Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 95 Staffing Agency companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Staffing Agency Companies & Startups (Scotland)
Flexiworkforce
Flexiworkforce is the only UK-wide job site specialising in all forms of flexible working.
Founder(s): Tracey Eker
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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JOIN talent
HR tech, Recruitment tech, HR insourcing, HR consultancy, Recruitment Insourcing
Founder(s): Katrina Hutchinson-O’Neill, Kevin Blair, M L
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Software, Staffing Agency
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Search Consultancy
Search Consultancy is one of the UK’s recruitment consultancies.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Staffing Agency
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Bull Project
Scalable business process outsourcing “BPO”. We recruit, hire, manage and pay salaries in Cryptocurrencies for your teams in LATAM
Founder(s): Franco Di Stefano, Gustavo Adolfo Zach
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Blockchain, Compliance, Cryptocurrency, Human Resources, Information Technology, Outsourcing, Payments, Recruiting, Software, Staffing Agency
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UK Startup Jobs
UK Startup Jobs is an online job portal that provides opportunities for job seekers and employee seekers to meet and engage in the UK.
Founder(s): Daniel Remnant
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Online Portals, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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HR GO Recruitment
HR GO Recruitment is a Staffing and Recruiting Agency dedicated to offer a top quality personal service.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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MASCOT
MASCOT is a promotional and event staffing agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Events, Staffing Agency
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HRC Recruitment
HRC Recruitment is the multi-sector consultancy that delivers high-end service and opportunities at all levels.
Founder(s): Hilary Roberts
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Chase Search and Selection
Chase Search and Selection is a recruitment and contract sales organisation (CSO) in the UK.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Human Resources, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Venesky-Brown Recruitment
Venesky-Brown Recruitment is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s): Craig Brown
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Talenytics
Collaborative hiring quality platform with a supporting analytics engine for in-house recruitment teams and agencies.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Human Resources, Internet, Staffing Agency
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Advance Global Recruitment
Advance Global Recruitment is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Nine Twenty
Nine Twenty is a Boutique Recruitment Firm specializing in Technology, Engineering & Manufacturing and Accounting & Finance.
Founder(s): Gordon Brown
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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FINTEC recruit
FINTEC recruit offers recruitment services for engineering, technical, fintech, financial contract and permanent placements.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Meraki Talent
Meraki Talent provide high-end recruitment solutions to the financial services.
Founder(s): Andrew Welsh
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Change Recruitment
Change Recruitment is a specialist recruitment consultancy based in Scotland.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Shoefayre
Shoefayre offers stylish shoes at low prices with free UK delivery.
Founder(s):
Location: Wiston, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Fashion, Retail, Staffing Agency
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Solutions Driven
Solutions Driven is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Aspen People
Aspen People provides staffing and recruiting services.
Founder(s): Donogh O’Brien
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Whittaker Engineering Stonehaven
Whittaker Engineering Stonehaven design and manufacture a range of specialist solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Staffing Agency
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PeopleBank
PeopleBank is a staffing and recruitment firm specializing in e-Recruitment, applicant tracking, and talent banking.
Founder(s):
Location: Musselburgh, East Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Stafffinders
Stafffinders is Scotland’s leading recruitment agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Professional Services, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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SoulTek
SoulTek is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Absolutely HR Limited
Absolutely HR Limited deals with any human resource issues, leaving the clients to run their business worry free.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Head Resourcing
Head Resourcing specialise in IT, digital and business change recruitment services.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: B2B, Consulting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Staffing Agency
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Margaret Hodge Recruitment
Margaret Hodge Recruitment is a recruiting consultancy, management expertise and a name which is synonymous with quality and service.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Customer Service, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Denholm Associates
Denholm Associates is a recruiting & branding agency that specializes in commercial marketing, digital communications & employer branding.
Founder(s): Nicki Denholm
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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CW Recruitment
CW Recruitment specializes in recruitment services.
