National expansion for Jark Recruitment

Jark Recruitment is pleased to announce two new office openings in Chelmsford and
Nottingham bringing the company’s total number of offices to ten. The company embarked
on an expansion plan at the beginning of the year to further establish their national presence
and seize new opportunities in the recruitment market. This expansion plan also includes a
new industrial division in Peterborough.
John Buckman, managing director of Jark Recruitment, comments: “We have had a
nationwide spread as a recruitment provider for several years now but have operated
predominantly out of our East Anglian offices. Nottingham greatly appealed to us as the
home city for our flagship Midlands branch for several reasons. It has been identified by the
government as a city playing a central role in the UK’s economy and has a large skilled
workforce. The forecasted economic growth and development for Nottingham matches
Jark’s own expansion plans, and we look forward to developing our business alongside the
city and economy as they grow.”
John continues; “The Chelmsford construction office opened in March to capitalise on the
supply chain opportunities for infrastructure, development and regeneration work in
preparation for the 2012 Olympics. There is a massive demand for construction skills in
London and the surrounding areas highlighted by the delay in finishing Wembley stadium.
Over the next six to 12 months, we will be consolidating our position in Chelmsford’s
recruitment market and preparing ourselves to be ‘fit to supply’ Olympic contracts by mid
2007. With nine new stadiums, a 500-acre Olympic site in Stratford, a £17 billion
regeneration of the capital’s transport systems and massive redevelopment of Stratford’s
schools, hospitals, housing and derelict sites, construction skills are going to be stretched to
the limit – so it is crucial for us as a specialist construction recruitment supplier to be in the
area and capitalise on demand.”
And to finish off a trio of new openings – Jark has doubled the size of the Peterborough office,
adding an industrial sector to the town’s established construction branch, increasing the
branch turnover to £2.6 million a year.
John concludes: “The Peterborough expansion consolidates not only the ambitions for the
industrial sector, but for the company. Jark’s aim is to open four offices in 2006 and increase
turnover by 39 per cent. Our team wholeheartedly believes in the business and what we have
to offer to clients, and as a team, we are jointly ambitious about the future of Jark
Recruitment.”

Thursday 20 April 2006

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