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Leeds business upswing for Stafforce

Stafforce’s Leeds city centre branch experienced a significant increase in the number of temporary workers it supplied to local employers across the Leeds and York area since the start of July. Numbers were up 20% on the previous month.

The company puts the recent wave of growth down to a recovering local economy and the development of the wider Stafforce business.

Christian Rudd, business manager for the Leeds and York area said: “Clients are recruiting more staff and more employers are deciding to work with Stafforce. Our business pipeline is strong and we’re looking forward to further growth as 2013 unfolds.”

Stafforce is Yorkshire born and bred; it was established over 35 years ago in Rotherham by Nick Cragg, now chairman. Today it is a £60m business and claims to be on track to becoming a £100m operation.

The firm now employs over 150 staff across a UK-wide network of 27 sites. Over a third of its employees are based in Yorkshire - at Leeds, Bradford, Rotherham and Sheffield offices.

The Leeds city centre operation, on King Street, currently employs four people who coordinate recruitment activities across the Leeds and York area. Supported by a central support team, the team helps local employers, apprentices and candidates find a suitable match.

Stafforce has extended the range of added-value services it offers to clients. It now includes temporary and permanent recruitment; executive search and selection; business improvement and organisational development; learning and talent development; robotics and automation; software development; and access to Apprenticeships.

Director, Tony Boorman, said: “The local economy definitely appears to be picking up; there’s a buzz in the air and employers are recruiting more workers. Christian is without doubt a great asset for our local team and his industry expertise and direction with clients will most certainly be having a positive impact on the recent uplift.

“Our business has expanded nationwide over the past three years, partly through acquisition and partly through organic growth. We are now able to offer clients more added value services and full compliance with all legislation.”

Stafforce works across a wide range of sectors, from construction, to retail, to manufacturing and the food industry.

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