HR specialist goes for growth

Mark Ions of Exclusive Human Resources

A Newcastle HR company is celebrating its second anniversary with plans to double turnover and staff numbers for the third year running.

Client demand has seen Exclusive Human Resources add services including HR consultancy, leadership and management development, and employee communications to its core business of specialist HR recruitment.

Managing director Mark Ions founded the company two years ago to fill what he saw as a gap in the market for an independent HR recruitment company to serve the North East. The last year has seen the business launch a Leeds office to tap in to the Yorkshire market.

Mark Ions said: “We are delighted to celebrate a second successful year in business, particularly in such tough market conditions, and we have exciting plans for the next year.

“The first two years of trading saw us double staff numbers and turnover year on year, and our aim is to repeat that pattern next year. Expansion into several other major UK cities should see us push through the £1m turnover barrier within the next three years and create further new jobs. We are very excited about the future.”

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