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​On 13th September, our team, supported by Business Fives will be getting together with other businesses across the city to compete in a game of football fives and raise money for Grocery Aid.We are proud to support Grocery Aid and all of the important work that they do to provide those in our in...

Today, we are celebrating International Women's Day and so there is no better time to sit down for a chat with our Operations Director and founder of our agency, Courtney Steele. With the news last month that women in board roles at UK’s biggest listed firms is above 40% for the first time in his...

Both recruitment and manufacturing stand as hugely male dominated industries. Our Founder and Operations Director, Courtney Steele, feels strongly that this is the time for a change. Alexander Steele are actively empowering women within these industries to take advantage of the opportunities avai...

This month, we were featured in The Scotsman Newspaper's print and online. They highlighted our recent achievements and most importantly, our expansion plans for the next 24 months. You can read the article below!​​

​As an expert in the recruitment and consumer goods industries; Managing Director, Richard Steele was recently asked to construct an opinion piece for The Herald Agenda. He highlights the effects of the pandemic, current trends within the sector and what he predicts for the next 12 months. You ca...

​Last month, we were overjoyed to give yet another one of our consultants a promotion. Tracey Fleming has only been working within recruitment for a year but for us, promotions are not solely based on time served or figures. Tracey is consistently growing as a consultant and is eager to learn mor...

Last month we were pleased to announce the promotion of our longest standing team member, Clarke Smith. Clarke has shown consistent growth since he launched his career in recruitment and continues to show his value amongst his peers as he offers support and guidance to his colleagues. We are extr...

Sam Gilmour, our most recent addition to the Manchester team has impressed the whole company by navigating his way to consultant of the month in only his third month in the business... and working in recruitment! Sam joined us from a career in account management and his natural charisma teamed wi...

In June 2021 Alexander Steele opened it doors to our Manchester office. A big step for such a young business, and during a global pandemic no less. ​They do say you can’t run a business without taking risks... ​And here we are, almost 9 months later. 2021 was a highly successful year for Alexan...

Tinashe joined our Manchester office in the summer and since then we have seen him go from strength to strength and receive glowing praise from new clients. He has embraced all that is the UK and Alexander Steele life and brought a new energy to our team. As his first quarter came to an end, we c...

It goes without saying that the last 18 months has been tough on everyone (except maybe Jeff Bezos!) and at Alexander Steele, it has, more than ever, opened our eyes to the value of our team. As a business, we take the mental and physical wellbeing of our staff seriously and creating a culture wh...

​We are proud to announce our latest venture with the opening of Alexander Steele's second office, based out of Neo, Charlotte Street, Manchester. Following unprecedented success in our commercial department under the guidance of Greg Carroll, our Manchester office will be focused around an expan...

​At the beginning of the year, Alexander Steele decided to put all the lockdown walks to good use and pledged £1 for each mile walked by the team. We are so proud to announce that over the weekend and thanks to the great efforts of our colleagues, we reached our target of walking 500 miles in sup...

As we prepare to enter March and approach our 12th month of the pandemic, there is no doubting that the last year has been one like no other for businesses and consumers alike. We have battled through lockdowns, adapted to working from home and tried to come to terms with tier systems and what th...

​Making the decision to start a new career or change employers can seem like a daunting prospect but the newest member of our team did just that! After a career working for RBS and with a focus to work in a role where he was able to interact with people and make a positive impact, he decided that...

​The Recruitment Industry is extremely competitive and growing rapidly. For established consultants and those looking to go into this line of work, there is a huge amount of choice when considering what company to work for and what market to work within.Finding our niche and the factor that made ...

​We are delighted to announce our movement into the Food and Drink sector.We feel strongly that our expertise in Manufacturing, Engineering, Logistics and Retail lend themselves perfectly to working with companies within this fast paced, consumer led industry.All of our consultants at Alexander S...

​Depending on your outlook, leaving a stable job in an established company to join a start-up can either seem like a big risk or a big opportunity.When Richard and Courtney decided to start Alexander Steele, they needed to find somebody who shared their thoughts that in order to get great reward,...

​Black Friday weekend is behind us, the run up to Christmas is officially on and most of our minds are somewhere between Michael Bublé and Mince Pies.This is why December can be regarded as the slowest month of the year for recruitment, but it could be an opportunity for you to gain advantage on ...

​One thing that everyone at Alexander Steele has in common is that throughout our careers we have worked in recruitment but also had agencies work on behalf of us as candidates. It is this experience from two sides of the recruitment process that initiated our thinking into doing things a bit dif...