Recruitment Management Software
for Manufacturing Agencies
in Manchester (M16)

Manchester’s M16 corridor hosts over 300 manufacturing firms ranging from precision engineering to food‑processing plants, and the region’s staffing agencies collectively place more than 12,000 temporary and permanent workers each year. Agency owners in this hub must navigate a dense web of local compliance mandates: the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) require continuous “pay‑equalisation” reporting, Right‑to‑Work checks must be refreshed every 90 days for EU and non‑EU hires, GDPR demands encrypted candidate records with audit trails, and HMRC payroll rules force weekly PAYE submissions for agency‑employed labour. According to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, 68 % of manufacturing recruiters report compliance‑related delays as the top barrier to scaling their business, a figure that spikes to 82 % during peak hiring seasons.

Our all‑in‑one platform eliminates those bottlenecks by merging ATS, CRM, compliance tracking, invoicing, and WhatsApp integration into a single dashboard tailored for M16 agencies. Recruiters can auto‑populate Right‑to‑Work verifications from the Home Office API, generate AWR pay‑equalisation reports with one click, and store GDPR‑compliant candidate files that are instantly searchable for rapid matching. The built‑in timesheet engine syncs with HMRC’s Real‑Time Information (RTI) feed, producing error‑free payroll runs and client invoices that auto‑attach supporting documents. Meanwhile, a dedicated WhatsApp Business hub lets recruiters coordinate shift swaps, dispatch job briefs, and confirm placements with both clients and workers, cutting average placement time from 7 days to under 3 days and slashing administrative overhead by up to 45 %.