Steaming ahead in a downturn

Leading recruitment specialist, Astbury Marsden reports a 15% increase in turnover for the first quarter of 2008 and intends to use the increasingly challenging market conditions to attract high calibre recruiters to its growing business. Already recognised as one of the fastest growing companies in the recruitment sector, the company is pressing on with its plans to double in size and to become the leading recruiter in each of its markets.

Managing Director Jonathan Nicholson comments; "We continue to seek people who aim for the remarkable and who have the enthusiasm and desire to succeed in a more testing market. We will use the current circumstances to raise the bar even higher and to build a team that is second to none in the industry."

During the last market downturn, the company continued to grow counter-cyclically increasing the number of clients and staff when many of its competitors were making layoffs.

Nicholson continues; "We see this as an opportunity to build a bigger and better business despite the obstacles arising as a result of uncertainty brought on by the credit crunch. We will use the strength of our performance and our reputation as an award-winning recruitment firm to continue to expand."