Our Journey

Aspire Recruitment started its journey in 2005, and over the years, we've won several awards, including The Drum Business Awards for best candidate experience, and two honours from Recruiter’s Investing In Talent Awards.

We’re also part of The Growth Company, a national, not-for-profit organisation whose core purpose is to enable growth, create jobs, and improve lives by driving investment, skills, employment, and enterprise for the benefit of all.

Backed by The Growth Company’s mission to drive positive change in Greater Manchester, our unique position allows us to access a range of additional services to you, from pre-recruitment courses to qualifications and training for staff.

We are proud to do things differently.

Our commitment to a 360 degree consultative process has ensured that we are the recruitment partner of choice of some of the biggest and best companies throughout the region.

Aspire Recruitment's social and ethical stance means that we are not driven by profits; instead we are committed to matching people and business.

We support organisations which value diversity in the workplace and work with them to create a level playing field to attract, recruit, select and retain great candidates from diverse backgrounds.

We accept every candidate and every employer for who they are and make reasonable adjustments to support everyone.

We encourage candidates from under-represented groups and communities and ensure they receive the support they need to be successful.

For more information on how we can help you, get in touch today!

The Growth Company

Aspire Recruitment are a subsidiary of the Growth Company (GC). The Growth Company drives forward business, economic, personal and professional development within communities by boosting employment, skills, investment and enterprise for the benefit of all.

Our unique position within the GC allows us to access a range of services for our employers, from pre-recruitment courses to qualifications and training for staff. We are able to identify your needs and help refer you to a particular area within the group. 

CFA

CFA

Centre for Assessment is a leading specialist in corporate certification, assessment and training, delivering audits and assessments and business training to thousands of clients in the UK and abroad.

OI

OI

The Growth Company's Organisational Improvement team are specialists in supporting organisations to create happy, healthy and sustainable cultures through enabling organisations to improve the effectiveness of their business, leadership and people strategies.

Skills

Skills

The Education & Skills team have been providing high-quality education and skills to individuals and businesses for 30 years, and as an Ofsted Grade 2: Good provider you can be assured the quality of our training and excellent support can help you achieve your future goals.

BGH

BGH

We support businesses at all stages of their growth journey with our broad range of services. We offer expert one-to-one and peer-to-peer business support, events, specialist programmes, funding and much more.
Better still, most of our support is fully-funded and is provided at no direct cost to your business.

2011

GM Business Growth Hub is founded and becomes the blueprint for a national network of 38 Business Growth Hubs that facilitate business support programmes.

2012

The original workforce of five grows to seven dedicated staff members.

2013

The specialist support now covers digital, mentoring, start-up, access to finance, manufacturing, resource efficiency and green technology.

2014

Our first major event, Venturefest, takes place, bringing together more than 400 innovators, entrepreneurs and investors. By 2019, its final year, it attracts 1,150 attendees.

2015

We support businesses impacted by the impact of Storm Eva on Boxing Day, which causes severe flooding across Greater Manchester.

2016

In our first five years of existence, we assist 6,470 businesses, unlocking over £57million in finance offers and helping to create or safeguard 16,608 jobs.

2017

We’re awarded a high-profile Environmental/Sustainability Impact of the Year award for our “ground-breaking approach in driving forward the transition to a low carbon economy”

2018

A new Energy Efficiency Grant is offered, supporting businesses with the costs of their energy efficiency improvements.

2019

Roll-out of the Global Scale-up programme, which helps companies to rapidly expand into multiple markets.

2020

We launch #HereForBusiness, Greater Manchester’s emergency response for those impacted by Covid-19, which goes on to answer more than 29,000 enquiries.

2021

By the time of our 10th birthday, we’ve engaged with 77,500 businesses.

2022

We launch GM Leadership Hive , in collaboration with the region's university business schools, and Social Value support.

2023

New funding from the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund sees us commissioned by Greater Manchester Combined Authority to support local businesses.

2024

To date, we have engaged with more than 90,000 businesses, raised £290million in finance offers, created 15,000 jobs and provided a return on investment of 10:1.

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