Calibre Search’s Manchester office is on target to turnover £3 million next year after moving into The Landmark building in the Northern Quarter.
There is space for 18 specialist recruiters in Calibre’s new city centre base, which is inside a former textiles warehouse.
Director Pete Gillick said his team specialise in built environment (consultancy and construction), HVAC, IT and marketing.
Calibre’s eight Manchester staff – who focus on the north west, Birmingham, Cumbria and North Wales – joined creative, media, property and design companies when they made the switch to Back Turner Street in Manchester last month.
Pete, 37, said: “It’s a fantastic time to be part of Calibre Search. 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.”
Pete, a graphic design graduate with a passion for photography, boasts 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.”
