Impact Recruitment

Impact Recruitment, a Northamptonshire agency focused on permanent, temporary and onsite hiring

Impact Recruitment is a recruitment agency operating from Northamptonshire and Peterborough. The company states it was formed in 2002 and describes itself as one of the leading recruitment agencies in those areas. Its activity is organised around four recruitment sectors and four ways of engaging staff, and it presents itself as a local specialist rather than a high-volume agency.

The agency frames its work as a partnership that goes beyond sending CVs, aimed at small and medium-sized businesses and growth companies that need to fill vacancies. It states explicitly that it does not compete on price but on the quality of its work, the depth of its relationships and the consistency of its delivery.

Recruitment sectors covered

The service is divided into four specialisms, each with its own dedicated page on the site:

• Commercial recruitment: office and business roles.
• Industrial recruitment: industrial and production positions.
• Supply chain recruitment: logistics and supply chain profiles.
• Technical & engineering recruitment: technical and engineering vacancies.

The founders' background is described as early training and experience in the industrial and technical marketplace, which is presented as the origin of the agency's focus on those areas.

Contract models: permanent, temporary, interim and onsite

Impact Recruitment structures its offer around four forms of hiring. Permanent recruitment covers direct placements. Temporary recruitment supplies workers on a temporary basis. Interim recruitment addresses interim assignments. Onsite recruitment places a team of recruiters inside the client's facilities, working alongside its management.

The Howdens case study illustrates this last model: what began in 2002 as branch supply later developed into an onsite team of three people working with Howdens' management team. The site also lists a case study involving a supplier of outdoor play equipment and another involving Igus.

Current vacancies and salary levels

The job board showed several active listings at the time of writing this profile, including a van driver in Leighton Buzzard at £12.71 per hour, a forklift counterbalance driver in Northampton at £13.45–£14.00 per hour, warehouse operative roles in Northampton at £12.71–£25.42 and £16.52–£33.04 per hour, and a sewing machinist in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, at £28,000–£32,000 per year plus company benefits and training development. These figures correspond to the listings published on the site and may vary between vacancies.

Memberships, awards and history

The company states it is a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and reports having received awards and accolades in the recruitment, logistics, marketing, entrepreneurship and training categories. Its own account of its origins places the founding in 2002, when Paul launched the business with his colleagues Neil and Nigel after leaving their previous recruitment jobs following a company takeover.

Offices and coverage

The agency operates from four offices, in Northampton, Wellingborough, Corby and Peterborough, each with its own telephone line. Its candidate and client base extends across Northamptonshire and the surrounding area, with job listings and a location selector that includes towns such as Kettering, Rushden, Daventry, Towcester, Thrapston, Irthlingborough, Raunds and Milton Keynes, among others.

Resources for companies and candidates

Beyond placement work, the site maintains a resource hub with career advice and hiring advice articles, such as how to answer questions about salary expectations, how to speed up a hiring process without losing candidate quality, and CV adjustments aimed at securing more interviews. It also offers a salary guide available through a form, and a section of case studies documenting client collaborations.