Search Consultancy targets Birmingham for next major expansion

Search Consultancy, which already has offices in eleven key locations across the UK, is to open a major new recruitment ìsupersiteî in Birmingham.

Search Consultancy has enjoyed phenomenal growth in the last five years which has seen turnover increase from 44m in 2000, to an estimated 78m in 2004. Already employing more than 450 people in the UK, the new Birmingham ësupersiteí will create a minimum of fifty new jobs in the city centre this year for consultants and administration staff.

In staff numbers terms, this will immediately make Search Consultancy the largest recruitment agency in the city and replicates their successful site launches in Manchester and Leeds, where they are now market leaders.

Search has leased an entire floor of office space at 63 Temple Row which will officially open for business in early May. In addition, Search is currently fitting out another new site very nearby to house an exciting new recruitment concept which will operate in conjunction with the new ësupersiteí.

Peter Cruickshank, Regional Director, says, ìThereís a real buzz of optimism around Birmingham and the surrounding districts and we want to be part of that.

ìIn addition to the many large employers that exist here, several of our existing national clients will have increasing staff needs in the area and we want to be on hand to support them. We are already working with one client to recruit a large number of staff in the area before we have even officially opened the doors, so we canít wait to roll out our innovative new approach in Birmingham and get started properly.î

ìWe are currently recruiting new staff of our own to join us and we look forward to becoming part of Birminghamís undoubted regeneration and future success.î

For further information, please contact Marjorie Calder or Jillian Galloway on 0141 333 9585.