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Company facts

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Legal identity

  • Legal name: Hard Hat Recruitment Agency Limited.
  • Trading name: Hard Hat.
  • Company number: 16435733.
  • Registered in England and Wales.
  • VAT registration number: 494 3315 77.
  • ICO data protection registration: ZB903731.
  • Company type: private company limited by shares.
  • Founded: 2025.

Contact and address

  • Registered office: Building 7 Floor 5, 566 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5YG, United Kingdom.
  • Operating office: Building 7 Floor 5, 566 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5YG, United Kingdom.
  • Telephone: +44 20 7870 8171.
  • Email: [email protected].
  • Website: https://hardhat.site.
  • Office hours: Monday to Friday, 07:00 to 18:00.
  • The line is monitored outside normal office hours for urgent live-site requirements; fulfilment depends on location, checks and worker availability.

Directors

  • Director: Andrew Elliott. Role: Co-founder and Director.
  • Director: Robert Dolan. Role: Co-founder and Director.
  • Both directors worked in construction before founding the company.

Coverage area

  • Primary coverage: London and the M25 corridor.
  • Secondary coverage: Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex.
  • Local hubs include Croydon, Sutton, Kingston, Guildford, Woking, Staines, Slough, Reading, Watford, Milton Keynes.
  • Permanent white-collar and selected specialist briefs can be handled in wider UK regions.
  • Temporary labour is supplied within commuting distance of the worker's home address.

Insurance

  • Employers' Liability insurance: £10,000,000.
  • Public Liability insurance: £5,000,000.
  • Professional Indemnity insurance: £2,000,000.
  • Cyber Insurance insurance: £250,000.
  • Insurance certificates and compliance pack available on request.

Engagement models

  • Temporary labour supply, charged at an hourly or daily charge rate.
  • Contract placements for fixed-duration site and office roles.
  • Permanent placements, charged as a percentage of first-year salary.
  • Temp-to-perm transfers with a defined transfer fee.
  • Managed labour supply for multi-site or ongoing programmes.
  • Timesheets run on a Sunday-ending weekly cycle.
  • Standard client payment terms are agreed in writing before supply begins.

Accreditations and memberships

  • Constructionline Gold: Registration in progress. Our application for Constructionline Gold supplier verification is in progress.
  • Cyber Essentials: Certification. A government-backed certification covering essential controls against common cyber threats.
  • Armed Forces Covenant: Commitment. A public commitment to fair treatment and employment support for the Armed Forces community.
  • Ban the Box: Commitment. A fair-recruitment commitment that considers criminal records at the appropriate stage.
  • Disability Confident: Commitment. A government scheme supporting inclusive recruitment and employment practices.
  • TEAM Recruitment Network: Membership. Membership of a UK network supporting recruitment standards and professional practice.
  • Supply Chain Sustainability School: Membership. Membership supporting sustainability knowledge and practice in the built environment supply chain.

Compliance

  • Right to Work checks are completed on every worker before their first shift.
  • CSCS or equivalent card status is verified before placement.
  • Trade tickets and plant cards are recorded with expiry dates and re-checked automatically.
  • Worker records include references, qualifications, and site induction history.
  • An audit trail is retained for every placement and timesheet.

Trade categories supplied

  • General labour: labourers, skilled labourers, welfare operatives, gatemen.
  • Traffic and site control: traffic marshals, banksmen.
  • Groundworks: groundworkers, slab layers, drainage operatives, steel fixers.
  • Plant operation: 360 excavator operators, telehandler operators, forklift drivers, hoist operators, CPCS plant operators.
  • Wet trades: bricklayers, plasterers, screeders.
  • Carpentry and finishes: carpenters, dryliners, painters and decorators, floor layers.
  • Mechanical and electrical: electricians, plumbers, pipefitters, MEP operatives.
  • Specialist trades: scaffolders, roofers, fire stoppers, demolition operatives.
  • Supervision: site supervisors, site managers, project managers, contracts managers.
  • Commercial and technical: quantity surveyors, estimators, planners, design managers.

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