The RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth Podcast

We’re having real and raw conversations with successful recruitment entrepreneurs about what is happening in their businesses right now and their plans to navigate market changes.

Season 8 | Ep36 Philippa Smith on losing it all then scaling back to build a £1m+ EBITDA lifestyle agency
Jun 18, 2025 – 01:15:02
Season 8 | Ep35 How Levy Global is scaling post-MBO with a clear vision for growth and legacy
Jun 11, 2025 – 01:24:40
Season 8 | Ep34 Jay Wynter on $1m billing for 7 years straight and leading Precision Sourcing’s largest and highest-performing team
Jun 4, 2025 – 57:35
Season 8 | Ep33 Dan Moussa on growth, consulting skills and leading rec forward in the age of AI
May 28, 2025 – 01:02:57
Season 8 | Ep32 From cleaning to global recruiter - Leon Mitton on scaling with AI at the core
May 21, 2025 – 01:02:48
Season 8 | Ep31 Tom Warner on why he downsized his agency and now prefers building solo at a £500K+ run rate
May 14, 2025 – 41:43
Season 8 | Ep30 James Waissel on hitting £300K within 7 months as a rec agency founder
May 7, 2025 – 01:06:08
Season 8 | Ep29 Graham Cosgrave on growing MatchMedics by going niche and marketing to doctors worldwide
Apr 30, 2025 – 01:06:45
Season 8 | Ep28 From recruiter to founder at 25: Haseena Mooncey on building a global life sciences business
Apr 23, 2025 – 01:05:08
Season 8 | Ep27 From refugee to 7-figure founder: Klajdi Bega on building Luminary Group by age 27
Apr 16, 2025 – 01:09:32
Season 8 | Ep26 Tom Johnson on securing investment from Lord Sugar and buying back 100% of his recruitment business
Apr 9, 2025 – 01:02:41
Season 8 | Ep25 Helen Yarrow on embracing solo entrepreneurship after 30 years in recruitment
Apr 2, 2025 – 01:13:22
Season 8 | Ep24 Tom Essex on losing their niche, and completely rebuilding the agency inside the first five years!
Mar 26, 2025 – 53:31
Season 8 | Ep23 Marc Cohen on scaling in the US and securing an 8-figure exit!
Mar 19, 2025 – 01:13:37
Season 8 | Ep22 Kyle Winterbottom on how building his brand isn’t just attracting clients—it’s making his business an acquisition target!
Mar 12, 2025 – 01:00:02
Season 8 | Ep21 Lloyd Gordon: Merging 2 rec firms with 100+ staff into one unified team
Mar 5, 2025 – 01:15:39
Season 8 | Ep20 Alex Dick on why 400 recruiters apply to work with his business every week!
Feb 26, 2025 – 01:23:39
Season 8 | Ep19 FIFA to Founder: How a 20yr old Harry Portch built HM Staffing by accident
Feb 19, 2025 – 01:08:36
Season 8 | Ep18 How 100K LinkedIn followers delivered customers, revenue & an exit strategy
Feb 12, 2025 – 01:08:28
Season 8 | Ep17 Jordan Shlosberg: Using tech, branding & social selling to drive revenue
Feb 5, 2025 – 01:07:57
Season 8 | Ep16 James Sanders: 200 employees & 4 brands to selling 50% for £1 to survive!
Jan 29, 2025 – 01:17:45
Season 8 | Ep15 From doubt to £1M in 2yrs: How Hemish Ilangaratne built RX Group
Jan 22, 2025 – 58:52
Season 8 | Ep14 Nick Asbridge on building a £1M AI rec business in 2 years – and working less!
