Focusing on the industrial market, Staff Solutions looks to place drivers, warehouse staff and office workers, both in the local region and further afield. Claire Dawson, Director at Staff Solutions, confesses that setting up the business was quite demanding and stressful: "Being a new small business, we knew it would be important to deliver a more personal service, and this meant spending much time in the early days building relationships in face-to-face meetings with businesses and candidates."
In order to free up more time to promote the new business and build their profile in the market, Claire approached recruitment business outsourcing specialist, Oriel, to help with finance and back office support. Claire knew Oriel from a previous company and knew that they could provide that all-important support to help the new business get off to a flying start.
The Cheltenham-based Oriel team provide factoring, payroll and credit control services to Staff Solutions, which allows them to concentrate on what they first went into business to achieve. This takes the hassle out of setting up their own back office processes, while providing a valuable cash injection to the business through factoring their invoices.
Commenting on Oriel's services, Claire says: "I am very happy with Oriel - our customer relationship manager, Tracey, is brilliant and she has managed our account since day one. Working with Oriel is very much a partnership and they often go over and above what they really need to do for us. For example I've been able to get a lot of very helpful advice regarding terms and conditions of employment which has saved me searching around elsewhere. I would recommend Oriel to anyone looking to start a recruitment business."
Claire's approach is paying off. Now with four staff, and some successful early business growth, she is looking ahead to a healthy start to 2009.
For more information on how Oriel Group can help you outsource key business functions please call 0845 226 1812 or contact us.
