Blue Arrow

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.

For other uses, see Blue Arrow (disambiguation).

Blue Arrow Ltd
TypePrivate limited company
IndustryRecruitment
Founded1959 (1959)
HeadquartersLuton, UK
Key people
Andy Hart
(Managing Director)
ProductsProvide staff to the following sectors:
  • Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Public Service
  • Retail
  • Support Services
  • Transport sectors
Number of employees
circa 650
ParentImpellam Group plc
Websitewww.bluearrow.co.uk
Footnotes / references
[1]

The head office is in Luton, Bedfordshire.

Blue Arrow is now part of the Impellam Group plc, an international staffing business traded on the Alternative Investment Market with operations in the UK, Ireland, Europe, United States, 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]

Trade memberships

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. Reuters (14 January 1989). "Blue Arrow Chief Executive Replaced by Man He Ousted". The New York Times. 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
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