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Croft Associates

Croft Associates is a boutique executive search and talent advisory firm based in the UK, known for a highly personalised, confidential and thorough approach to search and selection, talent mapping and outplacement. Founded in 2006 by Richard Croft following senior roles at Norman Broadbent and Warren Partners, the firm brings more than 25 years of headhunting expertise to help clients find exceptional leaders and build effective senior teams. Croft Associates partners closely with boards and leadership teams to understand culture, values and role requirements, then delivers discreet, headhunter led research that identifies both active and passive candidates. The firm has completed executive and non executive mandates across utilities and energy, building materials and construction, manufacturing, financial services, media, retail and education, with representative appointments including CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Commercial Officer, Group Finance Director, Commercial Director, Managing Director, Group HR Director, Head of Engineering, Head of Technology, Chief Technologist, and Non Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair. Beyond retained search, Croft Associates provides talent mapping to give clients market intelligence and medium to long term pipelines, evidenced by projects such as senior engineering market mapping and management team RPO for building materials manufacturing and distribution businesses. Its one to one outplacement and executive career coaching services support senior leaders through transition with practical planning, assessment and ongoing onboarding support through the first year in role. The firm follows a rigorous process from consultation and solution design to research, candidate contact, assessment, longlisting and shortlisting, offer management and onboarding, underpinned by values of honesty, professionalism and confidentiality. Clients have included leading international and UK organizations such as Unilever, Trinity Mirror, AstraZeneca, Saint Gobain and United Utilities, as well as fast growing SMEs and sector specialists in builders merchants, digital cinema, property management and multi utility connections.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtRPOPermanent RecruitmentAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseEnvironmental ServicesWater ManagementUtilities

HQFrodsham, United Kingdom

Focused Construction

Focused Construction is a UK recruitment partner dedicated to delivering bespoke labour solutions for the construction industry, connecting employers and jobseekers through a straightforward platform that features Search Jobs, Jobseekers, Employers, and Sign In sections. Operating across a wide network of locations nationwide, the agency supplies qualified trades and site professionals for projects that range from short term cover to longer phased builds and permanent team hires. Its core talent pool includes electricians, plumbers and pipe fitters, joiners and carpenters, painters and decorators, plasterers, groundworks labourers, steel fixers, skilled labourers, foremen, site engineers, and site management personnel. Reflecting the real demands of active job sites, Focused Construction supports roles spanning CSCS labourers, bricklayers, dryliners, tilers, scaffolders, setting out engineers, quantity surveyors, and construction managers, as well as plant and equipment specialists such as 180 and 360 operators, rollers, and loaders. Clients gain access to vetted professionals aligned to site requirements, timeframes, and safety expectations across civil groundworks and utilities, residential developments, commercial builds, refurbishments, and fit out programs. For candidates, the agency provides transparent job listings, simple registration, and a steady stream of opportunities that cover entry level to experienced trades and supervisory positions, helping them secure consistent on site work with reputable contractors. Employers benefit from responsive communication focused on start dates, shift coverage, and project milestones, along with a consultative approach that prioritizes reliability and role fit so that crews arrive prepared and projects stay on schedule. By concentrating exclusively on construction, Focused Construction brings market knowledge about skills availability, regional demand, and certification requirements that matter most to contractors and developers, building a practical, hands on recruitment partnership grounded in the realities of the job site and the career goals of the people who keep it moving.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionInterior DesignConstruction & Skilled TradesGeneralist - blue collar professionals

