Blue Arrow

For other uses, see Blue Arrow (disambiguation).

Blue Arrow Ltd
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryRecruitment
Founded10th November 1959; 65 years ago (10th November 1959)
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
Andy Hart
(Managing Director)
ProductsProvide temporary and permanent staff to the following sectors:
  • Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Public service
  • Retail
  • Support services
  • Transport sectors
Number of employees
circa 500
ParentRSS Global Ltd
Websitewww.bluearrow.co.uk
Footnotes / references
[1]

Blue Arrow Limited is a United Kingdom based employment and recruitment agency that places individual jobseekers in temporary and/or permanent catering, driving industrial and office roles across the hospitality, manufacturing, public service, retail, support services and transport sectors.

The head office is in Soho Square, London.

Blue Arrow is now part of RSS Global Ltd, an international staffing business with operations in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

History

On 10 November 1959, Blue Arrow (then named 'The Barnet Agency Ltd' and founded by Sheila Birch) was incorporated. On 12 October 1982, the company name was changed to 'Blue Arrow Personnel Services Ltd' and then finally to 'Blue Arrow Ltd' on 28 June 2000.

The company became listed on the Unlisted Securities Market in 1984. In June 1987, Blue Arrow acquired Manpower Inc., which was then the world's largest temporary employment agency, for $1.3bn.[2]

In 1987, Blue Arrow was at the centre of a financial scandal when employees of National Westminster Bank's investment arm, County NatWest, covered up a failed issue of £873m of new stock (intended to finance the takeover of Manpower Inc.). Blue Arrow was cleared of any wrongdoing.[3] In 1989, Tony Berry stepped down as CEO.[4]

On 17 April 1996, the company was acquired by The Corporate Services Group plc. On 7 May 2008, the Corporate Services Group plc merged with Carlisle Group Limited to form one of the UK's largest recruitment groups, Impellam.[5][6]

On 30 January 2023 Impellam Group plc announced that it would sell its Regional Specialist Staffing and Healthcare Staffing businesses (Medacs Global Group, Blue Arrow Group, Tate, Chadwick Nott and Career Teachers) to Twenty 20 Capital. On 3 March 2023, the disposal of the businesses to Twenty 20 Capital was completed, and RSS Global Ltd was formed.[7][8][9]

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Companies house profile". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ Phillips, Stephen (22 August 1987). "Blue Arrow To Acquire Manpower". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (15 April 2002). "Blue Arrow defendant to head Durlacher". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Blue Arrow Chief Executive Replaced by Man He Ousted". The New York Times. Reuters. 14 January 1989. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ^ Impellam: About Us Archived 13 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Impellam: First Day of Dealings on AIM Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Portfolio - Twenty 20 Capital
  8. ^ https://files.q4europe.com/news-pdf/1141279/ImpellamGroupPLC_15677967.pdf Impellam Group plc Disposal of Regional Specialist Staffing and Healthcare
  9. ^ https://files.q4europe.com/news-pdf/1141279/ImpellamGroupPLC_15709980.pdf Impellam Group plc Completion of the disposal of Regional Specialist Staffing and Healthcare Staffing businesses