The brief
Forty minutes with the hiring manager: the job, the team, the money, the non-negotiables.
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For employers
Send the brief on Monday. By Friday you read three profiles, not forty, each with salary, notice and why they fit.
- Shortlist in 5 days
- 12-week guarantee
- No fee unless you hire
Ways to hire
Every model has a fee you can see before we start and a guarantee in writing.
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Permanent
We search, screen and interview, then you meet three people who can do the job. Invoiced on the start date, never before.
- Fee
- 18% of salary
- Speed
- 5-day shortlist
- Guarantee
- 12 weeks free replacement
- Best for
- Core hires, managers, specialists
How a week with us goes
Mon Tue Long list
Our own bench first, then the market. Every profile gets a call, not a keyword match.
Wed Interviews
We interview eight to ten people ourselves and check the right to work and references.
Thu Shortlist built
Three people who can do the job and want it, with notes, salary and notice period.
Fri Shortlist sent
You read three profiles, not forty. Interviews booked for the following week.
Employer stories01 / 04
North Quay · Technology
“Twelve engineers in a quarter, and every one of them is still here a year later.”
Hannah Cole, VP People
12engineers placedin 90 days
A Series B payments company needed to double its platform team before a licence deadline.
Employer stories02 / 04
Harbour Hotels · Hospitality
“Two general managers and a head chef before the season opened. We had tried for months.”
Marcus Bell, Operations Director
3leaders in 5 weeksin 35 days
A coastal hotel group opening two properties in one spring.
Employer stories03 / 04
Midland 3PL · Industrial
“Forty temp seats filled in 48 hours for the peak. Zero no-shows on day one.”
Ruth Adeyemi, Site Manager
40seats in 48 hoursin 2 days
A distribution centre facing peak season with a third of its floor unfilled.
Employer stories04 / 04
Caldwell Care · Healthcare
“Compliance files arrived complete. Our CQC inspection went through without a single staffing note.”
Dr. Ian Caldwell, Director
98%nurse retentionin 14 days
A care group replacing agency dependence with a permanent nursing bench.
Brief us
Five minutes here saves a week of CVs. A sector consultant calls back within two working hours.
- Shortlist in five working days
- 12-week replacement guarantee
- No fee unless you hire
Questions
Permanent placements are a percentage of first-year salary, invoiced on start date, with a 12-week replacement guarantee. Contract and temp are an hourly margin. Retained searches are staged: a third on brief, a third on shortlist, a third on placement.
Five working days is the median across all sectors. Temp and industrial seats are usually filled within 48 hours; executive searches run 25 to 40 days.
Every permanent placement carries a 12-week guarantee. If someone leaves in that window we re-run the search at no charge.
Yes. We run inside and outside IR35 contracts, pay umbrella or PAYE weekly, and handle the status determination with you.
For retained executive searches, yes. For permanent and contract roles we work contingent or exclusive, and exclusive briefs get a shorter shortlist promise.
Our industrial and hospitality desks fill 40+ temp seats in 48 hours and run rolling campaigns for new sites.
Employers
What do you charge?
Permanent placements are a percentage of first-year salary, invoiced on start date, with a 12-week replacement guarantee. Contract and temp are an hourly margin. Retained searches are staged: a third on brief, a third on shortlist, a third on placement.
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