After a year of record growth in 2018, the UK recruitment industry looks set to continue in the same vein this year. But what is driving it and how can recruitment business leaders capitalise on the rising demand
In the last decade, the UK recruitment industry has seen a three-fold increase in the number of agencies operating within it – up from 12,500 in 2012 to 40,000 today. Despite Brexit, demand for staff remains high as
Starting and building a recruitment business is hard work. But gaining and retaining that all-important edge over the competition is very much in the hands of agency owners themselves. It’s simply a matter of getting your agency brand
A recent survey by accounting software provider Sage has found that 17% of all payments to UK SMEs were late, and that over 50% expect a negative impact on their company finances as a result. Payment processor BACs
When is the best time to start a recruitment business? With this question coming from a company that specialises in supporting recruitment entrepreneurs to start and grow their agencies, the answer should be an obvious one. But it
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It is also probably the most frustrating word in the English language. As a business owner, mistakes come with the job. No one has all the answers and as the cliché goes, experience
When starting your recruitment business we believe there were two main motivations behind you doing so: to have an agency built in your own vision and to grow that agency to become a key player in your sector.
We love this time of year. It is the perfect moment to look at the year gone by and more importantly, to plan for the one that lies ahead. But of all the years of growth we have
The start of the new year is always filled with optimism and a resolve among many people. While the debate between economic forecasters continues to rumble as to whether this will be a year of further growth or
Time, they say, is a precious commodity. ‘They’ are right, especially in today’s increasingly competitive recruitment environment. With the number of new recruitment businesses growing apace and the industry itself more buoyant than ever before, the pressure is