Tom Pickersgill is the founder and CEO of recruitment technology firm Orka, previously Broadstone. Tom shares his insight into the current situation with Key Workers and salaries in the age of Covid.

During the first lockdown, there was – very rightly - a huge emphasis on recognising the contribution of the key workers keeping our country going. We had weekly claps an...

The ACS Pacesetters is a private organization that promotes SIA approved contractors who have attained and ACS score in the top 15% of all UK accredited organizations. Every year they honour members of the front-line security community who have acted exceptionally in the course of their duties at their Security Officer of Distinction Awards Lunch. This year’s event will be held on the 3^rd of June at the Royal Windsor Racecourse. ACS Pacesetter...

Broadstone, the labour as a service platform, has appointed Peter Searle as a non-executive Director to their board. Peter is an expert on staffing and recruitment with a focus on outsourcing labour supply. Searle is well versed in business scaling and his experience in the tempory staff sector will be leveraged as Broadstone seeks to challenge traditional staffing agencies.

With ove...

Manchester-based security tech scale-up, Broadstone, is celebrating unprecedented growth as it reports a 300% increase in revenue in the past five months and a 700% increase in its user community in the past six months (up from 2,500 users in October 2018 to 20,000 users this month). They predict that transactions via their platform (people looking for temporary work) will be in excess of £1m per month by 2020.

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