In the early 1960s, Reed pioneered specialist recruitment in the UK. Seven decades on, we have become the world’s largest family-run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA, Middle East and Asia.
Reed was founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist, Sir Alec Reed, in 1960, and has since grown organically into an industry powerhouse.
Following his father, James Reed became Chairman of Reed in 2004, making Reed the world’s largest family-run recruitment business, with over 100 offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA and Asia.
Our brand message is simple, Love Mondays. At the heart of this message is our firmly held belief that everyone should be able to find fulfilling work. We are here to help people do just that.
Our purpose is, improving lives through work. We believe in building businesses for the benefit of society and we’re proud to make a positive difference to people’s lives. We change people’s lives every time that we place someone new into a new role.
To me, this work is a privilege. Recruitment is not just a job, it’s a vocation. 
Sir Alec Reed founded the Reed Business School in the Cotswolds, UK to provide a learning centre for Reed co-members as well as residential courses for accountancy students. The Reed Business School has even been listed as one of the most beautiful places to study in the world.
The first Reed international office and the global website goes live in October 2008. Since then the company has grown internationally and turned to be a reference in the industry for candidates and clients across the globe.
0n 7 May 2020, Reed turned 60. With 60 years' experience under our belt, we continue to lead the way with the best recruitment solutions & comprehensive industry knowledge.
Over the last six decades we organically grown to become one of the world's largest recruitment powerhouses and have built a strong team of over 3,400 co-members across 350 offices globally.
This year we launched our latest venture – Reed Franchise Partnerships. Our aim is clear – we want to partner with experienced recruiters outside of the UK to help them grow best in class recruitment businesses. Having successfully launched in Singapore, we are now looking to partner with others across the world.
In 2022 we expanded our franchisees across the US, Europe and the Middle east.
And now, what's next? We are looking to grow more supporting other recruiters and entrepreneurs to open and run their own businesses.
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