Manchester-based online recruitment marketplace gatszu.com has been chosen by a judging panel including Deborah Meaden and other leading entrepreneurs, such as Bebo Founder Michael Birch, as a winner of Smarta.com’s inaugural ‘Smarta 100’.
The Smarta 100 is the ultimate business accolade, recognising the UK’s smartest small businesses. Smarta.com has uncovered remarkable companies who have gone the extra mile to differentiate themselves from the market or found clever ways to compete, from their marketing plan to their ethical stance. The result is a fascinating insight into the unique business ideas that are thriving in the current economic climate.
The finalists proved to the judges that they have what it takes to run a successful venture, from spotting a new opportunity to making it a reality. And the high-profile panel were delighted to see that ambitious people are saving hard and raising finances to turn their ideas into flourishing businesses.
“Discovering great new businesses is a passion of mine as is encouraging businesses to think and work better,” said Deborah Meaden of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den series. “The Smarta 100 does both of these things – and celebrates the best of British business at the same time. I was delighted to see ambitious people saving hard and raising finances to turn their ideas into flourishing businesses.”
Built around one simple set of transparent terms and conditions, gatszu.com, in partnership with The Sunday Times HR Business Network, is an online recruitment marketplace that charges no membership or subscription fees. Employers simply register their business at www.gatszu.com and upload their vacancies for free. Employers then set the fixed fee they are willing to pay the recruiter who successfully places a candidate within their organisation, and, within hours, gatszu.com's professional network of approved, independent recruitment agencies will be vying for the employer’s attention and competing to fill their vacancies. Fast.
“We’re delighted to have been awarded this exclusive accolade,” said Stuart Murray, founder of gatszu.com. “The Smarta 100 recognises intelligent businesses who, through innovation and originality, offer a revolutionary product or service, and that’s exactly what we’re doing at gatszu.com: changing the landscape of the recruitment industry in Great Britain.”
Smarta.com founder Sháá Wasmund added: “Socially conscious, disruptive businesses that are not afraid to challenge the status quo are being set up in the four corners of the country. I founded Smarta to make sure these enterprises are supported at any stage of development. The results speak for themselves – the Smarta 100 list is a collection of remarkable success stories.”
The full results and details of the winning companies can be found at: smarta.com/smarta100. For more information about gatszu.com, visit: www.gatszu.com
