Turnover at specialist jobs board Oil and Gas Job Search has reached £2.8m, an increase of 55% from the £1.8m of last year.

The company’s marketing director, John Roberts, says the board has seen a 40% growth in the number of adverts placed over the past year, and expects its 10,000 new user registrations a month to double over the next six-month period.

Roberts adds: “We are attracting clients of the calibre of BP and Shell and this gives continued confidence that we are on a steady upward trend.”

In January the company opened up an office in Perth, Australia, which generates 10% of current turnover.