Defining Moment

I joined Nixon Hire, my family plant hire company from school at age 16. Having worked my way up through all departments, I still felt unfulfilled as I was still in effect “working for my Dad” I recall the enjoyment I experienced when I helped start a… read more

Mistake To Avoid

What I would do differently is not to have placed as much emphasis on employing people already in recruitment. Sector experience and knowledge along with exceptional people skills works much better in recruitment. We could have saved time and money… read more

Pearl Of Wisdom

I genuinely believe that adversity is a test to see what you do next. The majority of people often back off but success is often just beyond adversity I have always found.… read more

Challenge

The biggest barrier I faced was leaving my family business which was an emotional time. It made starting a new business seem relatively easy in comparison and gave me a steely determination to succeed!… read more

Challenge

One of the biggest challenges has always been to keep believing even when bad news has just been received. I read and listen to a lot of positive stuff on perseverance and persistence by the likes of Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy and the like. I need my… read more

Challenge

We have reached that stage where Sarah and I have to let go and delegate many of the things we have done since we started. This is good, but easier said than done. My role needs to become much more customer facing and I need to develop my networking… read more

Support Story

Business Link were a good source of support in the way of grants for our website and the purchase of software. Sarah and I also attended training sessions at the REC, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation prior to trading. We still use Business… read more

Support Story

It’s really important to get the right support, those crucial building blocks, behind you. For Finance we have an excellent relationship with Barclays Bank. We operate out of Regus serviced offices at The Maingate development on Team Valley and they’ve… read more