In the third sector, every pound has to work hard. Recruitment support has to deliver value, not just activity.

The difference between a strong match and a wasted interview can come down to the technologies used, the environment someone has worked in, the product lifecycle they understand, or the type of engineering problems they have solved before.

Making a hire is one thing. Making a hire that stays, grows with the business and delivers long-term value - something else entirely…

Four years into building Accelero, we share five lessons learned from scaling past £1m turnover in one of recruitment’s toughest markets.

The business was still growing. Hiring plans were still in place. Key technical roles still needed to be filled. Waiting was not an option.

Technical capability gets someone through the interview, but it’s their ability to work with clients, partners - and as part of a team, that makes them successful.

Rather than accepting the existing process, we worked with the client to simplify it, before beginning the search…

Private equity investment often brings ambitious growth targets - the challenge is delivering them….

That first role placement wasn't important because it filled a job vacancy. It was important because it demonstrated the standard of delivery our client could expect, every time they engaged us.

The right recruitment partner needed to understand the realities and nuances of the defence sector…

One role placed in two weeks became a two-year recruitment partnership, helping a SaaS business grow from 10 to 50 people with 37 hires across tech, operations and sales.

Fourteen days, eight hires, one full tech team built from scratch - proof that with the right process, speed and quality can absolutely work together.

It is a simple commitment, but an important one. We want STEM employers to feel confident that we are invested in the outcome, not just the placement.

Accelero has been recognised as one of Wales’ fast-growth businesses through the Accelerated Growth Programme, Business Wales’ dedicated support service for high-growth SMEs.

The next six months of AI adoption will outpace the last eighteen - and the companies ready to move are the ones who've hired right.

Three days at Olympia, more conversations than you can count, and that familiar feeling of leaving with a head full of ideas and a notes app that needs serious organising.

The first FinTech Wales Festival came to Swansea - and it delivered. We've been FinTech Wales members for three years now, and every year it gets better. But this felt different. A full festival, right here in Swansea.

When a business has tried other recruiters and come away frustrated with the quality, understanding and effort, they don't come back to the market with enthusiasm.

On Tuesday 19th May, Jordan Biddle from Accelero joined the FinTech Wales Bootcamp for Backend Engineering at Cardiff and Vale College.

Sometimes a business isn't struggling to hire because the talent doesn't exist. It's struggling because nothing around the hiring is set up to succeed. Fix that first, and the rest tends to follow.