It’s important to work with people who mirror your values. From day one we aspire to work with people and businesses who share our passion to build relationships based on real, honest working partnerships.
Since our humble beginnings in 1997 as an independently owned, local industrial staffing agency in North Wales, it's always been our aspiration to grow into a business that provides three things: a positive employment journey for our candidates; meaningful training for our people; and real solutions for our customers.
Today, we are an award-winning recruitment business with national presence, and have expanded our offering to cover technical, professional and healthcare sectors, all of which are under the ‘gap personnel group’ brand.
In 2017 we were acquired by BeNEXT Group Inc – a global HR and staffing provider with £500 million+ revenues. This has given us the platform to build a contemporary recruitment journey that gets our candidates and clients where they want to be. We are on an exciting journey towards the forefront of the recruitment market, across both the UK and Europe.
Through real people, providing real solutions, our customers, candidates and employees experience a true recruitment partnership. As a national provider with local presence, we are proud to deliver ethical and flexible employment solutions, accredited training, and people development.
The best interests of all of our people are at the heart of all we do; we’re not “yes” people, we want to offer our expertise, even if it means a difficult conversation.
We are not faceless; we’re people who work on a national basis across a range of sectors, all towards a common goal. Let’s have real conversations about needs and how we can help.
We offer peace of mind through ethical and compliant practices, for clients, candidates, and employees.
our people
We’re all about the people. Our people are the ones who will find your next job; who will take the time to understand your business; who will go to exceptional lengths to make sure that you get the best of what we have to offer. Our people work in a culture that promotes real talk. That promotes straightforward interactions and honest answers. Our drive comes from knowing that we can make a difference in what can be a challenging market for those looking for work and those looking for a partner who will help their business thrive.
When our HR Department were announced as Exceptional Business Support winners at our annual awards celebration for 2018. This was a hugely proud moment for me, the...
My proudest moment is when our fabulous central sales team won the Gary Dewhurst Award for Outstanding Performance in 2017. Gary is our founder and when he...
In 2018 I received a highly commended in ‘The Gary Dewhurst Award for Exceptional Service’ for my part in the Due Diligence undertaken before the sale of...
When the team achieved the ‘Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals’ Payroll Quality Partnership (PQP) and Payroll Assurance Scheme (PAS) accreditations - the gold standard for payroll processes...
The bids and marketing team bringing together all their talents in 2018 to complete a full company rebrand – the first refresh in 15 years. This was...
My proudest moments are definitely receiving positive feedback on my videos and photographs from both clients and my team members. We create some amazing content and I’m...
The Sunday Times Best Companies Award is an accreditation celebrating our high standard of workplace engagement. The Best Companies list represents organisations striving for the top, made possible only through an ‘outstanding’ commitment to workplace engagement.
We were crowned Most Effective Compliance Operation at the 2018 Recruiter Awards for our stringent compliance processes. This accolade is a national recognition of our efforts towards maintaining industry-leading compliant processes across our business. The judging panel described gap personnel as “stand-out, demonstrating an ambition to go above and beyond the legislative requirements to seek out excellence".
Unseen
We are proud to be an official member of Unseen UK's #BeSeenBeHeard campaign - a fantastic initiative bringing businesses together to tackle modern slavery.
Business Partners with Stronger Together
Our partnership with Stronger Together, a multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to reduce modern slavery, not only highlights our commitment to providing an ethical recruiter service but gives us the tools to monitor this within our business, and as such, safeguard our employees and candidates.
This award acknowledges us as an employer that demonstrates exceptional support to the Armed Forces community. It highlights how we communicate and uphold a positive stance to our employees via our HR policies and procedures, and support the employment of Cadet Instructors and Armed Forces Veterans.
Investors in People
The Investors in People Gold Standard is a benchmark of good people management practice. It is made up of nine indicators across the criterion of leading, supporting, and improving.
REC Member
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is the professional body for UK recruitment businesses. The REC represents a network of more than 3,500 recruitment businesses and more than 10,500 individual recruiters through its Institute of Recruitment Professionals. Our membership means we have the tools needed to build a compliant and productive recruitment business!
Association of Labour Providers Member
The Association of Labour Providers (ALP) is the specialist trade association promoting responsible recruitment for labour providers. ALP represents and supports its members to ensure the provision, use, and management of labour in our sectors is recognised as a model of good practice.
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