ADVANCE Global Recruitment is opening a construction subsidiary and aims to be brining in £3 million of revenue from it by end of next year.
The Edinburgh company, based in the Leith area of the capital, hopes to capitalise on the improving housing and construction markets along with a need for people to work on the growing number of infrastructure projects in the UK and the Middle East.
AGR, which mostly works in the subsea sector and has a turnover of around £10m, said it already has deals in place with housebuilders and construction firms.
The construction arm of the business is starting with six recruiters and that is predicted to grow to 10 by the end of the year.
Some of those staff will be placed in its Dubai office.
Stuart Hunter, director and co-founder of AGR, said: “We will be working with a mix of clients from the biggest names in the home, commercial and retail building sectors as well as with some smaller, local fit-out contractors.”
Mr Hunter predicts the construction arm can reach £750,000 in revenue by the end of this year.
He previously worked in that sector with AGR co-founder Cameron Taylor.
Mr Hunter said: “We have enjoyed some immediate success on the back of previous relationships and already have secured agreements with some of the UK’s leading construction clients.
“On the back of this we hope to have a team of 10 consultants in place by the end of 2015 in the UK and from our office in Dubai, where we will be targeting the construction market in the United Arab Emirates.”
AGR, which was founded in 2010, said it will be looking for a range of temporary and permanent roles including labourers, skilled workers, engineers and surveyors.
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