HQLiverpool, United Kingdom

Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart is a specialist recruitment and talent advisory firm focused on energy, infrastructure, and supply chain markets. From its base in the United Kingdom the company delivers global executive search, permanent hiring, and contracting solutions that place leadership and hard to find technical talent into complex, safety critical, and capital intensive environments. Its sector practices span the full energy value chain, including upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas, renewables, nuclear, and utilities; infrastructure across construction, power generation and distribution, and public services; and supply chain domains such as shipping, ports and terminals, warehousing, airfreight, rail, and road transport. Consultants combine deep market knowledge with a structured search methodology, rigorous competency and behavioral assessment, and clear, evidence based reporting that keeps stakeholders aligned. Beyond hiring, Douglas Stuart provides talent management and HR consulting services, including role definition, workforce planning, salary benchmarking, diversity and inclusion reviews, and graduate program design, helping clients reduce time to hire and improve cost per hire while raising quality. The firm has delivered assignments across the UK, Europe, and Asia, supporting searches from senior managers to director and VP level, and coordinating complex international relocations and onboarding. Clients value weekly progress updates, transparent shortlists, and honest candidate feedback, alongside tools such as headroom assessments that reveal future potential. Whether building project teams, appointing a project director for an FPSO, strengthening HSE leadership, or scaling regional commercial and operations functions, Douglas Stuart partners closely with employers to understand culture, strategy, and growth plans and to secure talent that will perform and stay. The result is a practical, high integrity service that recruits effectively, helps retain people, and supports long term organizational performance.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationMaritime

HQMacclesfield, United Kingdom

Focus Point Consulting

Focus Point Consulting is a boutique headhunting and recruitment partner that connects employers with hard to find professionals across the UK, the USA, and the Middle East. The firm is led by experienced recruiters who combine targeted search methods with practical market insight to deliver hires that make a measurable impact. Their work is rooted in the built environment and engineering domains, with case studies highlighting successful searches such as a Project Manager for infrastructure design, a Senior Director hired to drive new business in building services and civil and structural engineering, and a Principal Structural Engineer. For employers, Focus Point Consulting offers bespoke services that begin with role scoping and salary benchmarking, progress through market mapping and discreet outreach, and culminate in candidate assessment, shortlisting, and offer management. For candidates, the firm provides focused support, clear guidance on market expectations, and access to curated opportunities through its jobs portal, ensuring consistent representation and a coherent professional narrative. The team emphasizes quality over volume, prioritizing deep research, proactive networking, and transparent communication to secure specialists, senior leaders, and mission critical individual contributors. Their approach is consultative and outcome driven, aligning hiring plans with commercial goals, timelines, and competitiveness in the market. With dedicated pages and processes for clients and candidates in multiple regions, Focus Point Consulting adapts to local hiring norms while maintaining a consistent standard of search excellence. Whether the need is a confidential leadership hire or a specialist technical appointment, the firm applies rigorous search, precise screening, and hands on support to shorten time to hire and elevate the caliber of talent joining the business.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstruction

HQBolton, United Kingdom

Dark Horse Recruitment

Dark Horse Recruitment is a specialist construction recruitment agency serving employers and workers across the South West of England from its base in Newton Abbot. With more than 30 years of collective industry experience, the team provides a proactive, honest and highly responsive service tailored to site needs and project timelines. The company focuses on four core sectors: Trades and Labour, Construction and Civils, Highways and Traffic Management, and Agricultural Works. Whether clients require additional tradespeople and laborers to scale a project, civil engineering support integral to complex builds, experienced traffic management technicians to keep roadworks safe and compliant, or reliable agricultural workers to assist with seasonal peaks, Dark Horse Recruitment sources and supplies vetted staff who are ready to deliver. The agency partners closely with site managers and operations leaders, offering rapid short notice cover, planned workforce ramp ups, and permanent hiring solutions. For workers, the registration process is efficient, easy and informative, and the agency is known for clear communication and dependable weekly pay, as reflected in testimonials that highlight attentive support and on time payroll. Employers value the straightforward brief to shortlist process, where consultants listen carefully to role requirements and present only suitable candidates. Dark Horse Recruitment supports assignments across the South West and maintains relevant construction standards and credentials, aligning with the expectations of contractors and infrastructure providers. In addition to day to day hiring, clients can submit vacancies online, and candidates can be referred through a simple scheme that rewards successful introductions. Bringing together local market knowledge, safety conscious sector understanding and a commitment to reliability, Dark Horse Recruitment acts as a trusted partner for building, highways and agricultural projects that depend on the right people at the right time.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionAirlines & AviationMaritimeRailroad

