The Scale Up Institute are right, there is no need to be scared of heights!

There’s a big problem with small businesses in the UK. They’re scared of heights.

Not of the vertical sort, of course, but of the growth that will take their enterprise to the next level. When you have a successful small business, scaling that operation up is not easy, but there are huge benefits.

But the lack of businesses making that jump has led to the UK Government creating the Scale Up Institute, whose mission is find out why so many businesses are struggling to kick on. It wants to make this country the world’s best in which to scale an enterprise.

Fortunately, those who partner with The Recruit Venture Group to launch their own recruitment start-up will have access to all the support the need to push that business forward.

As well as the barriers to businesses scaling up, the Scale Up Institute has identified some of the key advantages businesses have if they can scale up.

They are:

  • Scale up businesses are more productive, with high levels of productivity twice as common. Workers typically generate £235,000 in turnover each!
  • Growth becomes a habit with scale ups. They expect to grow in the coming year, with 77% expecting 20% or more turnover growth and 52% expecting 20% or more employee growth
  • Scale ups naturally create more jobs as the business expands
  • Scale ups are more pioneering and innovative in their respective marketplaces. They are twice as likely to have innovated than their peers
  • They are great places to work, with a vibrant dynamic atmosphere that creates high quality jobs with high levels of employee satisfaction
  • Scale-ups typically have greater diversity in the workforce
  • They are good corporate citizens, with 74% offering opportunities for young people through apprenticeships, internships or work experience
  • Scale ups can operate across all sectors, including recruitment

The benefits to scaling up, as you can see, are vast, and by launching an enterprise with The Recruit Venture Group, they break down the barriers that rivals face in taking that next step.

Those key blockers include access to growth finance, access to the right business leadership and mentoring, and having processes within the business that are easily scalable.

Not only does The Recruit Venture Group put up all of the finance for launch, it also is able to fund the natural growth of the business. If the business case for expansion is there, then there will be the money to back it all the way..

Because The Recruit Venture Group is all about giving talented recruiters the freedom to focus on the core business of recruitment, central to the model is providing all of the back office support needed, including accounts, payrolls, IT, legal, HR and marketing. These processes are all scalable, so when the business grows, so does the support.

And finally The Recruit Venture Group team has decades of experience in recruitment as well as their own specialist areas like finance, legal and marketing. The team is able to provide mentoring and other support on every step of the journey to scaling up.

Paul Mizen, Managing Director of The Recruit Venture Group, said: “I want to make clear that if you launch a recruitment start-up with our support, there are no limits to your growth. The Recruit Venture Group model is all about freeing up experienced recruiters to see how far their talents can take them with a range of back office, financial and mentoring resources.

“It’s proven that scale up enterprises are more innovative, are better places to work, have happier staff and ultimately, are far more profitable. All the businesses we partner are set up for that growth, meaning that not only is launch day exciting, but so are the prospects for accelerated expansion.”

Partnering with The Recruit Venture Group really is about taking control of your career, while building and shaping a business legacy. There’s no need to be afraid of growth – with The Recruit Venture Group’s support, the scaling up of your business will come as naturally as the job of recruitment itself.

 

Unless you don’t have the time and the money…

 

Recruiters it is time to take the bull by the horns and grasp the nettle

‘Leaders gasp nettles’ is a quote from David Ogilvy. Some call him the ‘father of advertising’. He founded legendary advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather and much of what he thought and wrote holds as good today as it did in the 1950s and 60s.

So let me start with that gem – ‘Leaders grasp nettles’. You know what he’s saying. People who create things, make things happen, start up businesses – they’re the people who ‘grasp the nettle’. The ones who seize the day, and face the challenge.

The key word there, for me, is ‘leaders’. If, like thousands of recruitment professionals, you’re thinking about starting up on your own, it’s leadership that will mark you out as a success. You will need to make that step change from employee to employer, take responsibility and drive the business, your business, forward. You will need to  grasp the nettle.

What we can do is take the sting out of it. The Recruit Venture Group exists solely to help recruitment professionals start up on their own. We provide 100% risk free finance. We help with incorporating your company, sorting out your branding and even arranging premises.

More than that we give you access to our operational systems. With our back office behind you the admin is sorted. And that leaves you free to get out there, win business, develop clients and build your business.  To lead. To grasp the nettle.

It’s at that point that you might find yourself relating to another quote from David Ogilvy. ‘I figure that my staff will be less reluctant to work overtime if I work longer hours than they do’. That little gem may have come from a different era, but think about it. Your own business will be something you really want to work at. With the kind of backing we provide you’ll be able to focus and you probably will put in the extra hours. When the staff are with you, because they want to be, it’s fair to say you’ve become a leader.

