Blue Arrow Limited is a

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based

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and

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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. The head office is in

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. Blue Arrow is now part of RSS Global Ltd, an international staffing business with operations in the UK,

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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

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in 1984. In June 1987, Blue Arrow acquired Manpower Inc., which was then the world's largest temporary

employment agency An employment agency is an organization which matches employers to employees. In developed countries, there are multiple private businesses which act as employment agencies and a publicly-funded employment agency. Public employment agencies One ...

, for $1.3bn. In 1987, Blue Arrow was at the centre of a financial scandal when employees of

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'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. In 1989,

Tony Berry Anthony Berry (22 October 1940 – 26 August 2022) was a British businessman who was the founder of Blue Arrow recruitment agency. Life and career Brought up in Tottenham and educated at The Latymer School in Edmonton, Berry played cricket for ' ...

stepped down as

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. 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

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groups,

Impellam Impellam Group plc traded on the AIM ("IPEL") is a provider of Managed Services and Specialist Staffing and operates across the UK, North America, Australasia, Europe, and the Middle East. Impellam Group plc provides jobs at all levels, inc ...

. On 30 January 2023 Impellam Group plc announced that it would sell its Regional Specialist Staffing and Healthcare Staffing businesses (Medacs Global Group, Blue Arrow Group, Tate, Chadwick Nott and Career Teachers) to Twenty 20 Capital. On 3 March 2023, the disposal of the businesses to Twenty 20 Capital was completed, and RSS Global Ltd was formed.https://files.q4europe.com/news-pdf/1141279/ImpellamGroupPLC_15709980.pdf Impellam Group plc Completion of the disposal of Regional Specialist Staffing and Healthcare Staffing businesses

Trade memberships

* Institute of Hospitality * Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CiLT) *

Gangmasters Licensing Authority The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) is the foremost intelligence and investigative agency for labour exploitation in the UK. Its role is to work in partnership with police and other law enforcement agencies such as the National Crime ...

(GLA) * Association of Labour Providers (ALP) * Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)

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Blue ArrowRSS Global
{{Authority control Companies based in Luton Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange Temporary employment agencies Employment agencies of the United Kingdom 1959 establishments in England Business services companies established in 1959

History

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