Almost daily, I check both Bestmark and Mintel and I have not seen any shops listed in Months. The last open recruitment was Febraury 2024 and I have not seen any jobs on either site. I wonder if they have a new website or have just gone dormant.
Bestmark has one major client near me and I shop that whenever eligible. They have another that is close enough to see the shops listed but a solid hour's drive from here and the task looks time consuming (real estate tours) so I haven't considered it even with the bonuses. The close major client is one I know they split with a different MSC so I am curious to see if that one eventually gives all the work to one or the other or if they keep it divided by task like that.
Second to None bought Bestmark awhile back and together they are known as the CX Group, www.cxgroup.com
For the past 2.5 years I have done the sneaky event board audits for Bestmark.
They are using the same website -- I do a alcohol shop for them pretty regularly both delivery and self checkout options fairly regularly and they have a handful of other options that I am not interested in but that go quickly.
Mintel is definitely still around. I work with them constantly. I think they only send out email notices about upcoming projects or schedulers reach out directly.