Funnily enough one of Mr Ogilvy’s quotes applies to us at The Recruit Venture Group as much it does you. He said ‘ We help our people make the best of their talents’. That is pretty much what  we do. We’ll help you make the best of your talent, experience, enthusiasm and drive by giving you the backing and support you need to start up your own recruitment business.

It’s there for you to do. If you’re serious about it there’s nothing to stop you. A ‘phone call to me could be a better way to start you.

Because, as Mr Ogilvy also said, ‘The way up the ladder is open to everybody’.

Grasp the nettle.  Call me.

 

Unless you don’t have the time and the money…

 

If only I had the time and the money…

How often have you heard that? ‘I would, if only I had the time and the money’. It’s been said time and again, for all sorts of reasons. It’s certainly been said by many a would be start up who never got round to it.

Frankly, when it comes to starting up a recruitment business, it’s little more than an excuse.

Let me start with the question of time. You do have the time. The problem is you’re spending it in someone else’s business. And the money? We can help.

At The Recruit Venture Group we have the capital available to provide 100% risk-free finance for recruitment professionals who want to start their own businesses. In fact we deliver much more than that.

We guide you on branding and marketing, we help you with the legalities of setting up a company and we sort things like taxation issues. But, even more importantly, we give you full access to our back office systems. That means you’re fully operational with top class administration from the moment you open your doors.

All you have to do is step away from what you’re doing now, and step up to starting up on your own.

The point is that with you prepared to put in the time; time you really do have, and us prepared to put in the money, there is no excuse for not starting your own recruitment business.

And then look what happens. Suddenly your time is your own time. You call the shots. What’s more, with our backing, you can spend your time really working at developing your business. The systems and admin will be  taken care of, the cash flow will be under control – so you can focus on what you wanted to do in the first place, which was grow your own recruitment business. You’ll be free to concentrate on what you’re best at, and enjoy most.

And believe me, when  someone is really doing what they like, and what they’re good at, and doing it for themselves, the business starts to fly.   Which means they make money.

Imagine that. Running your own recruitment business, in control of your own destiny, and doing it your way on your own time. And then making real money from it.

You’re one phone call away from making it happen. If you’ve got the experience and commitment  I think we can help.

 

Unless you don’t have the time and the money…

 

Gareth Southgate and The Recruit Venture Group have more in common than you think!

Gareth Southgate’s greatest achievement could be galvanising the people of England around their national football team once again. But how did he do it?

It’s worth remembering that when first appointed, Southgate was criticised for being ‘too nice’ and lacking a ruthless side needed to be a successful England manager.

But two of his earliest decisions disproved that notion early on. His bold move to drop Wayne Rooney and play a new system with a philosophy that focused on allowing players to express their talent showed real character.

But what are the wider lessons for people looking to take their own recruitment career to the next level? What can Southgate teach us?

To succeed, a bit of bravery and trust in your own ability is needed. There will be many talented recruiters out there who believe they would be perfectly capable of running their own agency. Those people who have sat on a safe salary for several years, but are being stifled, and are not able to explore their full potential.

The Recruit Venture Group was set up to give people that little bit of confidence they need to take their careers to the next level by launching their own recruitment start-up.

That begins by putting up 100% of the money needed for launch. There’s no risk and no financial pressures.

Next, in order that the talented recruiter is able to go out into the marketplace and do the job they do best from day one, The Recruit Venture Group takes care of all of the back office functions of the business, including IT, accounts, payroll, marketing and HR.

These two elements give the new business that chance to thrive. Taking care of the finance and the back office burden gives the new business owner that ability to focus on the core job and take it in the direction they think is best. That first day of opening offers remarkable potential.

The Recruit Venture Group knows the talent is out there, and that’s why the model is set up in the way that it is. The 43 businesses that have already been launched are working proof that the system is working. Those that have since taken charge of their own careers wonder why they didn’t do it sooner, and often tell of the sheer liberation of finally being able to shape their own business, enacting the strategies and approaches they always thought would be successful, but were ignored by their former bosses.

Let’s go back to football.

For all the supposed ‘Golden Generations’ of England players, the feeling after tournaments in the past was usually one of a missed opportunity, of seeing talented players fail to perform to their ability. For some reason, the players froze, they were scared, and they didn’t believe in themselves. You only need to look at England’s dismal penalty shootout record before this World Cup as proof.

In work, as in sport, it is always a real shame if a clearly talented individual isn’t ever quite able to realise their potential.

