Research is underway now to identify the UK’s 50 fastest-growing recruitment businesses for Recruiter’s Fast 50 2012 in association with Boxington Corporate Finance.

The Fast 50 ranks the fastestgrowing private recruitment businesses in the UK according to annual sales growth over the last three years. It will be published in Recruiter’s first issue of 2012.

“Last year’s Fast 50 was all about resilience,” said Tim Evans, managing director of Boxington Corporate Finance. “2012 is going to be different and more interesting. It’s going to be about a balance between resilience on one side, but growth and the return to growth on the other.

“Because this year’s Fast 50 looks over the period of economic downturn as well as growth, I think that will make it probably the most interesting Fast 50 so far,” he continued.

Evans added: “The other thing that I think will be a feature of the top 50 will be growth driven by overseas growth. We’re not talking about overseas dots on the map what we’re talking about are proper operations located overseas that are making sales and making profit. And I think the players who make the Fast 50 will be able to demonstrate that type of established and successful overseas operation which is making money.”

Is your recruitment business ready for the Fast 50? Ensure your business is on our research team’s radar. Here’s what we’re looking for.

Criteria for inclusion:

Temporary and/or permanent recruitment companies that are registered in the UK as private, independent and unquoted companies (including private companies that are backed by private equity houses)

Annual sales of at least £5m in each of the last three financial years as disclosed in audited accounts submitted to Companies House

For any questions on qualifying for Fast 50 2012, please contact Boxington at [email protected]

Recruiter’s Hot 100, conducted in association with Agile Intelligence, which looks at the UK’s most profitable recruitment businesses, is in the final stages of preparation and will be published in November.