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Top Recruitment Agencies: Permanent Recruitment in the UK

89 recruitment agencies ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.

Between them, the 89 recruitment agencies on this page cover temporary staffing (46), executive search (35), contract recruitment (30) and finance and accounting recruitment (17). They also list work in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Leeds. 89 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

We list 90 recruitment agencies in the UK listed for permanent recruitment. The order comes from what each firm publishes and what has been verified about it, never from payment — at the top right now: Hanson Regan, 24-7 Staffing Limited and 360 Recruitment.

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Express Recruitment Agency Nottingham
Office and Admin Recruitment · Sales and Marketing Recruitment · Public Sector Recruitment · Also in Leicester and Derby
Express Recruitment is a recruitment agency based in Nottingham and Derby, serving the East Midlands. It has provided temporary and permanent staffing solutions since 1987.
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Fawkes & Reece
Construction and Property Recruitment · Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) · Executive Search · Also in Southampton and Cardiff
UK construction recruiter placing permanent, freelance, trades and executive staff across building, housing, rail and infrastructure
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First People Solutions
Accounting & Finance · Temporary Staffing · Executive Search · Also in Loanhead and Glasgow
First People Solutions recruits technical and engineering staff for employers around the world.
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Forward Role Recruitment
Sales and Marketing Recruitment · IT and Tech Recruitment · Contract Recruitment · Also in Bolton and Manchester
Forward Role Recruitment is a specialist recruiter based in Manchester.
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Four Recruitment Ltd
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · Sales and Marketing Recruitment
Finding life changing futures.
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Front of House Recruitment
Construction and Property Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Hospitality Recruitment
Front of House Recruitment is a London agency that specialises in corporate reception staff.
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G2 Legal Limited
Legal Recruitment · Public Sector · Legal · Also in Brighton and Birmingham
Specialist legal recruiter placing lawyers, company secretaries, IP attorneys and legal support staff in the UK and Australia
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Gibson Hollyhomes Ltd
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · Sales and Marketing Recruitment · Also in Leeds and Manchester
Gibson Hollyhomes Ltd is a recruitment agency with teams in Manchester and Leeds.
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Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership
Sales and Marketing Recruitment · Creative · Partnership · Also in Edinburgh
Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership is a small, independent recruitment and career consultancy in Edinburgh.
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Global Accounting Network
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Executive Search · Engineering · Also in Atlanta and London
Global Accounting Network, known as GAN and now presenting itself as Global Networks, is a recruitment firm that began in finance hiring.
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Goodman Masson
Construction and Property Recruitment · Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) · Accounting & Finance · Also in Clerkenwell and London
Goodman Masson is a recruitment company that hires for finance, technology and specialist roles.
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Gordon Yates Recruitment and Training
Customer Service · Customer Support · Hybrid · Also in Manchester and London
Gordon Yates Recruitment and Training is a London agency that places people in office-based roles throughout the UK. It has operated since 1947.
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Grafton Haymes
HR Recruitment · Also in London
Grafton Haymes is a recruitment agency in London that deals only in human resources roles.
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Grassroots Recruitment
Sales and Marketing Recruitment · IT and Tech Recruitment · Accounting & Finance · Also in Stockport
Grassroots Recruitment is a technical recruitment agency in Manchester.
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Harper Recruitment Group
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · Construction and Property Recruitment · Also in Derby and Nottingham
Harper Recruitment Group is a recruitment agency founded in 1987 and based in Nottingham.
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Haughey Recruitment
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · Construction and Property Recruitment
Haughey Recruitment is a recruitment agency serving employers and job seekers across Northern Ireland.
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Hcs uk catering recruitment
Temporary Staffing · Hospitality Recruitment · Industrial · Also in Sheffield
HCS Recruitment supplies trained catering, hospitality and facilities staff from its base in Sheffield.
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Headway Recruitment
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Also in Bradford and Nice
Headway Recruitment is a recruitment agency with offices in Leeds and Bradford.
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Hexa Services UK Ltd
Temporary Staffing · Also in Manchester
Recruitment agency supplying temporary and permanent operatives to construction, mechanical and electrical, and fit-out firms across the UK
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Honeycomb Jobs
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Sales and Marketing Recruitment · Construction and Property Recruitment · Also in Belfast
A recruitment agency placing administrative and business support staff across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
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Howett Thorpe
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · Temporary Staffing
Howett Thorpe is a specialist recruitment agency in Farnham, Surrey.
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HTE Recruitment
Sales and Marketing Recruitment · Driving and Logistics Recruitment · Food & Drink · Also in Chester and Manchester
HtE Recruitment is a national recruitment agency with bases in Manchester and London.
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Hunter Adams
Executive Search · HR Recruitment · Real Estate · Also in Aberdeen and Edinburgh
Hunter Adams is an employee-owned HR consultancy that supports organisations across the United Kingdom.
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Huntress
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) · Also in Leeds and London
Huntress is a UK recruitment agency, founded in 2000, that places people into temporary, contract and permanent jobs.
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The order comes from what each firm publishes and what has been verified about it, and never from payment:

Profile completeness: the details a buyer needs to judge a firm — what it does, who it serves, how it prices, who it has worked for
Earned trust: verification, awards and the other checks a firm has actually passed
Client reviews, where they exist: the rating is smoothed, so one five-star review cannot outrank a firm with a hundred good ones, and volume counts with diminishing returns

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Only firms whose profile names the UK are counted here, so a firm that lists a town but no country is not yet included.

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Other specialisms in the UK: temporary staffing (63) · executive search (55).

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Top Recruitment Agencies: Permanent Recruitment in the UK

Express Recruitment Agency Nottingham

Fawkes & Reece

First People Solutions

Forward Role Recruitment

Four Recruitment Ltd

Front of House Recruitment

G2 Legal Limited

Gibson Hollyhomes Ltd

Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership

Global Accounting Network

Goodman Masson

Gordon Yates Recruitment and Training

Grafton Haymes

Grassroots Recruitment

Harper Recruitment Group

Haughey Recruitment

Hcs uk catering recruitment

Headway Recruitment

Hexa Services UK Ltd

Honeycomb Jobs

Howett Thorpe

HTE Recruitment

Hunter Adams

Huntress

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