Gap Recruitment – Back office and payroll finance

Gareth Brocklehurst is one of the founding partners of G.A.P Recruitment, a company that specialises in high street industrial and construction services. G.A.P Recruitment was founded in April 2001 and is based in Paignton, Devon.

Gareth describes G.A.P Recruitment as a small company with aspirations and potential to become a market leader. “One of the key elements of our success is our attention to personal service. It is important to maintain constant contact with staff and our clients. If we are available on site, we can react to issues and completely manage the process. We feel it is this service that differentiates us from other consultancies.”

“One of the ways in which we’re able to do this is to alleviate some of the payroll management pressures in order to focus more on actual recruitment.”

Early into the life of the business, Gareth chose to outsource his payroll and invoicing to the Recruitment Finance Division of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.

“As a start-up company you need to completely focus on business development all the time and outsourcing freed up more time for this. When looking for back office support the Recruitment Finance Division stood out from the rest because they paid our margins on a weekly basis, which I felt was instrumental for a new recruitment company.

“We had gone to many outlets to see what they had to offer, but what we really wanted was the personal touch. We were a new company who strived to get to know our client, and we wanted the same. The Recruitment Finance Division fits the bill in more ways then one.”

Gareth claims that the personal touch truly is the key to success. He offers his candidates unconstrained advice on their CV’s and how to target particular jobs. It is this similar level of service from the Recruitment Finance Division that sustains their working relationship.

“They took the time to get to know us and the sector in which we operate. They continue to show a real commitment to our goals, which reflects one of my own personal mottos: never under estimate the power of the personal touch.”