East London Recruitment Agency For Locum Social Workers For Sale

Business description

Established in 2000 and now recognised as one of the market leaders in the recruitment of Locum Social Workers in the area, this business operates from an excellent location in East London and has maintained many clients since the very beginning. This has been due in no small part to the business’s honest and fair approach, competitive prices, first class service and attention to detail.

Their Consultants are highly skilled, well experienced and dedicated to providing a quality service to both clients and candidates. They are an expanding independent recruitment agency with a reputation for providing the highest level of quality personnel. Unlike many of the larger agencies, they are able to provide a more personalised service to their clients and locums whilst keeping rates competitive. They believe that their continued success relies on providing a quality service built on the trust and loyalty displayed to and by their many clients. To ensure all staff are experienced, trustworthy and reliable, the company invests a considerable amount of time in getting to know candidates and vetting their career history to ensure a suitable match with employers. It is this attention to detail and quality standards that sets this business apart from their competitors.

The business has always believed in the pursuit of excellence, installing bespoke
technology, constantly reviewing and updating its service commitment and its methods of business, ensuring that clients and locums receive the very best service.

The business has shown itself to be resilient in the face of competitive and economic forces and has maintained strong and consistent growth, regularly exceeding 20% annually. No small part in the ability of this business to grow and sustain its profitability is due to the quality of its people. The business has a strong commitment to the development and welfare of its staff; which has contributed, alongside investment in technology, to the excellent profitability of the business and its current position as it is poised to expand further.

Customer Service:

The overriding objective of this business is to help the client reach their goals and
objectives The business achieves this by developing and maintaining strong relationships with client organisations and their locums, ensuring the best match of skills to expectations.

The agency is courteous, reliable and speedy with the services they provide. Additionally, they always attempt to solve problems as quickly as possible and offer reasonable and competitive terms. The agency provides an efficient service, with all queries being dealt with promptly and professionally.

Key Strengths:

This well-established business has developed an excellent reputation for providing a quality and reliable service, whilst ensuring they always fully understand the client needs and requirements. Built from the knowledge and expertise gained by the owners from a successful career within this industry, this business combines the efficiencies, systems and processes of the bigger operators with the personalised and flexible approach that only an independent can offer. This is a combination highly sought by the loyal client base and locums of this business, a varied portfolio of established organisations and an approach that results in strong word of mouth recommendations.

This business, that prides itself on only proposing candidates that it knows fulfil the required criteria, is included on Preferred Supplier Lists of across the whole of London and the home counties.

Financial Information:

The business is being offered for sale on a going concern basis, all financial discussions will take place directly between the vendor and all interested parties under the auspices of Turner Butler.

The business is financially stable with no borrowings, low overheads, and positive cash flow, enjoys extremely strong customer traffic and has shown consistent growth resulting in Net Profits exceeding £60,000 and still growing.

Property information

Location:

Located in a secondary location in a busy East London town, this business operates from well appointed premises. The vendors own the freehold and can therefore offer the flexibility to sell the premises, assign a new lease or allow the business to be moved out of the premises without attracting a penalty.

Business Operation

Expansion potential:

The current market for this business is growing. The business is well positioned to take maximum advantage of this growth as it occurs. The vendors feel that the new owner could use the excellent reputation of the company to expand the current service into further associated sectors, e.g. occupational therapy etc.

The owners understand that the business is recognised for its quality of service, established name and has been able to establish itself and capture a significant market share in a highly competitive environment. More assertive marketing and brand investment could result in an even larger slice of the market, building this excellent business into an even bigger cash earner.

Competition / Market:

The business has used limited advertising in the past and there are excellent opportunities to increase this and market the business more aggressively to significantly increase turnover. A high proportion of the business’s revenue has been due to its excellent reputation for quality and service and strong word of mouth recommendation. They have previously benefited from attending University Job Fairs and have an excellent web presence.

Reasons for selling:

This is a genuine retirement sale.

Trading hours:

This is an operation that is run within normal office hours and staff placement to suit the hours of the clients.

Employees:

The business operates with 3 full time Consultants who are supported by 1 part time Payroll Clerk and 1 part time Administrator.

Years established:

2000

Other information

Support & training:

The current owner will provide all necessary training and all relevant contacts to allow continuity of trading.