2026 Winners
Staffing Winners
The Workwell Global Client Service Award
- Eden Brown Synergy
In an exceptionally challenging public sector landscape, Eden Brown Synergy stood out for its ability to achieve outstanding, measurable results for its clients, building trusted partnerships, delivering meaningful service improvementsand using the lessons learned to extend that impact across the wider public sector.
- Highly Commended: Pracyva
Finalists:
- Ad Talent Recruitment
- AJ Chambers
- Eleven
- Gerrard White Consulting
- QCS Staffing
- Seven Executive
- SF Partners
- Staffline Recruitment
- Stafforce Ports
The candidate experience Award
- VHR
VHR stood out for creating an outstanding candidate experience across every stage of the journey, from skills development and practical assessments to international relocation and ongoing welfare support, delivering measurable improvements in candidate satisfaction, diversity, retention and long-term career outcomes while driving significant business growth.
- Highly Commended: Morson Group
Finalists:
- Eleven
- Penta Consulting
- QCS Staffing
- Stonehouse Recruitment Group
The best use of technology & Innovation Award
- Optime Group
Optime Group’s Boarding Gate platform was recognised for its outstanding innovation in addressing a complex compliance challenge, overturning established assumptions through a highly effective technology solution that delivered exceptional operational improvements,
- Highly Commended: Staffline Recruitment
Finalists:
- iXceed Solutions
- VHR
The growth staffing company of the year
- Taskmaster Resources
Taskmaster Resources delivered exceptional and sustainable growth, increasing turnover by over 59% while significantly expanding its workforce, client portfolio and operational capacity. Through strategic investment in people, technology and scalable infrastructure, the business has combined impressive commercial performance with long-term workforce development gains.
Finalists:
- ERSG
- Pracyva Limited
- QCS Staffing
- Seven Executive
- Stonehouse Recruitment Group
- VHR
The Grant Thornton specialist staffing company of the year
- VHR
VHR combined exceptional business growth with deep sector expertise, innovative talent creation programmes, and a steadfast commitment to raising standards and developing specialist talent in some of the world’s most skills-short industries
Finalists:
- AJ Chambers
- Allen Lane
- Arthur Financial
- La Fosse
- Radley James
- Rise Technical Recruitment
- Select Offshore
- The Portfolio Group
The Kitto Staffing Brand of the Year
- NES Fircraft
NES Fircroft demonstrated outstanding brand excellence, combining innovative multi-channel marketing, industry-leading content, and clear commercial impact to build a globally recognised brand
- Highly Commended: Oho Group
Finalists:
- Amoria Group
- La Fosse
- Matchtech Group (UK)
- Radley James
The giant group international Staffing business of the year
- Amoria Group
Amoria Group was praised for its impressive and sustainable international growth story, combining strong profitability, global expansion across multiple markets, and a well-established international operating model that continues to deliver outstanding results and client impact at scale.
- Highly Commended: VHR
Finalists:
- ERSG
- NES Fircroft
- Penta Consulting
- Pracyva Limited
- Radley James
The staffing consultant of the year
- Adam Bowman, Associate Practice Director, La Fosse
Adam stood out not only as a top-performing consultant, generating more than £5 million in billings during his career at La Fosse, but also as a role model who builds lasting client and candidate relationships, drives innovation across multiple service lines, mentors the next generation of recruiters and actively promotes greater inclusion within the technology sector.
- Highly Commended: Cam d'Espagnac, Legal Division Director, Gerrard White
Finalists:
- Leanne Byrne, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Clayton Legal
- Oliver Clarke-Irons, Principal Consultant, Seven Executive
Talent Solutions Winners
The Client Service Award
- Omni Resource Management Solutions
The judges recognised Omni for setting the standard in client service, combining a highly collaborative, values-led approach with data-driven innovation and strategic talent expertise to deliver sustained organisational impact, exceptional service outcomes and long-term client confidence.
- Highly Commended: VHR
Finalists:
- AMS in partnership with Allianz UK
- Enterprise Solutions from Michael Page
- Join Talent
- KellyOCG
- Korn Ferry
- Matrix
- PeopleScout
- Taskmaster Resources
The Bullhorn best use of technology & Innovation Award
- Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) by AMS
This entry was recognised for its innovative candidate-owned onboarding model, which reimagined a longstanding public-sector workforce challenge, delivering faster deployment, significant time savings, strong user adoption and a more accessible, scalable experience for candidates and employers.
