Not your usual recruitment agency

We don’t want to be like other recruitment agencies, we focus on the unique needs of our candidates and clients — aiming to put the right people in the right places.

We operate an open and transparent service and will tell it like it is. With our extensive experience in recruitment market, we understand the challenges you face in finding the right staff. So our job it to take the pressure off you to give you the right recruitment solution. When you use Route 1, you will be working with a team of professionals who aim is to understand what you need and when you need it.

Our History

Route 1 Recruitment & Training Ltd (Route 1) was established in November 2018 by Jonathan Gilbert, who has 15 plus years’ experience in recruitment management. Based in Birstall, we now employ a team of experienced recruitment professional who and are looking forward to continued expansion.

In The Community

We are proud to serve the local community and do all we can to support good causes and fellow Yorkshire businesses. In 2019 around 40 businessmen and shopkeepers from the Birstall Chamber of Trade used the Route1 training room to learn first aid, including how to use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). We ran the training, to help support our fellow local businesses.

Route 1’s other community efforts include sponsoring a local youth football team and various fundraising activities. We have also held a Macmillan Coffee morning.