Founder(s):
Location: North Berwick, East Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Contract Scotland
Contract Scotland is a recruitment agency supplying technical and professional staff to the construction, engineering and property sectors.
Founder(s):
Location: Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Crossmatch Recruitment
Crossmatch is an existing agency providing clients with recruitment services. Addressing a wide variety of employment fields.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Allstaff Recruitment Solutions
allstaff is an independent recruitment agency expert in providing temporary and permanent solutions.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Murray Recruitment
Murray Recruitment is a Recruitment Agency that delivers a unique service to clients and candidates.
Founder(s):
Location: Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Frontier International
Frontier International is a recruitment firm that offers consulting, training, and staffing services to the oil and gas industries.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Recruiting, Staffing Agency, Training
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PeopleMaps
PeopleMaps online, personality-testing software to support line managers and coaches with recruiting, management and development.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Software, Staffing Agency
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Global Voices
People Solutions is a family-owned national recruitment provider of permanent and temporary resourcing.
Founder(s):
Location: Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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HIJOBS
HIJOBS is a recruiting company.
Founder(s):
Location: Fort William, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Career Planning, Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Carlton Resource Solutions Holdings
Carlton Resource Solutions Holdings is a recognised local, national and international recruitment solutions provider.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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BeeFound
BeeFound matches the availability of GP Locums with the needs of Practices
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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KBM Resourcing
KBM Resourcing provides recruitment services.
Founder(s):
Location: Forfar, Angus, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Pol-UK Recruitment
Pol-UK Recruitment is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s): Ewa Walker, Kasia Kidd
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Gillespie People Solutions
Gillespie People Solutions is Scotland’s recruitment-to-recruitment consultancy.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Keillar Resourcing
Keillar Resourcing is a specialist Investment and Wealth Management recruiter, operating nationally and internationally.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: CRM, Financial Services, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Escape Recruitment Services
Escape Recruitment Services is providing high quality recruitment solutions for the scottish engineering and manufacturing job market.
Founder(s):
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Choice Consultants
Choice Consultants is a Media Distribution Management consulting company that retains preferred supplier status for most media companies.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Tech Mavens
Recruiter, Recruitment, Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, NLP, IoT
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Staffing Agency
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Castle View Personnel
Castle View Personnel is a dynamic recruitment consultancy providing specialised and tailored solutions to the candidates and clients.
Founder(s):
Location: Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Entrust Resource Solutions
Entrust Resource Solutions specializes in life sciences, healthcare and technology talent partners.
Founder(s):
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Human Resources, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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ESS Recruit
ESS Recruit is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s): Bruce Hydes
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Zenith Resources Aberdeen – Recruitment Agency Aberdeen
Zenith Resources Aberdeen is a Recruitment agency providing temporary, permanent and contract staff with a great service to its clients.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Raeburn Recruitment
Raeburn Recruitment is a recruitment service company.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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AllNeeds Recruitment
AllNeeds Recruitment is a recruitment and staffing agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Stevenston, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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HR Recruitment Services
experience in the placement of full time, temporary, permanent and seasonal staff across many sectors
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Uteach Recruitment
Uteach Recruitment is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s):
Location: Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Aberdeen Appointments Agency
Aberdeen Appointments Agency is offering developed considerably from traditional recruitment.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Genesis Personnel
Genesis Personnel is a recruitment agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Harrison Scott Associates
Harrison Scott Associates is a recruitment company.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Drummond Bridge
Drummond Bridge is the workforce grows ever more mobile globally and supply chains become ever more refined.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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ASKE Consulting
ASKE Consulting is a staffing and recruiting services company.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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D R Newitt
D R Newitt is a recruitment agency for the FMCG industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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First Task
First Task is a recruitment agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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WhiteClaw Recruitment Agency
WhiteClaw Recruitment Agency is a recruitment agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Time Recruitment
Time Recruitment is a recruiting company.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Two Rivers Recruitment
Two Rivers Recruitment is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Adam Appointments
Adam Appointments is a recruitment and talent consultancy for the corporate governance arena.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Aspirare
Aspirare is a staffing and recruiting services company.