HQNewton Abbot, United Kingdom

Focusmed24

Focusmed24 Ltd is a UK based recruitment agency with a dual sector focus on healthcare and construction, delivering vetted professionals to clients nationwide. Established in 2008 by professionals with clinical backgrounds, the company combines deep sector knowledge with a practical, service led approach to staffing. In healthcare, Focusmed24 supplies registered nurses across general and specialist wards, theatre staff including ODPs, anaesthetics, scrub and recovery, and a broad range of AHP and HSS roles such as physiotherapists, radiographers, paramedics, biomedical scientists and clinical support workers. In construction, the business partners with contractors, developers and project managers to provide reliable site operatives and general labour, skilled tradespeople, site technicians and engineers, supervisors and project support staff for projects ranging from residential builds to large scale civil engineering and infrastructure. The firm also supports niche requirements spanning geotechnical, laboratory testing, site testing, environmental testing, engineering, quality management and admin, enabling clients to cover short notice gaps as well as longer term needs. Focusmed24 emphasizes a seamless onboarding experience, from fast response to role scoping through to rigorous compliance checks, including right to work, DBS and reference verification for clinical roles, mandatory training and immunisations where required, and safety, certification and PPE standards for construction assignments. Candidates value flexible shifts, clear communication and dependable weekly pay, while clients benefit from a single point of contact, proactive updates and dependable cover delivered on demand, on time, every time. With headquarters in Chelmsford, Essex, Focusmed24 operates across the UK and partners with NHS trusts, private hospitals and clinics, and construction firms. Its commitment to good practice is reflected by recognition badges visible on its site, including NHS Workforce Alliance, HealthTrust Europe, REC, JobsAware, Cyber Essentials and Professional Passport, reinforcing a culture of compliance, governance and quality.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstruction

HQChelmsford, United Kingdom

Fusion People

Fusion People is a United Kingdom based recruitment partner focused on delivering skilled talent to the built environment and engineering economy, with particular strength across construction, infrastructure, rail, and associated technical disciplines. Serving main contractors, specialist subcontractors, engineering consultancies, and asset owners, the company supports complete project lifecycles from early design and planning through construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance. Its consultants combine sector knowledge with disciplined search, screening, and compliance processes to place permanent employees, supply contingent contractors, and scale temporary site teams at pace. Core capability spans white collar technical and professional roles such as project management, planning, commercial and cost, design engineering, HSE, quality, and site management, as well as blue collar trades and field technicians covering civil, mechanical, electrical, and track related work. Clients benefit from market mapping, talent pooling, and proactive headhunting that reduce time to hire on hard to find skill sets, while candidates gain access to opportunities with leading firms and major programs across transportation, utilities, building, and industrial engineering. Fusion People emphasizes transparent communication, rigorous right to work and reference checks, and safety led onboarding suited to live, safety critical environments. The business is experienced in mobilizing multi discipline teams to demanding schedules, coordinating payroll and contractor care, and maintaining continuity of expertise across shutdowns, blockades, and phased works. Whether securing a single permanent specialist or assembling an integrated delivery crew, Fusion People aligns hiring strategies with budget, timeline, and governance requirements to deliver dependable outcomes. Its approach is collaborative, data informed, and quality driven, designed to build long term relationships and provide dependable workforce capacity where and when projects need it most.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & Aviation

HQWarrington, United Kingdom

HB People

HB People is a recruitment and HR consultancy based in Burscough, Lancashire, partnering with SMEs and growth businesses across the UK to solve talent and people challenges in a practical, agile way. Specialising in engineering, construction, industrial, and corporate functions, the team focuses primarily on permanent hiring and delivers retained headhunting for niche and leadership roles as well as scalable RPO solutions for high volume hiring of operatives and admin staff. As an award winning specialist, HB People embeds alongside in house teams, combining on site and remote support, modern tools, and market insight to accelerate hiring and strengthen people operations. Beyond recruitment, the firm provides end to end HR support, including HR audits, contracts and policies, staff handbooks, pay and reward benchmarking, HR technology implementation, induction and onboarding, and skills based training. They also develop people managers in HR and recruitment to build internal capability that lasts. With experience spanning renewable energy, retail, and business support in addition to core industrial and technical markets, HB People prioritises speed, shortlist accuracy, and a frictionless candidate experience to help employers attract, select, and retain the right talent. Led by FCIPD qualified director Amanda Hesketh, the business brings a straightforward, collaborative style grounded in clear communication, honest feedback, and measurable results. Values of being open, knowledgeable, curious, and easy to do business with shape every engagement, whether delivering a one off project or operating on a retained basis as an extension of the internal HR and talent function. HB People is also committed to inclusion and neurodiversity advocacy, engaging with local schools and partners to create meaningful work experience opportunities. From defining a hiring plan to executing targeted headhunt campaigns or standing up an HR framework, HB People helps clients create their future one person at a time.

