Insights
What we're seeing, and where we've been.
Salary guides and market reads from our consultants, plus our story told plainly, one year at a time.
Six years in: around 115 consultants, four offices, 275+ clients and more than 7,800 placements — still free for candidates.
Guides & market insight
Base, bonus and total compensation for financial controllers, finance directors and CFOs across the UK in 2026, from Garrick Talent's placement data.
Why UK hiring cooled in 2024, which roles held up, and what a slower market teaches you about recruitment done well.
Most people who accept a counter-offer have left within a year anyway. Here's the data, and how to handle the conversation.
When to bring in an interim leader and when to hire permanently — a practical guide for UK employers.
Recruitment scams are rising. Here are the warning signs, and the promises a legitimate agency like Garrick Talent will always keep.
Our story, year by year
Every year since 2020, written up honestly — the numbers, the offices, the lessons.
Six years in: around 115 consultants, four offices, 275+ clients and more than 7,800 placements — still free for candidates.
A fourth office and a recovering market: 1,517 placements, 261 clients, 96 people.
A cooler UK hiring market, and a more deliberate year: 1,048 placements, 214 clients, 81 people.
Edinburgh opens, and Garrick Talent nears three figures on the team: 712 placements, 158 clients.
Garrick Talent opens its second office and triples output: 386 placements, 96 clients, 44 people.
A second year for Garrick Talent: 124 placements, 47 clients and a team that doubled to twenty-six.
James Garrick on founding Garrick Talent in 2020 — twelve people, forty-one placements, and a promise to keep candidates free.