Top Recruitment Agencies: Temporary Staffing in the UK

Between them, the 62 recruitment agencies on this page cover permanent recruitment (46), executive search (17), office and admin recruitment (13) and contract recruitment (13). They also list work in London, Manchester, Leeds and Nottingham. 62 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

1. 25

   

   Elizabeth Michael Associates

   Construction and Property Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment · Executive Search · Also in Nottingham

   Elizabeth Michael Associates is an independently owned recruitment business that has traded since 1991.

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2. 26

   

   Elliott Scott HR

   Executive Search · HR Recruitment · Financial Services · Also in Hong Kong and Boston

   Elliott Scott HR is a recruitment and executive search firm that works only in human resources.

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3. 27

   

   Ellis Mack Recruitment Consultancy

   Permanent Recruitment · Hospitality Recruitment · Also in Glasgow

   Ellis Mack Recruitment Consultancy is a specialist recruiter for the hospitality, catering and retail trades, based in Glasgow.

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4. 28

   

   Escape Recruitment Services

   Accounting & Finance · Permanent Recruitment · Industrial · Also in Livingston

   Escape Recruitment Services is a specialist recruitment agency operating in Scotland.

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5. 29

   

   Essential Employment

   Public Sector Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment · Contract Recruitment · Also in Cardiff and Newton Abbot

   Essential Employment is an independent recruitment agency in the United Kingdom.

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6. 30

   

   Evolve Hospitality

   Hospitality Recruitment · Catering · front · Also in Nice and Birmingham

   Hospitality staffing agency with offices in London, Birmingham and Cambridge, supplying trade-tested chefs and front-of-house staff to hotels, venues, caterers and events.

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7. 31

   

   Exact Sourcing Ltd

   Permanent Recruitment · Executive Search · Also in Cambridge and Bury

   Exact Sourcing Ltd is a recruitment agency with offices in Cambridge and Newmarket in the East of England. It also covers Ely, Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Royston and Sawston.

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8. 32

   

   Executemps Recruitment Ltd

   Permanent Recruitment · Administration · Also in Newcastle

   Executemps Recruitment Ltd is an employment agency based in Newcastle and Durham.

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9. 33

   

   Express Recruitment Agency Nottingham

   Office and Admin Recruitment · Sales and Marketing Recruitment · Public Sector Recruitment · Also in Derby and Leicester

   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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10. 34

    

    Extrastaff Limited

    Driving and Logistics Recruitment · Manufacturing Recruitment · Industrial · Also in Leicester and London

    Extrastaff Limited is a UK recruitment agency that places drivers, warehouse workers and other industrial staff.

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11. 35

    

    First People Solutions

    Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transport · Accounting & Finance · Permanent Recruitment · Also in Loanhead and Edinburgh

    First People Solutions recruits technical and engineering staff for employers around the world.

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12. 36

    

    first2group

    Also in Manchester and London

    first2group supports recruiters who want to run a business of their own rather than work for an agency.

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13. 37

    

    Four Recruitment Ltd

    Office and Admin Recruitment · Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Sales and Marketing Recruitment

    Finding life changing futures.

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14. 38

    

    Fresh Start Recruitment (UK) Limited

    Manufacturing Recruitment

    Fresh Start Recruitment (UK) Limited is a recruitment agency serving Mansfield, Ashfield and the surrounding area of Nottinghamshire.

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15. 39

    

    Front of House Recruitment

    Construction and Property Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment · Hospitality Recruitment

    Front of House Recruitment is a London agency that specialises in corporate reception staff.

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16. 40

    

    Gibson Hollyhomes Ltd

    Office and Admin Recruitment · Construction and Property Recruitment · Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Also in Leeds and Manchester

    Gibson Hollyhomes Ltd is a recruitment agency with teams in Manchester and Leeds.

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17. 41

    

    Harvey McQueen Recruitment

    Contract Recruitment · Learning · Energy · Also in London

    Harvey McQueen Recruitment is a recruitment agency serving employers and job seekers across the UK, and its site lists a Bolton base.

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18. 42

    

    Haughey Recruitment

    Office and Admin Recruitment · Construction and Property Recruitment · Finance and Accounting Recruitment

    Haughey Recruitment is a recruitment agency serving employers and job seekers across Northern Ireland.

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19. 43

    

    Hcs uk catering recruitment

    Permanent Recruitment · Hospitality Recruitment · Industrial · Also in Sheffield

    HCS Recruitment supplies trained catering, hospitality and facilities staff from its base in Sheffield.

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20. 44

    

    Headway Recruitment

    Office and Admin Recruitment · Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment · Also in Bradford and Nice

    Headway Recruitment is a recruitment agency with offices in Leeds and Bradford.

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21. 45

    

    Hexa Services UK Ltd

    Permanent Recruitment · 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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22. 46

    

    Honeycomb Jobs

    Construction and Property Recruitment · Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Sales and Marketing 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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23. 47

    

    Howett Thorpe

    Office and Admin Recruitment · Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment

    Howett Thorpe is a specialist recruitment agency in Farnham, Surrey.

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24. 48

    

    Huntress

    Office and Admin Recruitment · Finance and Accounting 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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