Jan 15, 2025 – 01:10:44
Season 8 | Ep13 Reflections, resilience & recruitment: my take on 2024 and goals for 2025
Jan 8, 2025 – 38:37
Season 8 | Ep12 Keith Cronin on life without alcohol: Sobriety and living with purpose
Jan 1, 2025 – 01:11:15
Season 8 | Ep11 The road to a successful MBO: Lessons from Chris Peace’s £Million exit
Dec 18, 2024 – 01:08:22
Season 8 | Ep9 Catherine Roughan on balancing a thriving solo business and parenthood
Dec 4, 2024 – 01:07:49
Season 8 | Ep8 Joe Jani on building towards a £100M valuation (at just 31!)
Nov 27, 2024 – 01:05:27
Season 8 | Ep7 Don’t make this mistake on LinkedIn in 2025
Nov 20, 2024 – 25:18
Season 8 | Ep6 Jim Sloan on how to build a scalable and profitable agency that doesn’t depend on you!
Nov 13, 2024 – 01:09:19
Season 8 | Ep5 Craig Whiting - On 6 years billing £1.5m per year before learning to “step off the tools”
Nov 6, 2024 – 01:24:42
Season 8 | Ep4 Kate Cross on running an agency with her husband and maintaining £500,000 in contract revenue annually for the past 17 years!
Oct 30, 2024 – 01:05:05
Season 8 | Ep3 Paul de Rozarieux on going from no recruitment experience to solo founder billing £1m a year!
Oct 23, 2024 – 01:03:05
Season 8 | Ep2 Jordan Shlosberg on building The ONLY AI-first CRM for recruiters
Oct 16, 2024 – 01:29:26
Season 8 | Ep1 - Life After a Major Exit with Tom Glanfield: A Story of Success, Sacrifice, and What's Next
Oct 9, 2024 – 01:13:56
Season 7 | Ep48 Introducing ELAY - The recruitment automation platform recently acquired by The Access Group!
Jul 10, 2024 – 56:24
Season 7 | Ep47 Volcanic: the story since The Access Group acquisition!
Jul 3, 2024 – 01:01:10
Season 7 | Ep46 Remembering Ryan McCabe
Jun 27, 2024 – 52:18
Season 7 | Ep45 Helen McGuire on her journey from founding the first women’s careers platform in the Middle East to exiting a global DEI tech business!
Jun 19, 2024 – 01:05:09
Season 7 | Ep44 Callum Beaumont on 5 key mistakes he’s made over the last 5 years of owning his recruitment agency.
Jun 12, 2024 – 58:14
Season 7 | Ep43 How team Hoxo and I generate 1000+ inbound leads per month, consistently generating £2m in sales for the past 3 yrs!
Jun 5, 2024 – 23:46
Season 7 | Ep42 Diane Prince on receiving a $10m payout within 6 yrs of launching her recruitment agency!
May 29, 2024 – 56:22
Season 7 | Ep41 Why investing in AI to drive new business could be the biggest mistake you make right now!
May 22, 2024 – 24:34
Season 7 | Ep40 Leo Hewett on building a purpose-led recruitment agency, donating 3% of revenue to make a positive impact on society!
May 15, 2024 – 01:19:41
Season 7 | Ep39 Jake Frazer on turning a team of ex-industry experts into remote headhunters!
May 7, 2024 – 01:12:44
Season 7 | Ep38 - The 5 traits that all successful Recruitment Owners possess with Hishem Azzouz
May 2, 2024 – 01:07:02
Season 7 | Ep37 Lysha Holmes on building a 100% inbound Rec2Rec business since the pandemic!
Apr 24, 2024 – 55:30
Season 7 | Ep36 - Scott Brown - from unfulfilled lawyer to world-leading ‘community first’ recruitment agency for in-house lawyers
Apr 17, 2024 – 01:15:08
Season 7 | Ep35 Paul Smith on completing the MBO to buy out his original partners and take full ownership of his recruitment agency!
Apr 10, 2024 – 01:06:07
Season 7 | Ep34 - Mirtes Lobaito on her journey from cleaning houses to successful recruitment agency owner!
Apr 3, 2024 – 01:04:20