Calibre Search on growth trail

RECRUITMENT firm Calibre Search’s Manchester office is on target to turnover £3m next year after moving into The Landmark building in the Northern Quarter.

The company, which employs eight staff, specialises in built environment (consultancy and construction), HVAC, IT and marketing.

The company’s new office inside a former textiles warehouse on Back Turner Street has space for the firm to more than double in size

Director Pete Gillick said: “Group wide turnover for the Manchester and Leeds offices is expected to hit £6.5m next year.

“After outgrowing Piccadilly House, we have now moved to The Landmark, which is a historic and significant building in a brilliant area.

“I started the Manchester office up four years ago in a room with no windows in it. So, to be moving into a big modern and freshly refurbished space with a great balcony and a ping pong table is a huge step forward and the kind of quirky, relaxed but focused environment we want to create for our staff and the customers that visit.”

Gillick, a graphic design graduate with a passion for photography, has more than a decade’s experience at firms including Randstad and Eden Brown.

He said: “We are recruiting for staff at varying levels of seniority to increase headcount by a further 50% in 2017, having already increased it by 100% in 2016.

“We’ve done this by hiring good people and ensuring our staff are offered continuous training to aid their development. We also put a lot of effort into making it an enjoyable place to work – a pleasant working environment, incentive days out and other social events, which help create a thriving team atmosphere.”  

He added: “Manchester is very much the second city and continues to develop rapidly.

“Despite Brexit, the city is only going in one direction and we are perfectly placed to be a part of the growth.”