City Site Solutions

What City Site Solutions does

City Site Solutions Ltd is a UK-based construction recruitment agency founded in 2000 by Tom Armitage and headquartered in London. The company supplies temporary, contract, and permanent staff across trades, labour, management, and technical roles to construction contractors ranging from large national firms to smaller independent businesses. Core products include Trades & Labour Recruitment, Management & Technical Recruitment, Steelwork & Fabrication Recruitment, Plant & Equipment Supply, Tunnelling Recruitment, Facilities Management Recruitment, and Cleaning Solutions, supplemented by a candidate loyalty 'City Site Ambassador Programme.' Service is delivered through six regional offices (London, Oxford, Essex, Heathrow, Glasgow, Surrey) and a candidate-facing job portal powered by Firefish recruitment software.

The business operates a professional services revenue model, earning placement fees on permanent hires and margins on temporary/contract hourly rates. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per client and role. GTM is sales-led and direct, with regional recruitment consultants managing client relationships and matching candidates from a privately built, multi-decade database of vetted tradespeople. Marketing relies on organic social (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter), the company website, and SEO through the job portal.

City Site Solutions is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 09327633), fully owned and operated by its founder and directors with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or institutional funding. The company holds ConstructionLine and CHAS accreditations relevant to UK construction supply chains and positions itself on rigorous candidate vetting, local market knowledge, and 20+ years of industry relationships as its primary differentiators.

Name

City Site Solutions

Legal name

City Site Solutions Ltd

Website

https://city-site.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

City Site Solutions is a UK-based construction recruitment agency founded in 2000 that supplies temporary, contract, and permanent trades, labour, management, and technical staff to construction contractors of all sizes through six regional offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction & General Labor Staffing (BPACAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Skilled Trades (Electricians/Plumbers/HVAC/Carpenters) Staffing (BPACAEAB), Mining & Heavy Equipment Operator Staffing (BPACAEAI), Labor Hire & Specialist Workforce Services (Operators, Trades, Technical Staffing) (IMAKAKAL)

Keywords

• Construction recruitment services
• Trades labour supply
• Permanent placement staffing
• Temporary construction staffing
• Construction industry recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Labour Supply: Placement of temporary/trades and labour workers on contract basis for construction projects. Agencies typically earn margins on hourly rates charged to clients.
2. Permanent Placement: Placement of candidates in permanent positions within construction companies. Earns placement fees typically calculated as percentage of annual salary.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

City Site Solutions supplies trades, labour, management and technical professionals to construction companies across the UK. Operating from six regional offices, the firm runs a curated candidate database and an online job portal to match construction projects with qualified candidates, ranging from temporary tradespeople through to senior site management and specialist tunnelling, steelwork and plant operatives.

Product overview

City Site Solutions operates as a construction recruitment agency offering a portfolio of connected services. The core offering consists of Trades & Labour Recruitment (supplying skilled tradespeople and general labourers across all construction sectors), supplemented by specialist divisions including Management & Technical Recruitment, Steelwork & Fabrication Recruitment, Plant & Equipment Supply, Tunnelling Recruitment, Facilities Management Recruitment, and Cleaning Solutions. The company runs a City Site Ambassador Programme as a loyalty initiative for high-performing candidates. The firm operates a Firefish-powered job portal at vacancies.city-site.co.uk as the candidate-facing interface for job searching and registration. With offices in London, Oxford, Essex, Heathrow, Glasgow, and Surrey, the agency covers the whole of the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trades and Labour Recruitment Supply of vetted tradespeople and general construction labour on a temporary, contract or permanent basis to construction firms across the UK.
• Management and Technical Recruitment Placement of construction managers, site managers, contracts managers, engineers, QS professionals and other technical staff into construction organisations.
• Steelwork and Fabrication Recruitment

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ConstructionLineminorOthersAccreditation shown on website footer indicating compliance with ConstructionLine standards for pre-qualification of contractors.
• CHASminorOthersAccreditation shown on website footer indicating compliance with CHAS (Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme) health and safety standards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Michael Page Construction: Global professional recruiter with a UK construction practice focused on permanent management, technical, and white-collar construction roles. Most directly comparable on the Management & Technical segment of City Site's offering.
• Reed Specialist Recruitment: UK's largest home-grown recruitment group with a dedicated Construction & Property practice. Overlaps with City Site across trades, labour, and management placements but operates at significantly greater scale.
• Hays Construction & Property: Global staffing giant with a dedicated UK Construction & Property division covering trades, technical, and management placements. Operates as a much larger incumbent across the same vertical and customer base.

Direct peers

• VGC Group: UK infrastructure-focused labour supplier with strong presence in rail, civils, and major projects. Comparable in serving large national contractors and offering both trades/labour and technical placements.
• O'Neill & Brennan: UK-based construction and civil engineering staffing specialist supplying trades, labour, and management professionals nationwide. Directly comparable in core offering, customer base (UK contractors), and blue-collar/skilled-trade focus.
• Madigan Gill: UK construction labour agency placing trades and general operatives across major infrastructure and build projects. Closely comparable as a relationship-driven, multi-branch UK construction recruiter with similar temp/perm model.
• Skyscraper (Construction Recruitment): UK construction recruiter focused on permanent and temporary trades & labour placements across commercial and residential builds. Direct competitor with similar customer base and revenue model.
• One Way Resourcing: UK construction recruitment agency placing trades, labour, and white-collar construction professionals nationwide. Highly comparable in vertical specialization, multi-region coverage, and candidate vetting approach.
• Cavendish Professionals: UK-based staffing firm with strong construction, engineering, and technical placement divisions. Comparable in the management & technical segment and in serving infrastructure and build clients.

Emerging players

• Bennett Contractors' Agency: Boutique UK construction recruiter with growing regional coverage, competing for trades & labour placements in the same SME and mid-tier contractor segment that City Site serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CitySite_
• Facebookfacebook.com/CitySiteSolutionsLondon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/4011380

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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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