£2.7m turnover forecast for growing recruitment company

A Doncaster-based recruitment consultancy is celebrating a successful year of business less than two years after setting up.

Orb Recruitment, which was established in April 2018, achieved a £1m turnover in its first year of trading. It is focusing on the manufacturing and production, healthcare and construction and engineering sectors.

Rapid growth has seen its forecasts for year two predict a 170% increase in revenue and 158% increase in profit with turnover forecast to rise to 2.7m.

The company has supported over 250 Doncaster residents to achieve sustainable long-term employment in the last 12 months. All temporary roles are above the National Minimum Wage with most being above the average for each industry supported.

Orb Recruitment has also helped 42 candidates improve their skills base by accessing a variety of training courses.

For non-funded courses, it has contributed over £5,000 towards training including warehouse and machinery operating qualifications, the Construction Skills Certification Card and mandatory training courses for care workers.

The business has its headquarters in Balby Carr and employs nine staff.

Stewart Olsen, managing director of Orb Recruitment, said: “We have had a phenomenal first 20 months in business and are really proud to be delivering what our clients want which is essentially an exceptional personalised, customer focused service.

“We have also been forward thinking in our approach by applying innovative digital tools and techniques to offer proactive, tailored support to clients and candidates and that has helped continue the momentum we have built up.

“We were delighted to pick up Business Start Up of the Year at the Doncaster Business Awards which has been another highlight for us.

“Our impressive business growth, excellent candidate placement, client satisfaction rates and a real emphasis on our local community means we are setting our standards high but we are confident we can continue to enhance what we are doing here.

“We are determined to offer the best possible service to our clients and candidates as well as improving the economy of Doncaster by providing people with sustainable career and training opportunities and giving back to our local community as much as we can.”