Southgate appears to have instilled a new attitude of calculated risk taking, of ambition, and of taking ownership of your own future.

That couldn’t be a more appropriate outlook for someone who wants to take charge of their own career, their own earning potential and, ultimately, their own legacy. By partnering with The Recruit Venture Group, that journey goes from impossible dream, to exciting reality.

 

 

Helping you to scale up and grow your business is what we do best

Starting a business can be a challenge, but what about making it grow to the next level?

A report into how the 5.5 million small businesses in the UK ‘scale up’ their operations has found there are huge difficulties in making steps towards significant growth.

The Scale Up Institute, which is tasked with breaking down barriers to small business expansion, has written a report detailing what is stopping businesses going to the next level.

Those barriers include having access to growth finance, getting the right business mentoring support and having processes that can be scaled as the business expands.

But for recruiters looking to start their own business with The Recruit Venture Group, a plan for scaling up will be in place from day one.

The Recruit Venture Group’s model all about overcoming any barriers to growth and central to the model is to allow a thriving business to grow naturally.

 

  • The Recruit Venture Group will put up all of the finance for growth.

Not only does The Recruit Venture Group provide 100% of the money needed for launch, it will be there at every step of the business’s development to provide finance for that next phase of growth, from opening new offices, to branching into new sectors or any other significant expansion. If there’s a good business plan, there will be the finance to back it, it’s that simple.

  • The Recruit Venture Group offers all the back office capacity needed to scale up a business.

Those partnering with The Recruit Venture Group do so knowing that all of the accounts, payroll, HR, legal, marketing and IT functions are already dealt with, so they can focus on thing they do best – recruitment. As the business expands, that back office support expands, meaning there is no lag or limit in growth. All of those key back office processes are scalable by design.

  • The Recruit Venture Group provides mentoring and business guidance from a team with decades of experience

Expanding a business can be a leap of faith. But The Recruit Venture Group team, which already supports 43 growing businesses, draws on a vault of experience that amounts to decades between them. Those looking to scale up a business can share their plan with that team and refine and review it with experienced people possessing a variety of specialisms.

 

 

The Recruit Venture Group’s Managing Director, Paul Mizen, said:

“The evidence suggests that scale up businesses are more innovative and productive. So much so that they are a real focus of the Government because of the transformative effects they have on the UK economy. On average, employees of a scale up business generate an amazing £235,000 turnover each.

“When we partner with a talented recruiter with industry experience under their belt, we do so not just to launch the business, but also to nurture its growth. When it comes to scaling up that business, you can be the best recruiter in the world, but if you haven’t got the finance and support for growth, it will never happen. We understand this, and that is why our model is set up to break down barriers to business expansion.

“We have businesses which are always planning for that next step, from taking on more staff, to opening new offices, and expanding into new markets in new areas. Our funding and back office support means that as long as the figures stack up, we’ll be there to back it every step of the way.”

But the reality for most is that, according to the Scale Up annual report from 2017, half of businesses fear they do not have the right business support for their growth plans. But the Recruit Venture Group meets that very challenge as a central part of its model. The financial, back office and advisory support is always at hand.

In a tricky climate for scaleups

The Recruit Venture Group is showing the way forward for how to successfully grow an enterprise.

 

England reap rewards after ditching their fear of failure and you could do the same

Was it all a dream? Did England really just win on penalties in the knockout stages of a World Cup?

After years of heartbreak, in which England have never won a World Cup shootout, it’s hard to look past the calming influence of manager Gareth Southgate as the reason for England’s success.

Back in 2013, when he was then-England under-21s manager, he talked about eradicating England’s culture of having “a fear of failure”. For years, talented generations of players have frozen on the big stage, never really fully expressing their talent, never being bold and brave and taking a risk.

But England’s win against Colombia, in the most pressured circumstances possible, showed that the battle against fear and risk-averseness is finally starting to be won.

In business, it’s also well known that fortune favours the brave. Good entrepreneurs didn’t get where they are by playing it safe. While they have a respect for risk, they do not fear it, and that’s the difference.

The recruitment industry is full of talented individuals who are collecting a steady salary, but who clearly have the potential to run their own business. Many people will have considered it, but so many never go through with it.

Why?

It surely comes down to fear of failure – the very thing that has held back the England team all these years.

The Recruit Venture Group is set up precisely with the aim of enabling recruiters with several years’ experience under their belts to realise their potential and launch their own business. It’s unique joint venture model couldn’t be simpler or quicker and offers a pathway to owning your own business unlike any other.

There’s certainly no cause for fear.

First, it puts up 100% of the finance, meaning the financial risk to person taking the plunge is zero. There’s no need to go to banks asking for loans, and no need to put up personal assets or finance.

