• Strategic Workforce Solutions Group Limited
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, England, B61 0GD
Governing Law: Companies Act
Legal Form: Limited Company
Registration Number: 08795399
Nature of Control: Ownership of shares – 75% or more

Parent Group’s Important People:

• Andrew Sweeney
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD
Date of birth: July 1957
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Chief Executive & Founder Director of the Parent Group

• Martin Recci
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD
Date of birth: December 1964
Nationality: British
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Occupation: Founder Director of the Parent Group

• Neil Yorke
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD
Date of birth: December 1957
Nationality: English
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Director of the Parent Group

• Michael Cooper
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD
Date of birth: December 1957
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Director of the Parent Group

Company’s Important People:

• Darren Ainge
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD
Date of birth: July 1969
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Director

• Lee Harris
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD
Date of birth: July 1969
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Director

• Darren Pollard
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD
Date of birth: January 1970
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Director

• David Schilling
Correspondence address: Unit 1, Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD
Date of birth: January 1965
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Director

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)
Class of Shares: ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 10291000
Aggregate nominal value: 102910
Amount paid per share: 0.01
Amount unpaid per share: 0

• Statement of Capital (Total)
Currency: GBP
Total Number of shares: 10291000
Total Aggregate nominal value: 102910

• Full Details of Shareholders

Shareholding 1: 10276000 ORDINARY shares held as at the date of this return
Name: Strategic Workforce Solutions Group Limited

Shareholding 2: 15000 ORDINARY shares held as at the date of this return
Name: Strategic Workforce Solutions Group Limited

Strategy

• Niche focused: They specialise in specific sectors (e.g. retail, logistics, construction) to differentiate from the competition.
• Geographical Expansion across the country
• Customisation Strategy: They state that they offer flexible and tailor-made solutions

Ambitions

• The focus of the Company looking ahead will be to expand the different income streams from temporary and permanent recruitment.

The Sectors that their clients work in are: Distribution / Logistics, Food, Automotive, Local Authorities, Retail, Industrial / Manufacturing
• They service 12,500 clients
• Candidates: Full-time staff and temporary workers

Customer Examples:

•DHL supply chain
Senior Vice President, Head of Legal: Keith Austin
Senior Operations Manager: David Duncan

• Cranswick Convenience Foods
CEO: Adam Couch
FD: Mark Bottomley

• Waitrose
Chairman: Sharon White

Employers Testimonials

“Their professional, but friendly approach has been refreshing and I have been impressed with their honesty and attention to detail . . . I have no hesitation in recommending The Best Connection to any company needing temporary labour or reviewing their recruitment needs, as I am confident they will find the solution you need.”

– Adrian Turner – Operations manager, Norbert Dentressangle logistics UK (now XPO logistics)

“I have no hesitation in recommending The Best Connection’s onsite services to any company that would have similar requirements or would like to review and improve their current services.”

– Rob Corcoran – Operations manager, DHL supply chain

Candidates Testimonials

“Kept me at the same site for whole of my employment, good communication, good advance notice of work schedule. Able to submit planned holidays. Pleasant team.”

– Agency Worker – Exeter, Devon – April 2019

“I have been with TBC as an HGV class 1 driver, self-employed person for around 2 years. I have worked for several agencies and The Best Connection is by far the best one. I have found that they have respect for my choices. If I am asked to work and I don’t want to they don’t harass me – it is one of the few agencies that actually accept that you have a life away from work.”

– David Ector

• To deliver staffing flexibility
• To ascertain that temporary staff have the right skills and background to carry out the job role assigned
• To undertake Police checks if necessary, for the temporary staff and request references
• Trusted recruitment procedures

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the group and company during 2018, amounted to 825 (2017: 763).

Employee Reviews on Indeed

Overall Rating: 3.1/5 (584 reviews)
Analytical Rating:

• Work-Life Balance: 3.1/5
• Pay & Benefits: 3/5
• Job Security & Advancement: 2.7/5
• Management: 3/5
• Culture: 3/5

Warehouse Operative (Former Employee) – Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear – 11 September 2020
“Avoid this employer
Sacked for having COVID symptoms, told to get SSP off job centre when I had a contract with the best connection the branch in Newcastle is a absolute shambles.”

Pros
Loads if you don’t fancy working

Cons
Lack of hours

Driver (Former Employee) – Ipswich, Suffolk – 23 August 2020
“Waste of time
Jobs advertised are not really there when you contact them and when there is your told to old for the job. If you want to be messed around then sign up”

Pros
None

Cons
Waste of time

Employee Reviews on Glassdoor

Overall Rating: 3.5/5

Former Employee – Postman with Driving in Glasgow, Scotland-Sept 2020 (5/5)
Doesn’t Recommend
No opinion of CEO
I worked at The Best Connection full-time

Pros
Timely Payers and they did have lots of unskilled manual labour jobs.

Cons
Agency therefore no job security.

Former Employee – Warehouse Worker in Nuneaton, England-Sept 2020
“Good company to work for”
I worked at The Best Connection full-time for more than a year

Pros
Always pay on time and correctly, friendly staff

Cons
Sometimes they are not answering phone

• With a network of 80+ branches throughout the country, they are able to leverage their local knowledge and reputation to find the most suitable candidates for short or long-term assignments.
• Accredited with ISO 9001
• Consistently ranked Top 5 Industrial & Driving employment business (Recruitment International Survey)
• The largest Industrial and Driving employment business in the Midlands and the second largest in the UK
• Turnover for year ending November 2018 £378 million
• Over 750 full-time members of staff
• 12,500 clients supplied annually. In excess of 1,650 of these have utilised their services for more than five years
• Database of 24,000 LGV drivers and 130,000 industrial workers
• Daily peak of drivers used in 2018 was 3,500 and 16,500 for industrial

The principal activity of the Company is that of an employment agency for both temporary and permanent staff.

Annual Report File

Locations

Main Office Location: Unit 1 Topaz, Topaz Way, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0GD. Registered Company

80 branches across the UK:

Social Media

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Awards/Accreditations

• UKAS Management Systems Certification

• Crown Commercial Service Supplier

• REC Member

• FTA Leading UK Logistics Member

Competitors List (alphabetical order)
Criterion: Industry subcategory, Company Size and Product

• Acorn Recruitment Ltd
  Employee Count: 205:2018
• HAYS Plc
  Employee Count: 4,027:2019 (UK & Ireland)
• Russel Taylor Holdings Limited
  Employee Count: 2,939:2018
• Science Recruitment Group
  Employee Count: 100:2019