
The cHeRries Conference
Thursday 12th June, 2025
P&J Live, Aberdeen
The cHeRries Conference in association with Mattioli Woods was established in 2021, complimenting the already successful cHeRries Awards.
The conference endeavours to support Human Resources professionals and Business Leaders nurture excellence in people and organisational effectiveness across Scotland.
Delegates at this year’s conference will engage in workshops, panel discussions and networking sessions, where shared insights will ripple far beyond the walls of the conference centre.
Our sessions for the day are as follows:
We all look forward to welcoming you to our cHeRries Conference in 2025.
For all event enquiries please contact Sharon Methven (Senior Event Manager) on smethven@dcthomson.co.uk
For all sponsorship and exhibition enquiries please contact Carole Bruce (Head of Commercial Partnerships) on carole.bruce@ajl.co.uk
Event Sponsors
Mattioli Woods is one of the UK’s leading providers of wealth management and employee benefit services, advising over 16,000 clients with assets under management, administration and advice of over £15 billion. The Mattioli Woods employee benefits team delivers benefit solutions to help clients increase productivity and profitability through improved employee engagement, retention and motivation. These include:
- flexible benefits – our portals allow for all sizes of business, covering employee engagement, total reward statements and employee discounts
- pensions and workplace savings – pensions and group SIPPs
- employee health and wellbeing – financial education, executive financial counselling, healthcare and risk benefits
- specialist services – covering mergers and acquisitions and international
Our wealth management clients, meanwhile, come from many walks of life – from the young entrepreneur in the early stages of their career to the retired property developer couple with a combined wealth of more than £20 million.
Whoever they are, Mattioli Woods is here to help and support its clients in protecting and growing their finances to meet their aims and ambitions.
Visit Mattioli Woods website- flexible benefits – our portals allow for all sizes of business, covering employee engagement, total reward statements and employee discounts
- pensions and workplace savings – pensions and group SIPPs
- employee health and wellbeing – financial education, executive financial counselling, healthcare and risk benefits
- specialist services – covering mergers and acquisitions and international

Mattioli Woods is one of the UK’s leading providers of wealth management and employee benefit services, advising over 16,000 clients with assets under management, administration and advice of over £15 billion. The Mattioli Woods employee benefits team delivers benefit solutions to help clients increase productivity and profitability through improved employee engagement, retention and motivation. These include:
Our wealth management clients, meanwhile, come from many walks of life – from the young entrepreneur in the early stages of their career to the retired property developer couple with a combined wealth of more than £20 million.
Whoever they are, Mattioli Woods is here to help and support its clients in protecting and growing their finances to meet their aims and ambitions.
Visit Mattioli Woods website
Hunter Adams is a UK HR consultancy and recruitment business. We offer commercial solutions with a focus on bottom-line profitability, and are experts in workplace culture and employee engagement.
On the HR side, we provide all HR services under one roof. We consult in all areas of HR, provide HR interims for assignments and projects of any duration, and we offer HR call-off support to SMEs and charities – essentially acting as their HR department.
On the recruitment side, our talented team of HR recruiters work with their signature speed and efficiency to meet and exceed our clients’ needs – whether that’s for a single hire or for a multiple-role recruitment campaign. Quite simply, we are HR people hiring HR people.
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Core29 offers a truly unique independent service, spanning the entire life of systems and data, providing digital transformations for clients.
Across project consultancy, IT strategy and independent project management, we are dedicated to helping our clients streamline process, improve communication and enhance profits.
In order to maximise the value of investment in technology, we think about data first. We add value to clients by ensuring our recommendations not only enable more efficient processes but are able to provide the business with accurate and valuable data insights that can be utilised by management to make real time data driven business decisions.
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Electra are a leading provider of Change Management and Learning solutions. Our bespoke learning platform provides HR teams with a flexible and affordable way to manage all aspects of training delivery. We collaborate with you to implement the rollout of your systems and the delivery of comprehensive learning strategies to support your business.
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Major Recruitment is an independent recruitment agency with over 33 years of industry experience and offices located throughout the UK.
With an office based here in Aberdeen, we provide tailored staffing solutions across multiple sectors including Industrial, Commercial, Engineering, Oil & Gas, Food Manufacturing, and Hospitality.
Our dedicated consultants work closely with clients and candidates to deliver long-term, value-driven partnerships.
Whether it’s temporary, permanent, or contract roles, we match the right talent to the right opportunities. At Major, we believe recruitment is more than filling vacancies – it’s about building futures, supporting businesses, and helping people thrive.
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At the University of Aberdeen, we’ve been building careers since 1495, and educating online for decades.
Join us online and you don’t have to choose between your career and new qualifications – you can achieve both.
University of Aberdeen Online offers part-time, fully online degrees and short courses to help you and your teams upskill, reskill, and advance in your career.
Designed to fit around full-time work, our online courses offer you 24/7 access to materials, dedicated support, and discounts for teams.
Choose from a range of subjects including:
· Business and management
· Digital and data skills
· Energy
· Engineering and technology
· Healthcare and medicine
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· Psychology, and more.
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