Proman

Proman is the UK arm of PROMAN, a family-owned recruitment group founded in 1990 in Manosque, France. The UK business began in 1983 as Hollymaine Engineering And Design Services, started by the engineer Chris Gorton in the North West. It became HEADS Recruitment in 1997, was acquired by PROMAN in 2015 and rebranded as PROMAN UK in 2019. Its UK headquarters moved to Trafford Park in 2021.

Proman supplies temporary, contract and permanent workers across manufacturing, logistics, warehousing and construction, from temporary blue-collar positions to executive and C-suite roles. It works through divisions for supply chain, managed services, driving and logistics, permanent recruitment, office and customer support, and construction. The office and customer support division recruits for human resources, finance, sales, marketing, customer service and administration roles.

For larger clients it offers Master Vendor, managed service programme and recruitment process outsourcing models. It provides nationwide coverage through high-street branches, specialist divisions and onsite managed solutions, and serves clients from multinationals to small businesses. The group reports over 1,300 branches across 19 countries.