What Tailor Made does

TaskMaster Recruitment, legally Taskmaster Resources Ltd, is a UK-based multi-brand recruitment company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Leeds. It supplies temporary, permanent, and flexible workforce solutions to employers across the UK, operating through a network of high street branch offices and an online job board. The company is organised around six specialist sub-brands: the heritage TaskMaster brand covering general commercial and industrial recruitment, TaskMaster Industrial for blue collar sectors, TM On-Site for large-volume embedded managed services, TM Public Sector (including NHS staffing), TM Utilities for the water industry, and TM Scotland for the Scottish market. Served verticals span driving and logistics, industrial and manufacturing, NHS/facilities management/catering, commercial business support, water utilities, and waste and recycling.

The business generates revenue through two primary streams: managed services margins on temporary worker wages (acting as an employment business) and one-time placement fees for permanent hires (acting as an employment agency). Pricing is variable by role type, sector, and contract terms, with advertised hourly rates for temporary roles ranging from approximately £11.92 to £33.10. Distribution is hybrid: enterprise clients are served through direct sales and on-site managed teams (TM On-Site), while SMBs and job seekers are served through the self-serve job board and high street branches. No proprietary technology platforms were identified; the technology stack consists of standard recruitment operations tools including an online timesheet portal.

Key enterprise clients disclosed include Polypipe (17+ years, up to 300 colleagues per day), United Utilities, South East Water, AGH Solutions Ltd (Harrogate Nightingale Hospital, 200+ workers during COVID-19), JW Filshill, Lookers Ford, ALPLA UK, Areera Recycling, NHS Trusts, the University of Huddersfield, Kirklees College, and Dolce Schools Catering. The company holds compliance certifications including REC membership, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, Cyber Essentials Plus, Safe Contractor, and Achilles UVDB, and Lucy Kuc was appointed Managing Director in May 2026.

Name

Tailor Made

Legal name

Taskmaster Resources Ltd

Website

https://tailormadesourcing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

TaskMaster Recruitment is a UK-based multi-brand staffing firm providing temporary, permanent, and managed workforce solutions across driving, industrial, utilities, NHS/public sector, and commercial segments via specialist sub-brands, high street branches, and an online job board.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Colne

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Temporary Worker Supply: TaskMaster supplies temporary workers to clients and charges margins on worker wages. They also place candidates in permanent roles, earning placement fees. The business operates as both an employment business (for temporary workers) and an employment agency (for permanent recruitment).
2. Permanent Placement: Placement of candidates in permanent positions generates one-time recruitment fees from employers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TaskMaster Recruitment supplies temporary and permanent workforce solutions to UK employers through a heritage high street branch network and four specialist sub-brands (TM On-Site for large-volume blue-collar managed service, TM Public Sector for NHS and public sector staffing, TM Utilities for water-industry drivers, TM Scotland for Scottish operations). The company operates as both an employment business (charging margins on temporary worker wages) and an employment agency (earning one-time placement fees for permanent hires), serving sectors including driving, industrial, NHS/FM/catering, commercial, utilities, waste and recycling, and public sector.

Product overview

TaskMaster Resources Ltd operates as a multi-brand recruitment platform with TaskMaster as the heritage brand supported by high street branches, complemented by specialist sub-brands: TM On-Site for large-volume blue collar managed services, TM Public Sector for NHS and public sector staffing, TM Utilities for water industry workforce solutions, and TM Scotland for Scottish operations. The company provides temporary, permanent, and flexible workforce solutions across sectors including Driving, Industrial, NHS/FM/Catering, Commercial, Utilities, and Waste and Recycling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TM Utilities: Specialist water industry recruitment division providing flexible workforce solutions including wastewater tankers, freshwater emergency response, interworks tippers, bio-agricultural drivers, and vactor services. Serves major UK water supply companies.
• TM On-Site
• TM Public Sector
• TM Scotland

