On this week's show, I was joined by Gary Redman. Gary is the CEO of the Now Business Group, a collection of recruitment organisations in construction, finance, accountancy, services, and most importantly in the education sector. The business is headquartered in the UK with a really strong sales and EBITDA profile. We’re talking between five and a half to six million pounds per year in net profit. Gary started the business 27 years ago. He started in recruitment at 19, quite quickly launched his own company and has been through everything you can imagine since then. In this episode, we br ..read more

On this week's show, I was joined by Jo Sellick.  In 2022, Jo was the sole founder of Sellick Partnership, a specialist recruitment agency headquartered in Manchester.  Over the last 21 years, Jo has worked tirelessly to drive the business forward and has taken the business to £95m in revenue and 105 staff across multiple offices. In 2019, Sellick Partnership was 70% acquired by a French organisation with further plans for growth.. Little did they know that within a few short months, they were about to enter the pandemic! In this episode, I spent time understanding Jo’s mindse ..read more

On this week's show, I'm joined by Mike Lee, the former founder of a recruitment payroll company called Worker Group.  Now, this is not a normal episode where I interview a recruitment founder, but I felt that Mike's experience and relevance to our sector would be a really good story for you guys to listen to. Mike started his career in the industry 17 years ago, but he started his journey of running payroll companies at the age of 20 years old. At 35, he's now exited, made well over seven figures, and he’s been through the process that so many people would like to go through. So he ..read more

Season 6 | Ep 22 - Paul Sammeroff on how starting a rec business with two strangers backfired within 3 years! On this week's show, I'm joined by Paul Sammeroff, the Founder and Director of PAS Capital, a specialist recruitment firm headquartered in Glasgow that exclusively operates within the oil and gas markets. Paul’s business is only three years old with just under 20 staff at the moment. What's really interesting is the story that Paul's been through in those last three years.  He founded the company in January 2020, just before the pandemic, in partnership with two guys that he ..read more

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I wasn't able to record this week's episode with a new guest. Rather than leave you with a week of no RAG Podcast, I wanted to bring back an episode that I recorded in 2019, which was one of the best I've ever recorded. My guest is known as Tom Glanfield, founder of Lawrence Harvey, LHi group. This episode was recorded pre-pandemic in an office in London. Tom talked about his business, where he was at the time and how he was looking to exit it. He also told his story of launching the business from his house that he ACTUALLY renamed ‘Harvey House’... Amazin ..read more

On this week’s episode of The RAG Podcast, I am joined by Chris Allaire, the founder and CEO of Averity, a specialist technology recruitment agency. Averity was initially headquartered in New York City but is now operating across the USA. They have 30 employees, are completely remote post-pandemic, and were awarded the best staffing firm to work for in the 10 to 20 employees bracket by the Staffing Industry Analyst, SIA, in 2022. Chris has got energy and is a big biller! This is his eighth startup team, and he clearly comes with a pedigree of knowledge and confidence that has enabled him ..read more

On this week's show, I am joined by Sinead Connolly. Sinead is the award-winning founder of Lotus People, a specialist business support recruitment firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with over 22 staff. Now, Sinead and I have known each other for a few years. She’s been a Hoxo client since just after the pandemic, and I've watched her journey go from strength to strength. In this episode, we talked about: - Her journey from Ireland to Australia as a backpacker - How she got into recruitment - How she launched her business within three and a half years of starting in the industry ..read more

On this week's show, I am excited to be joined by Luke McCormack, the founder and CEO of McCormack Partners. Luke owns a specialist recruitment business in Glasgow that focuses on the commercial roofing and cladding sectors all over the UK. Luke reached out to me a long time ago to talk about personal branding, and I've witnessed his journey ever since. I’ve been unbelievably impressed by what he’s achieved. Luke’s got a team of seven billing just under a million pounds this year, and his process is absolutely crystal clear and mapped out: -He’s the face of the business -He’s built a b ..read more

On this week’s show, I’m joined by Edmund Blogg, the co-founder of RecruitHub, the newest sponsor of The RAG Podcast. We’ve partnered with RecruitHub because I believe we’re on a shared mission. These guys are a leading service accelerator for recruitment businesses. They provide new founders with the infrastructure to run their business from day one and allow them to focus on building it. They register the company, build the website and take care of all business finance and back office. They don't charge for startup costs or monthly bills. They don't charge you anything until you make money ..read more

I am excited, delighted, and honored to be joined by Greg Savage in the latest episode of the RAG Podcast.  Now, almost everyone in our sector globally knows who this guy is.  During his time in recruitment, Greg: Has built an incredible brand Has been an advisor to 16 recruitment organisations in the APAC region Has owned and scaled three organisations Has authored a book  Has built his own training academy across the global recruitment community  I interviewed Greg at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. He was the second person I brought onto The RAG Report, which ..read more