FAST50

FAST 50: Growth rates on the rise

As this year’s FAST 50 shows, there is cautious optimism in a challenging market for UK staffing businesses.

6 July 2023

FAST 50: Growth down but sector not out

The data says that growth in the recruitment sector is down, but there is much to be positive about

11 July 2022

FAST 50: From strength to strength

Privately-owned recruitment businesses continue to report robust growth, despite a year of political and economic uncertainty 

15 January 2020

Recruitment industry has only one representative in the Fast Track 100

Just one recruiter has made the cut in this year’s Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 list of fast-growing private firms.

Public sector, Legal 3 December 2019

2020 FAST 50 list set to be most revealing yet

How will Brexit affect the upcoming FAST 50 list?

19 September 2019

FAST 50: Recruiters defy doubters

Despite a high level of uncertainty, privately-owned recruitment agencies have reported robust growth.

14 January 2019

FAST 50 2018: Uncertainty bites

Data from M&A specialists Clearwater International reveals a slowing growth rate for privately-owned recruitment firms.

16 January 2018

Farewell to high margins

Business models based on high margins and charges are unsustainable in the healthcare market, and will lead to the “downfall” of recruiters in the sector.

Healthcare/Medical 12 January 2018

2018 M&A activity held back by uncertainty

Recruitment mergers & acquisitions activity will likely increase in 2018 but nowhere near the bumper volumes of 2015.

12 January 2018

FAST 50 2014: Healthcare ‘the standout sector’ in this year’s list

Healthcare is “the standout sector” in this year’s Recruiter FAST 50, says Tim Evans, managing director of Boxington Corporate Finance, compilers of the definitive list of the fastest-growing private staffing companies in the UK, which is sponsored by ICS.
17 January 2014

FAST 50 2014: Finance recruiters notable by their absence

With the publication of Recruiter’s FAST 50 2014 list, a notable difference between this year and previous years is the absence of recruiters from the finance sector.
16 January 2014

IT recruiters comprise nearly a fifth of Recruiter’s 2014 FAST 50

IT recruiters make up nearly one in five of the FAST 50 2014, the 50 fastest-growing privately owned staffing companies in the UK, compiled by Boxington Corporate Finance and sponsored by ICS.
IT/Telecoms 15 January 2014

FAST 50 2014: Multi-sector recruiters make up more than a third of this year’s list

Multi-sector recruiters make up the largest group of staffing companies in the 2014 Fast 50, the UK’s 50 fastest growing privately owned recruiters, compiled by Boxington Corporate Finance and sponsored by ICS.
14 January 2014

FAST 50 2014: Fastest-growing oil & gas, technical and engineering recruiters listed

Oil & gas, technical and engineering recruiters performed strongly in this year’s FAST 50, the 50 fastest-growing private recruitment companies, prepared by Boxington Corporate Finance and sponsored by ICS.
13 January 2014

FAST 50 2014: top performing industrial, logistics and construction recruiters revealed

Recruiters in the industrial, logistics and construction sectors are strongly represented in this year’s FAST 50, the 50 fastest-growing private recruitment companies, prepared by Boxington Corporate Finance and sponsored by ICS, making up 14% of the FAST 50 2014 list

Boxington Corporate Finance advises on CareerCross sale

Boxington Corporate Finance, compilers of the Recruiter FAST 50, the definitive ranking of the 50 fastest growing private recruitment companies in the UK, advised on the recent sale of Japanese online recruitment group of companies CareerCross to pan-Asia group JAC Recruitment.
8 January 2014

FINANCIALS: Angela Mortimer and Ship Shape Resources report

Differing fortunes at recruiters Angela Mortimer and Ship Shape Resources are revealed in their newly-released annual accounts, filed at Companies House.
2 January 2014

That was 2013 in recruitment

Whether it’s the death of Mandela (or Thatcher), Andy Murray's long-awaited Wimbledon glory, the rise to prominence of 3D printing, Bitcoin and twerking that the wider world will remember this year for, 2013 has certainly been eventful for recruiters.

20 December 2013

Recruiters bounce back in Fast Track league of growth companies

An expanded cohort of 17 companies represents the recruitment industry on this year’s The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 list of fast-growing private firms.
Engineering, Executive search 9 December 2013

Former FAST 50 lead Head Resourcing and Gordon Adam part company

Gordon Adam, co-founder of Head Resourcing, which topped the 2012 Recruiter FAST 50 league table, has left the business.
IT/Telecoms 29 November 2013

FINANCIALS: Whitehall Resources sees business shrink

SAP recruiter Whitehall Resources saw turnover and profit drop in what the business calls “an interesting year overall” in its accounts, submitted to Companies House.
IT/Telecoms 27 November 2013

FINANCIALS: Growth at Fastream Recruitment and Jark

Recruitment firms Jark and Faststream Recruitment – a Recruiter FAST 50 2013 entrant – saw growth in turnover and revenues, according to results documents filed at Companies House.
Construction & property 11 November 2013

Brightwork acquires Quality Link Recruitment to build hospitality offering

Scottish recruiter Brightwork Group has acquired staffing and event management firm Quality Link Recruitment (QLR) to enhance its offering in the catering and hospitality sector.
23 October 2013

Don’t be an introvert, look at the external market, says APSCo’s Hunt

Not enough recruitment firms look at the size of the external market as a way to gauge their own success, according to the chair of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
21 October 2013

FINANCIALS: OSR Recruitment profits up by two-thirds

Turnover growth slowed at FAST 50-listed multi-sector OSR Recruitment in the year to 31 January 2013, although the company increased its profits significantly.
21 October 2013
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