Products and services

• Temporary Worker Supply Employment business service that places temporary workers (drivers, industrial operatives, NHS/FM/catering staff, commercial staff) with UK client organisations, charging a margin on worker wages. Supports short-term cover, seasonal peaks, and long-term temporary assignments across all sectors served.
• Permanent Placement Employment agency service that recruits and places candidates into permanent roles for employers, generating one-time placement fees. Covers business support, industrial, driving, and commercial positions across the UK.
• TM On-Site Managed Service On-site managed service solution that embeds a TaskMaster team inside the client's premises to source, deploy, and administer large-volume temporary and flexible blue-collar workforces across production, assembly, despatch, moulding, and warehousing functions.
• TM Public Sector Staffing Specialist recruitment service supplying administrative, operations, facilities management, catering, portering, and ancillary staff to NHS trusts and wider UK public sector organisations under a DBS-checked, REC-compliant framework.
• TM Utilities Water Industry Staffing Specialist water-industry workforce solution supplying Class 1 and Class 2 tanker drivers, interworks tipper drivers, bio-agricultural drivers, and vactor services staff to major UK water companies for wastewater, freshwater emergency response, and routine operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recruited 30 operatives within 8 weeks for Areera Recycling
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AGH Solutions LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTaskMaster Public Sector served as the primary supplier of non-medical, non-clinical (NMNC) workers to AGH Solutions Ltd during the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting the rapid staffing of the Harrogate Nightingale Hospital. This was a mission-critical partnership requiring swift mobilization of over 200 workers within tight deadlines.
• NHS TrustscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTaskMaster is one of the largest suppliers of Administrative and Operations staff to Public Sector organisations across the UK, with established long-standing partnerships with NHS Trusts and healthcare facilities.
• United UtilitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTM Utilities is a leading partner for some of the biggest water supply companies in the UK, providing workforce solutions that help reduce customer minutes lost. Specific partnership with United Utilities for waste tanker drivers and bottled water delivery operations.
• South East WatercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTM Utilities partnered with South East Water to provide a logistical solution enabling 24/7, 365-day deployment of Class 2 tankers. Recruited a team of 6 specialist drivers within 2 weeks of initial contact.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hays plc: Hays is a UK-listed global recruitment firm with broader professional and commercial specialisms but overlapping coverage in industrial, construction, and property staffing. Relevant as a larger incumbent competing in overlapping UK verticals.
• PageGroup: PageGroup is a UK-listed global recruitment firm with strong white-collar and commercial specialisms (Michael Page, Page Personnel). Comparable to TaskMaster's Commercial sub-brand for office and administrative support roles.
• ManpowerGroup UK: ManpowerGroup is a global staffing leader with UK operations spanning industrial, driving, and office staffing. Overlaps with TaskMaster in industrial, manufacturing, and on-site managed service contracts.
• Reed Recruitment: Reed is a major UK-wide generalist recruitment firm offering temporary, permanent, and executive search across commercial, industrial, and public-sector roles. Overlaps with TaskMaster's commercial and NHS/FM verticals.
• Adecco Group UK: Adecco is a global staffing leader with a significant UK industrial and office staffing presence. Competes with TaskMaster in high-volume temp and on-site managed services across industrial and logistics verticals.

Direct peers

• Blue Arrow: Blue Arrow is a UK-wide staffing firm specializing in driving, industrial, warehouse, and customer service temp staffing. Highly comparable to TaskMaster's core blue-collar and driving vertical, with a similar multi-branch, sector-specialized model.
• Driver Hire: Driver Hire is the UK's largest specialist transport and logistics recruitment franchise, focusing on HGV, LGV, van and driver recruitment. Directly comparable to TaskMaster's Driving vertical and TM Utilities water-tanker specialist driver offering.
• Pertemps Network Group: Pertemps is one of the UK's largest independent recruitment firms, offering temporary, permanent and contract staffing across commercial, industrial, driving, and public-sector verticals. Comparable multi-vertical, multi-branch UK staffing model with on-site services.
• Gap Personnel: Gap Personnel is a UK staffing provider focused on industrial, warehousing, driving, and manufacturing recruitment. Comparable to TaskMaster on industrial and manufacturing temp supply, with similar on-site managed service offerings.

Emerging players

• Indeed Flex: Indeed Flex is a digital-first temp staffing platform focused on hospitality, warehouse, and industrial sectors in the UK. An emerging tech-enabled competitor that could pressure traditional firms like TaskMaster on speed-to-fill and worker experience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tailormadeltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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