You recruit.
We create the opportunities.
Northbound BD handles the prospecting, outreach and cold calling that turns target companies into genuine sales conversations.
More conversations. More opportunities to bill.
Practical business development support designed specifically for recruitment agencies.
Appointment Setting
We identify prospects, run the outreach and make the calls required to create genuine sales conversations.
Market Mapping
Build a complete target market containing the companies, decision-makers and contact information your recruiters need.
BD Growth Plan
A complete project covering strategy, CRM, target-market creation, outreach, recruitment and training.
From target market to booked conversation.
We build the foundations, run the outreach and create genuine opportunities for your recruiters to pursue.
Discovery
We understand your agency, specialisms, current approach and commercial goals.
Target Market
We identify the companies, decision-makers and opportunities worth pursuing.
Campaign Build
Messaging, call approach, CRM structure and outreach activity are prepared.
Outreach
We contact prospects through focused, consistent and recruitment-specific business development.
Conversations
Qualified meetings and live opportunities are handed across for your recruiters to convert.
Business development built around recruitment.
Not generic lead generation. Not an outsourced call centre. Practical business development delivered by someone who understands how recruitment agencies win work.
Recruitment specialist
The targeting, messaging and conversations are shaped around how recruitment agencies actually sell.
Cold calling included
We do not rely on automated emails alone. Calls are used to create real conversations and uncover live opportunities.
Built for measurable progress
Activity, responses, conversations and opportunities are tracked so you can see what is happening throughout the campaign.
Works alongside your team
Northbound BD creates the opportunities while your recruiters remain focused on relationships, delivery and billing.
Designed to scale
Start with a focused campaign, develop what works and build a repeatable business-development process around it.
Clear and transparent
You know who is being targeted, what activity is taking place and what each conversation has produced.
Ready to build a more consistent pipeline?
Tell us where you want to grow, what your recruiters specialise in and where business development is currently falling short.