Next, it takes care of all the things that so often bog down businesses both in terms of cost and time. It will organise and project manage the launch of the business, from the legal matters and paperwork, to securing premises. It will then provide ongoing back office support from day one, including accountancy, payroll, HR, IT and marketing and PR.

And finally The Recruit Venture Group’s team has decades of experience in recruitment, meaning that there is always mentoring on hand at any stage of the business’s life.

These new business owners from the first day of trading are meeting clients, meeting candidates and filling vacancies. Everything else is taken care of. It’s that freedom to focus on the core job that has made The Recruit Venture Group model so successful.

The 43 businesses already thriving are testament to the fact that The Recruit Venture Group is able to make those business ownership dreams a reality.

And although this is a joint venture, it is very much a business controlled and owned by the person making that leap. It is their strategy, their business model, their brand above the door.

Paul Mizen, Managing Director, said: “I’ve been in recruitment for well over 20 years in a variety of roles, and I’ve seen many people who are in safe, salaried positions who would be perfectly suited to running their own agency.

“But I also understand the reasons why they don’t try. They have a mortgage to pay, they might have a family to support, and they think that starting a business could lead to financial ruin if it fails. Ultimately, they become frustrated because they know they could do a better job than their bosses.

“But if England’s World Cup run has proven anything, it’s the fact that anything is possible if you put fear to one side. Fear holds you back.

“So that’s why from initial contact to business launch day, The Recruit Venture Group is there to take care of the aspects of business that are less familiar and put minds at ease. We simply let talented recruiters recruit. That’s what they do best and that is what will give the business the best chance of success.”

 

Do you have what it takes to be our next Goliath slayer?

The whole of Russia may be in raptures over its surprise David vs Goliath win against Spain in the World Cup, but in truth, everyone loves a story of the triumphant underdog.

Whether it’s the satisfaction at seeing a united, hardworking team overcome the odds or the schadenfreude at watching a giant toppled, it’s these stories from the World Cup that really capture the imagination.

And if it can happen in sport, it can certainly happen in business – and recruitment is no different. There are many recruitment agencies out there who, like Spain, have the established reputation, but are complacent and lacking in drive.

A talented recruiter who is looking to break free of their job and take on the big names by launching their own business can only do so quickly and effectively with help from The Recruit Venture Group.

Russia have got where they are in the World Cup by mixing their talent and sheer determination with phenomenal support from their fans and the nation as a whole

The Recruit Venture Group also offers unrivalled support to recruiters with several years’ experience who are itching to get their own business launched.

They do that in two key ways. Here’s how:

  • Their unique joint venture model is unlike anything else in recruitment, offering start-ups 100% of the finance they need to launch. Not only does that mean the business can be launched very quickly from the first enquiry, it also means no risk to personal assets like homes or hard-earned savings.
  • Like those Russian fans, The Recruit Venture Group’s support also goes the extra mile. Any new recruitment start-up will not have to worry about those costly, time consuming administrative functions like accounts, payroll, HR, IT, marketing and legal because The Recruit Venture Group takes care of it from day one. As with any successful football team the quality of backroom support makes a huge difference and it’s the same in business.

For any new start-up, dealing with the initial and ongoing back office workload is a major distraction from the thing that is actually going to generate revenue. But any recruitment start-up partnered with The Recruit Venture Group will be able to get out into the marketplace from day one and start building relationships with clients and candidates because everything else is taken care of.

Because that level of support is in place, those driven, hungry and talented recruiters are given the bedrock from which they can put their business plans and strategies into practice. That means that any business launched with The Recruit Venture Group is a seriously strong, well-oiled operation from the start, not a nervous start-up with a million-and-one things to think about from launch.

So, like Russia in the World Cup, with that kind of backing, anything is possible. And it’s worth remembering that new recruitment entrepreneurs partnering with The Recruit Venture Group are very much the business owners and figureheads, with their name above the door. This is their story, and their path they are forging.

You only need to look to the successes of other Recruit Venture Group-partnered businesses to see examples of how they have rapidly grown to become established names in their own areas and recruitment sectors. Many have also taken a significant share of the market from those bigger, more established agencies. There’s now 43 recruitment businesses and counting who have benefitted from this unique model.

Russia have been successful in the World Cup because they have been able to get the most out of their talent, have the right strategy in place, are driven and determined, while all the time having that first-class support in the background.

There couldn’t be a better footballing analogy for how The Recruit Venture Group is supporting new recruitment businesses to go out into the marketplace, take on those bigger agencies and cause a few shocks of their own.