Permanent RecruitmentRPOExec Search & Interim MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseArchitectureInterior DesignOil & Gas

HQBurscough, United Kingdom

Hirecracker

Based in Chester, Hirecracker is an award winning, multi sector recruitment partner that helps organizations hire smarter across the UK and internationally. Born out of the award winning Searchability group and now 100 percent employee owned, the firm brings a brand led, data informed approach that blends hands on recruitment delivery with employer branding, DE&I consultancy, and events to engage talent across competitive markets. Hirecracker supports needs from a single critical hire through to high volume recruitment campaigns, underpinned by AI, tech and insight tools that improve reach, speed, and candidate experience. The business operates dedicated sector teams, including Military, which connects veterans, service leavers and the wider forces community with civilian careers; Operations, covering business operations, HR and office support; Education, delivering permanent, supply and support staff for schools and education providers; Sales, placing revenue generators across industry verticals; Finance, recruiting core accounting and financial professionals; and Planning, focused on built environment and town planning roles. Clients benefit from flexible engagement models, including traditional permanent search, supply and interim solutions, and embedded Talent as a Service options that scale with demand. Candidates can access job search, CV submission and interview preparation resources, with consultants offering practical guidance at every step. With 5 star reviews from both clients and candidates and case studies that span energy, utilities and other sectors, Hirecracker is trusted to deliver measurable outcomes, improve employer brand visibility, and reduce time to hire. The company serves employers across the public and private sectors from its UK headquarters, with aligned teams supporting sister sites in the USA, Australia and the UAE, and is committed to ethical, transparent processes backed by modern technology and a people first culture.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingRPOHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)Corporate Training & CoachingE-Learning & Online EducationCommercial Real EstateConstructionArchitecture

HQChester, United Kingdom

JMT Engineering

JMT Engineering is a fabrication and engineering contractor based in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, serving domestic through industrial clients with turnkey delivery from design to installation. The company provides coded welding and emergency on site weld repair 24 hours a day, covering MIG, TIG, and MMA processes across mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium, chromoly, and flux core applications. Its specialist fabrication capability includes hotwell and chemical storage tanks, industrial platforms, walkways and ladders, frame building, precast concrete moulds, pipework, and comprehensive insulation and cladding. JMT Engineering is certified to BS EN 1090-1 Execution Class 2, enabling the production of structural steelwork up to 15 stories, and operates under rigorous factory production control with all welding procedures and certifications maintained on file. From an initial site visit the team can project manage, design, fabricate, and install, working alongside chartered structural engineers to ensure compliance, quality, and safety. The company manufactures hotwell, coldwell, and chemical storage tanks tailored to boiler house and process needs, with options that include stainless steel or mild steel construction, flanged or screwed connections positioned to suit, insulation and cladding, internal or external bracing, optional manway positioning, supporting steel stands to create space for water softening, and integrated access ladders and platforms. Tanks can be supplied as rectangular or cylindrical units to meet space and performance requirements, supporting energy efficiency and uptime by maintaining correct temperatures and dosing within boiler systems. With an overhead crane equipped facility in Annan and a track record across industrial sites and food and beverage environments, JMT Engineering combines responsive field support with precision shop fabrication to deliver durable, compliant, and cost effective steelwork and process solutions throughout the region.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstruction

HQAnnan, United Kingdom

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