Connecting you to the most impactful hires in your sector
We understand that finding and retaining top talent is challenging. This is why we take the time to connect you to the best candidates in the market, as opposed to those simply on the market.
The very best people your sector has to offer!
Our unmatched network gives you access to thousands of highly qualified leaders for both permanent and interim placements in Health & Fitness, Leisure, Spa & Wellness, and Hospitality.
We are truly ready to support your unique business needs.
We maintain close relationships with our talent base and can offer you unparalleled access to top decision-makers and exceptional candidates.
Executive SearchFinding the hidden talent ready to transform your business. We specialise in discreet and confidential executive search, ensuring your critical hires are handled with precision, professionalism, and care. We leverage our deep and industry-specific network of proven leaders to identify candidates who are not only qualified for the job but also align with your organisation’s strategic goals. | PermanentComprehensive recruitment solutions tailored to your organisation. We can support you in various ways, including project managing groupwide recruitment solutions on an exclusive and retained basis, delivering large-scale campaigns, and making one-off appointments. Our tailored approach blends strategy, experience, and access to exceptional candidates, to help you build teams that make an impact. |
Trusted by leading organisations
The Leisure People process
We combine proven methodology, market insight, and a hands-on approach to deliver talent that transforms your business.
Step 1: Understanding your needs
We begin by gaining a comprehensive understanding of your company’s culture, vision, and specific role requirements. This detailed consultation forms the cornerstone of our search, ensuring we identify candidates who align with your values and drive your business forward.
Step 2: Strategic market mapping
Our team conducts in-depth market mapping to pinpoint the most relevant sectors, verticals, companies, and job titles. This data-driven approach allows us to target the talent pools that matter most for your business.
Step 3: Sourcing
We combine multiple sourcing methods to deliver outstanding candidates, including:
Direct Headhunting of high-performing professionals.
Trusted Referrals from our established industry relationships.
A vast CRM database built over 25+ years of talent connections.
Social Media Reach to 20,000+ engaged followers across key platforms.
Step 4: Target outreach campaigns
We craft bespoke, compelling advertisements and strategically place them across the most effective platforms, including LinkedIn, niche industry publications, and targeted media. This is reinforced by direct engagement with top-tier candidates already within our network.
Step 5: Pre-screening and short-listing
We conduct thorough competency-based interviews and detailed pre-screening discussions to assess skills, experience, and cultural fit. Only the most aligned candidates make it to your shortlist, saving you time and ensuring exceptional quality.
Step 6: Interview coordination and offer management
We handle all interview logistics, communication, and feedback, ensuring a smooth experience for both you and the candidates. From scheduling to offer negotiations, we manage the process end-to-end.
Step 7: Post-placement follow-up
Our service doesn’t end with placement. We stay connected to both clients and candidates post-hire, ensuring smooth onboarding, satisfaction, and long-term success.
Don't Just take our world for it
Hear from our clients and candidates about their experiences working with us.
Following the successful insourcing of Southwark Council’s leisure centres, we worked with David to recruit to a permanent Head of Leisure. It is a key, specialist leisure role, so it was very important for us to find the right person. David was a pleasure to work with. He is highly professional and personable, as well as being an expert in the leisure field. David provided us with an exceptionally strong short-list, we were (excitingly) able to appoint a Head of Leisure.
I have worked with David and Leisure People to cover a number of senior high-profile positions within the Leisure industry. David has a vast knowledge of our sector and a broad network, which meant that we were introduced to high calibre candidates with skill sets and experience matched to the roles.
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Veronica is an excellent recruitment agent for the wellbeing industry. She has an impressive understanding of the demands of the spa environment and has been amazing to work with. Her professionalism and communication skills are outstanding and she always finds the best candidates for us. She is committed to achieving our goals and I highly recommend Veronica' as a wellbeing recruiting expert.
Veronica has worked closely with Hilton over the last 12 months supporting our recruitment needs within the EMEA team. I have found Veronica to be a great support – she provides good calibre / relevant candidates, is very grounded in her approach and is a pleasure to work with. This has led to a successful partnership through some challenging assignments.
There isn't a more professional and supportive recruitment agency in the market. From both sides of the spectrum; the constant support and contact is of huge value, whilst understanding exactly what the client wants and matching that to the perfect candidate.
I changed career sectors from retail to leisure and Leisure People were pivotal to my success. Not only have they personally mentored me but have aligned my skills, capabilities and leadership to the right opportunities. A must for anyone taking their career to the next level.
In an industry that is awash with recruitment agencies, Leisure People stand out. They have been an excellent sounding board for some complex challenges and their honest and open approach is refreshing. They are extremely well connected and in touch with the leisure industry.
Imperial have partnered with Leisure People for a number of years. They have provided us with a range of staff from Lifeguards to Senior Managers. They understand our business, priorities, personalities and operating models so they can always provide us with pragmatic, like minded and most importantly hireable people!
I have been fortunate to have worked with Leisure People for a number of years, and they have always delivered, always over and above of what has been asked. As a business, they carry a wealth of expert knowledge in recruitment, and further to that, have a level of integrity and credibility that is hard to match.
Leisure People have the ability to source high quality candidates and place value on quality over quantity when sharing candidate CV's. Their in-depth knowledge of what is going on in the marketplace and solid relationships sets them apart from other recruitment agencies, especially when sourcing more senior candidates. Their honest, pragmatic response is refreshing.
I have worked with Leisure People on our senior management needs for the last 15 years. They are always highly responsive, discreet, thorough and targeted giving me a shortlist of quality candidates for the required roles. I have absolute trust they can get the job done and really understand the type of person who fits our culture.
I just wanted to thank Leisure People for all the great work and partnership through our recruitment process. Two weeks ago we had five open roles for an entirely new concept and virtually no talent in the pipeline. Fast forward to today and I am really excited by the team we have pulled together with their leadership. Thank you for all your hard work in getting us to this point. I look forward to working with you again on future talent acquisition needs.