- Highly Commended: Korn Ferry
- Highly Commended: PeopleScout
- Highly Commended: Robert Walters
Finalists:
- Instant Impact
- Korn Ferry
- Magnit Global
- PeopleScout
- Pontoon Solutions
- Robert Walters
The inclusive recruitment award
- AMS in partnership with Rolls Royce
AMS was praised for its innovative and wide-ranging approach to removing barriers to opportunity, creating a more inclusive early careers talent ecosystem that delivered outstanding diversity outcomes and meaningful access to engineering careers for underrepresented talent.
- Highly Commended: Omni Resource Management Solutions
Finalists:
- Pracyva Limited
- Robert Walters
The long-term partnership award
- KellyOCG
KellyOCG stood out for the depth and maturity of its 13-year relationship with their client, demonstrating how sustained partnership, local market expertise and innovative talent strategies can drive measurable improvements in hiring performance, global scalability and workforce outcomes year after year.
- Highly Commended: PeopleScout
Finalists:
- AMS
- Avenica Talent Solutions
- Matchtech Group (UK)
- Matrix
- Omni Resource Management Solutions
- Sanderson
- VHR
The Linkedin best talent attraction strategy
- PeopleScout
This entry stood out for its evidence-based, inclusive and insight-led approach to talent attraction, combining authentic employer storytelling, innovative candidate experience solutions and strong delivery results to successfully attract diverse and hard-to-find talent.
- Highly Commended: Group GTI
Finalists:
- Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) by AMS
- RedKnows
- Robert Walters
The jove contingent Workforce Solutions Provider of the year
- Pontoon Solutions
Judges praised Pontoon Solutions for transforming its long-standing partnership with their client into a strategic, multi-country workforce solution, delivering exceptional growth, significant cost savings, improved workforce outcomes, and consistently outstanding service at scale
- Highly Commended: KellyOCG
Finalists:
- Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) by AMS
- Resourgenix
- Robert Walters
- Sanderson
- Skills Alliance Enterprise
- Taskmaster Resources
- VHR
Staffing & Talent Solutions
The best company to work for
- Amoria Group
Judges praised Amoria Group for its outstanding people-first culture, delivering exceptional employee development, wellbeing and community impact through a clear commitment to its values and purpose.
- Highly Commended: Omni Resource Management Solutions
Finalists:
- Arthur Financial
- Bluestones Group
- Enterprise Solutions from Michael Page
- Join Talent
- Matchtech Group (UK)
- Penta Consulting
- QCS Staffing
- Seven Executive
- Stonehouse Recruitment Group
- VHR
- Xpertise Recruitment
The back-office team of the year
- VHR
VHR’s back-office team stood out for setting the benchmark in the category, combining innovation, scalability and operational rigour with impressive commercial results, compelling case studies and clear evidence of their contribution to the organisation’s growth, performance and long-term success.
- Highly Commended: Arthur Financial
Finalists:
- Bluestones Group
- Pontoon Solutions
- Skills Alliance
- Stonehouse Recruitment Group
The leader of the year
- Olly Harris, Global Managing Director, Enterprise Solutions from Michael Page
Olly is recognised for his exceptional leadership in driving the transformation of Enterprise Solutions from Michael Page, uniting staffing and outsourcing into a pioneering global model while delivering four consecutive years of double-digit growth, fostering a high-trust and inclusive culture, and creating lasting value for clients, colleagues and the wider industry.
- Highly Commended: Frank Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Staffline Recruitment
- Highly Commended: Paul Robinson, Chief Operating Officer, VHR
Finalists:
- Andrew Hilliard, Chairman, AJ Chambers
- Sarah Louise Gallagher, Founder & Managing Director, Impulse Recruitment
- Louise Fraser, Chief People & Transformation Officer, Instant Impact
- Yogita Tulsiani, Director & Co-Founder, iXceed Solutions
- Georgia Hearn, Chief Client Success Officer, Join Talent
- Dan Taylor, Managing Director, Morgan Hunt
- Amit Warwatkar, Founder & CEO, Pracyva Limited
- Melanie Barnett, Managing Director, Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) by AMS
- Sohan Modi, Director & Founder, Stonehouse Recruitment Group