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About us

We are Gravitas. An international recruitment company serious about connecting and building lasting relationships with the best talent, while providing specialist recruitment services to our clients. We work across the UK in key niche talent shortage areas of Technology and Insurance.

Through our industry-leading service, we deliver unrivalled contract and permanent recruitment solutions.

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Who are Gravitas and what do we believe?

Our purpose is to create solutions that empower your ambitions. Its the reason our business exists.

We focus on building partnerships and gaining an in-depth knowledge of our customers niches, and the recruitment industry, working in accordance with our values of respect, integrity, passion and excellence.

This collaborative approach enables us to help our clients, candidates and own staff, achieve excellence and fulfil their potential, something we are very passionate about.

Providing high quality specialist services has helped us to become one of the leading recruitment companies in the UK, not self-proclaimed, but demonstrated by our numerous awards and accolades.

We are part of a larger network of international offices, so you can be assured that we are legally, regulatory, and ethically compliant.

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Meet our founders

Our origin story

Gravitas was founded in 2010 by friends, Jonathan Ellerbeck, Daniel Wallis, and Alex Naylor. Each of them had years of recruitment and leadership experience but saw a gap in the market to do something different. They wanted to create a business that focused on uncompromising quality of service while facilitating niche areas in Technology and Insurance. Seeing quality was sometimes lacking in other recruitment agencies, they pledged to build a business that took recruitment seriously, while building a fun and rewarding internal culture. Recruitment is a profession that can change people's lives and businesses, and they believed that should be taken seriously. Simultaneously, Jonathan opened our first office in London, Alex opened an office in Leeds, and Daniel moved from the UK to set up our Hong Kong office. These 3 offices have now grown to 9 offices across the EU and Asia, winning almost 50 awards for our service and culture along the way.

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Our history

Gravitas opens its doors!

Simultaneously open 3 offices on the same day, creating maximum impact in the industry:
  • Our (now London Technology Director) Joseph Thushe joins Gravitas as a Team Leader.
  • Building relationships and hiring ambitious, talented recruiters, led to £1.4 million turnover in first year

Expansion with 2 new offices

  • Expansion into new strategic locations, driven by continued strong performance
Now UK Technology Director, Jo Callaghan established our Manchester office.
  • Early in her impactful career (Business Manager to UK Technology Director over 10 years), Jo led a strategic business decision to focus on Technology in the UK Public Sector in Manchester
  • At the same time, expansion in Asia, opening an office in the leading financial hub, Singapore, focusing on the Insurance and Banking sector

Creation of a market-leading brand

  •  With global headcount exceeding 100, Gravitas transitions from a start up to an established brand
  •  Strategic decision to establish Gravitas Group holding structure
  •  The Group is rebranded to best represent its services and culture
 Gravitas starts to be recognised in press lists:
  • Awarded ‘London Stock Exchange, 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’
  • UK Sunday Times Best Company to Work For’
  • Recruiter Fast 50 Award

A record-breaking year

Continued to be recognised across multiple award platforms:
  • Awarded ‘UK Sunday Times Best Company to Work For’ & ‘London Stock Exchange, 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’  for the third year running
  • Awarded Recruiter awards ‘Most Effective Back Office Operations’

Headcount growth

  • NFI up 42% year on year vs FY17A
Seven global award wins in one year for specialist recruitment, five of which were UK focused:
  • Across awards organisations ‘The Recruiter’, ’Recruiter Investing in Talent’, ‘Global Recruiter’ & ‘Financial Times Future 100 UK’

Investment Strategy

  • NFI up 35% compared to the equivalent period in FY18A
  • With Gravitas growing fast, we attracted minority investment from Alcuin Capital Partners
  • Founder, Alex Naylor transitioned into the new role of ‘Head of Talent’ to focus on the internal People strategy

Navigating through a Global Pandemic

  • Coronavirus has global impact - Gravitas retains staff and remains resilient
  • Headcount growth fuelled strategic decision expand our Manchester Office, moving to a new office
  • UK Insurance division strategically established for further stability & future growth. Our UK Insurance Director, Kirsten Quarman, joins the Gravitas family
  • Co-founded Programme One with seven other agencies to improve the underrepresentation of Black talent in the recruitment industry
  • Enhancing our global DEI commitment, our Internal employee-led DEI committee was formed
  • Awarded the Princess Royal Training Award for the second time in a row (award held for 6 years running)
  • Moved up the rankings in ‘Sunday times HSBC International Track 200’ & ‘Recruiter Fast 50’ lists

Future navigation

  • Gravitas seizes the opportunity to open an office in Shenzhen, China
  • Leading automation technology implemented allowing for better communication and efficiencies across the business
  • Moved even further up the rankings in ‘Sunday times HSBC International Track 200’, ‘Recruiter Fast 50’ lists & feature in ‘Recruiter Hot 100 ‘list proving our Business strategies were strong through time of uncertainty

New services and a focus on People

  • Launch of the ‘People Team’ combining the 4 key areas of HR, internal Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and Talent Management to better support employees
  • Two globally recognised award wins from Efinancial; Mid-Size Recruiter and Technology and Finance, voted by clients and candidates
  • Launch of Gravitas Services, a dedicated services provider, delivering under a Statement of Work

Strategy leading the way

  • Inline with our strategic focus on global tech hubs, Gravitas opens a new office in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Third strategic acquisition (Hamlyn Williams’ Asia Operations) expanding our capability in Asia
  • More award wins including the Princess Royal Training Award for the 3rd time(nine year running) in a row, plus the prestigious APSCo award for Recruitment Company of the Year
Gravitas board restructures for investment into future growth 
  • Founder, Jonathan Ellerbeck takes on Group Chairman position
  • Founder, Daniel Wallis takes on Group Advisor position

Office growth and employee-led refinement

  • Second strategic acquisition (R2 Group) in Rotterdam expanding European capabilities
  • Company EVP & Purpose re-defined through employee-led forums
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Contract and permanent hiring solutions

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Contract recruitment

Our flexible contract technology and insurance recruitment solutions help businesses looking to hire on an interim or contract basis. Everything from a single specialist contractor through to a whole project. Find out more about our contractor recruitment services.

Permanent recruitment

We deliver technology and insurance permanent recruitment solutions, helping businesses with their niche requirements, from start to finish. Find out more about our permanent recruitment services.

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Diversity & inclusion

We’re committed to the promotion of DEI. Whether it’s working with businesses on their own diversity initiatives, leading conversations on the DEI agenda through our events program, ensuring our own working environment is fair and inclusive or collaborating on initiatives to encourage diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Our numbers

Global offices
8
Turnover 2022
£76m
Employees
255+
NFI 2022
£27m
Countries
5
Year started
2010

Awards & accolades

We’ve won numerous awards for every aspect of our business. Visit our awards page.

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