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November 2004

Simon Wynne establishes headhunt search firm Wynne Consulting with a clear focus on organic growth.

The company’s initial focus is servicing the Automation sectors.

Simon chooses to employ people with a long-term vision and without previous recruitment experience so he can grow a team with a different approach to headhunt search, building an in depth understanding and expertise of sectors to service.

2005

Chris Birchett joins the business and the company extends its workforce to four, broadening the focus to look at MES & Industrial I.T.

2006

Matthew Foster joins the business and extra office space is taken out for a team of seven staff. The company moves into recruitment of sales professionals within Automation & Control.

2008

The team grows to nine staff, with market sectors serviced now including Switchgear, Power Distribution, Renewable Energy and Instrumentation. The company completes its first board level assignment. Headhunt search fee turnover exceeds £250,000 for the first time.

2010

More new office space is taken out as the company extends the workforce once again, to 11 staff. Core areas now include Oil & Gas, Rotating Machinery and Automated Warehousing (Logistics). The company celebrates the successful placement of its first candidate to earn over £100,000 basic salary.

2012

Team growth continues despite a tough economic climate – turnover exceeds £350,000.

2013

FMCG recruitment operation is launched with turnover exceeding £420,000. Successful placement of first candidate to earn over £100,000 basic salary

2014

Team extended to 15 people with consolidation and strengthening of core sectors. First business secured in mainland Europe with £40,000 worth of business in Benelux, Germany & France.

2015

Development of Subsea Oil & Gas sector recruitment service and expertise. Further growth in end user Process Manufacturing in the North West and expansion of European operations.

2016 & 2017

Team grows to 18 staff, boosted by significant growth in turnover (£780,000). Launch of dedicated industrial I.T. sales & software headhunt search operation.

2018

Record turnover secured by the group, underpinned by growth in all of our core areas. Saw progression in our new “contractor” business supplementing our core activities; and we made significant inroads into the Enterprise Software & Industrial I.T. sector – which were core objectives for 2017.

 2019

Consolidation sees us continue to grow our core business areas, with a major focus on growing key corporate relationships. Growth in all core market areas in UK and mainland Europe, as well as in sales, management and engineering positions.

2020

Had our record Quarter in Q1 2020 but then COVID hit and we were forced to cease all operations & furlough the entire business during April, May & June 2020. All of our Face-to-Face interviews were cancelled in a 24hr period mid March 2020 and like all permanent recruiters we were in trouble. Quick actions & solid decision-making helped us hibernate until an eventual staged restart of operations in July 2020. Sadly we had to lose 4 loyal and dedicated colleagues to ensure we survived the storm. Their understanding will always be appreciated by us all.

2021

Emerged from COVID leaner & better to achieve our record year of turnover. Up 50% from our previous high of 2018. Recruited 2 new hires in Q4 2021 allowing Luke & Becky to move into full Consultancy roles.

2022

Record turnover year increasing by 8% YoY. Furthered our holistic offering with a number of RPO deals secured; which now allows us to support our clients in a more comprehensive way. This includes recruiting Technical, Commercial and Senior Management roles; coupled with training and upskilling client hiring managers on interview techniques and better ways of hiring top talent. Our combined in-house search recruitment expertise now exceeds 300 years.

2023 & beyond:

  • Continued organic growth and expansion of our team. Our leaders are grown from within.
  • Development of dedicated service for financial, legal and banking sectors.
  • Long term objective to grow a world class team of 100 sector specialists’ by 2030.

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