About us
We invest in great recruiters, recruitment companies, and staffing service organisations
Bluestones Group
Who we are
We provide so much more than investment. From our support division offering payroll and a range of funding options, to our investment division creating new recruitment brands and scaling established companies, or our balanced portfolio of recruitment & staffing service companies; the Bluestones Group is focused on all things recruitment.
Bluestones Group
All things recruitment
Bluestones Group is singularly focused on All Things Recruitment. It runs through everything we do, whether that’s managing our core recruitment portfolio, to identifying individual recruiters and recruitment businesses to invest in through our investment division, or supporting external recruitment companies with our support division’s payroll, funding, marketing and IT services.
Equity
BluestonesEquity Partners
Bluestones Group is singularly focused on All Things Recruitment. It runs through everything we do, whether that’s managing our core recruitment portfolio, to identifying individual recruiters and recruitment businesses to invest in through our investment division, or supporting external recruitment companies with our support division’s payroll, funding, marketing and IT services.
Funding
Bluestones Funding Partners
Bluestones Group is singularly focused on All Things Recruitment. It runs through everything we do, whether that’s managing our core recruitment portfolio, to identifying individual recruiters and recruitment businesses to invest in through our investment division, or supporting external recruitment companies with our support division’s payroll, funding, marketing and IT services.
Support
Bluestones Support Partners
Bluestones Group is singularly focused on All Things Recruitment. It runs through everything we do, whether that’s managing our core recruitment portfolio, to identifying individual recruiters and recruitment businesses to invest in through our investment division, or supporting external recruitment companies with our support division’s payroll, funding, marketing and IT services.
Talent
Bluestones Talent Partners
Bluestones Group is singularly focused on All Things Recruitment. It runs through everything we do, whether that’s managing our core recruitment portfolio, to identifying individual recruiters and recruitment businesses to invest in through our investment division, or supporting external recruitment companies with our support division’s payroll, funding, marketing and IT services.
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Our vision
We have a clear version that unites the Group and sees everyone aligned towards achieving our common goal.
We create opportunities and wealth for our people as we invest in, grow, and support our balanced portfolio of recruitment and staffing service businesses, and continue our journey to becoming a £1bn revenue business.
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Our strategy
We have a clear, unambiguous strategy that focuses on three core elements:
Everything we do is in support of, or aligned with, one or more of these elements.
This means taking action and making decisions that support our vision, by engaging in strategically aligned activities in our chosen sectors, but also at the same time not being distracted by undertakings that fall outside of this remit.
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Our people
Clearly our brands will only ever be as good as the people within them.
It’s why we value our people and recognise the importance of investing in them, ensuring we give them the support they need and the opportunities they want.
We therefore constantly seek to attract and retain the right talent for the Group; people that respect our values and are committed to achieving our shared vision.
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Our senior leadership team
Steve Pendergast
Group CEO
Steve is a committed entrepreneur that has built and developed numerous businesses over the last two decades. As CEO of the Bluestones Group, Steve identifies new business opportunities, potential joint ventures and provides the guidance and organisational vision for the Group.
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Tim Trotter
Chairman
Tim joined Bluestones as its chairman on 1st August 2022, as a successful entrepreneur with over thirty years’ experience in business and support services, financial services and media. He currently has a wide variety of international interests which include both public and private companies.
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Duncan Gregson
Non-Exec Director
Duncan is a non-exec director at Bluestones, having been Group CEO at Air Energi from 2008 through 2015. With extensive experience of global recruitment, international workforce solutions and consulting across a range of international and SME organisations, Duncan’s primary focus is on financial governance at Bluestones.
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Trish Stratford
Divisional CEO
Trish has worked across a broad range of sectors within the recruitment industry and is now CEO of the Professional, Healthcare and Generalist sectors within the Bluestones Group’s recruitment division.
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Paul Broderick
Divisional CEO
Paul is the CEO of the Technical and Education sectors within the Bluestones Group’s recruitment division. He has over 20 years’ experience across the full recruitment company life-cycle.
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Alex Grant
Divisional CEO
Alex is the CEO of the support division at Bluestones Group, bringing extensive experience of payroll, funding, finance and compliance across a broad range of recruitment and staffing businesses.
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Matt Cody
Investment CEO / Marketing Director
Matt has over 20 years’ recruitment industry experience, has worked for AIM and FTSE-listed organisations, has an MBA and a first degree in Retail Marketing. As well as being the Group Marketing Director, Matt oversees the investment division and fast tracks new joint ventures into the Group.
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Lynda Bearman
Shared Services Director
Lynda has worked in the recruitment industry for over 25 years, now focusing on change management, process alignment & central shared services at Bluestones Group.
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Stuart Gosling
Finance Director
Stuart joined the Group following roles in a variety of businesses, including accountancy practices, SMEs and a multinational NYSE listed company
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Justine Dawson
Legal & HR Director and Company Secretary
Justine is a highly experienced solicitor. She specialised in employment law for 18 years before joining Bluestones in 2017. Since joining, she has provided legal guidance, support, and representation to Group companies in the recruitment sector, both in the UK and internationally. In 2023 she joined the SLT overseeing the Group’s HR and Legal departments and has recently launched the HR consultancy business, BIG HR.
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Nicky Rogers
Divisional MD
Nicky is the divisional MD of the Professional Services sector within Bluestones Talent Partners.
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Katie Coates
Divisional MD
Katie is the divisional MD of the Generalist Services sector within Bluestones Talent Partners.
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