Founder(s):
Location: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Staffplus Recruitment
Staffplus Recruitment is Scotland’s Recruitment firm, provides temporary, permanent, contract & outsourced recruitment solutions.
Founder(s):
Location: Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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SSP Recruitment Solutions
SSP Recruitment Solutions is a staffing and recruiting company for health care.
Founder(s):
Location: Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Recruitment Direct
Recruitment Direct is a company for individuals, with professional staff committed to providing the best possible service.
Founder(s):
Location: Falkirk, Falkirk, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Landers Recruitment
Landers Recruitment is a market leading national sales, management, marketing and graduate recruitment and careers consultancy.
Founder(s):
Location: Bolton, East Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Kingpin International
Kingpin International is a recruitment agency for tax professionals.
Founder(s): Alister O’Connor, Jane Wylie-Roberts
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Core-Asset Consulting
Core-Asset Consulting is a recruitment company dedicated to the financial, accounting and legal sectors in Scotland.
Founder(s): Betsy Williamson
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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FPSG
FPSG is a provider of IT, Legal and Professional recruitment services.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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NAS Recruitment Scotland
NAS Recruitment company, offering solutions in the shipping, distribution and manufacturing sectors.
Founder(s):
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Recruiting, Staffing Agency, Transportation
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Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership
Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership is a recruitment agency provides talents to the marketing industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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The Temp Agency
Temp Agency is one of the industry leaders in temporary employment, representing the central belt of Scotland with offices in Edinburgh.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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The Edinburgh Recruitment Agency
The Edinburgh Recruitment Agency provides recruitment services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Application Recruitment
Application Recruitment is a boutique recruitment agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Carlyle Associates
Carlyle is an advisory Search company that undertakes executive and non-executive mandates across the UK.
Founder(s): Duggie Carlyle
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Key Personnel
Key Personnel is an independent recruitment agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Cathcart Associates Energy
Cathcart Associates Energy is a recruitment consulting firm that offers staffing and employment solutions to the renewables sector.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Professional Services, Recruiting, Renewable Energy, Staffing Agency
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Avenue Recruitment
Avenue Recruiting has highly trained experts who are completely focused on supplying clients with the best candidates for their company.
Founder(s):
Location: Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Industrial, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Sps Social Care
SPS is a professional provider of social care professionals, proud to truly understand the needs of clients and the regulatory process.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency, Training
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Sales Recruit Scotland
Sales Recruit Scotland provides sales recruitment solutions.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Okta Resourcing
Okta specializes in technology, company and product management recruitment. Recruitment is a lot more than filling positions.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Enigma People
Enigma People is a recruitment consultancy specialising in contract and permanent vacancies across Electronics, Photonics, and IoT.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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BestJobs
BestJobs is a provider of recruiting services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Human Resources, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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The Right Girls Agency
The Right Girls Agency Ltd. provides Exhibition and Trade Show Staff, Hospitality Staff, Event Models, Promotional Staff, Brand Ambassadors.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Aqua-Tech Recruitment
Aqua-Tech Recruitment provides recruitment services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Blueprint Recruitment
Blueprint Recruitment provides recruitment services for construction, engineering, manufacturing, and building services markets.
Founder(s):
Location: Glenrothes, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Apple Recruit
Apple Recruit provides an extensive range of outsourcing staffing, recruitment, and strategic advisory services to organizations.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Outsourcing, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Dixon Walter
Calland Wright Consulting is an HR consulting firm that offers customized, expert & effective HR strategy, management, support & solutions.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Premier Connections
Premier Connections provides staffing and recruiting services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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McAdam King
McAdam King is a staffing and recruiting company.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Linda Taylors
Linda Taylors is a successful recruitment agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Swinton, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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Management Staff Consultants
Management Staff Consultants is an accountancy recruitment agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Accounting, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
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