

The copyright in the material contained in this website belongs to Cobalt Recruitment. Any person may copy any part of this material, subject to the following conditions:

The material may be used only for non-commercial purposes;
The copies must retain any copyright or other intellectual property notices contained in the original material;
The products described in this website may be the subject of other intellectual property rights reserved by Cobalt Recruitment or other third parties. No licence is granted in respect of those intellectual property rights.
Images, pictures, videos, logos and graphics on this site are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without written permission of their respective owner(s).

Privacy policy

1. Introduction

Cobalt Recruitment Group Ltd. (Cobalt Recruitment) takes the confidentiality of personal data seriously. Please contact us if you have any questions or comments on this privacy policy.

The Company's privacy policy sets out the ways Cobalt Recruitment processes personal data. This privacy policy only relates to personal data collected by Cobalt Recruitment via Cobalt Recruitment website. Any personal data collected by Cobalt Recruitment is used in accordance with data protection legislation.

This privacy policy does not apply to personal data provided to Cobalt Recruitment by any other means or via any other website. Users should be aware that if they provide personal data to other companies, the privacy polices of those companies determine the uses to which that information is put and Cobalt Recruitment's privacy policy will no longer apply.

2. The Data Protection Act 1998

Cobalt Recruitment website complies with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

3. Use Made of Personal Information

Personal information provided to Cobalt Recruitment via Cobalt Recruitment website will be used for the purposes outlined at the time of collection.

In addition, personal information may be used for statistical analysis.

Personal data will be collected and processed by Cobalt Recruitment for the following purposes:
to provide goods and services, including marketing, advertising and promotions, unless a user elects to opt-out of receiving such communications.

Your personal details will not be made available to any third parties.

4. Consent

By providing personal data to Cobalt Recruitment users consent to the processing of such data by Cobalt Recruitment as described in this privacy policy.

5. Use of Data For Direct Marketing Purposes

At each point of data collection users are given the opportunity to opt-out of receiving future direct marketing material from Cobalt Recruitment. Where users do not opt-out of such communications, Cobalt Recruitment may provide information on The company's products, membership services, events, and training and education programmes. If at any time users want Cobalt Recruitment to stop sending such communications they should write to:

Cobalt Recruitment London
4th Floor
The Quadrangle
180 Wardour Street
London
W1F 8FY

6. Verifying, updating and amending your personal information

If, at any time, a user wants to verify, update or amend their personal data they may simply email their request to info@cobaltrecruitment.com

Verification, updating or amendment of personal data takes place within 40 days of receipt of the request.

7. Cookies

Cookies are not used on this website.

8. Links to Third Party Websites

This privacy policy applies solely to the personal data collected by Cobalt Recruitment and does not apply to third party websites users may access from this website.

The Company is not responsible for the privacy policies of third party websites. The Company advises users to read the privacy policies of other websites before registering any personal data.

9. Security

The Company holds your personal data in accordance with the security provisions of the Data Protection legislation.

10. Notification of Changes

The Company will notify all members of any changes it makes to its privacy policy. If Cobalt Recruitment decides to change its privacy policy, it will post such changes on this page so that you are always aware of how Cobalt Recruitment uses your personal data.

Users have the right to ask Cobalt Recruitment for a copy of the personal data held about them and to request that Cobalt Recruitment correct any inaccuracies in that information.