Financial recruiter Goodman Masson has reported its Q3 2010 performance levels, recording the firm’s highest temp numbers.

Starting the year on 135 temps, at the end of September there were 251 finance temps working for the company across the commerce and financial services markets. Gross margin for the quarter was £2.76m with a 15% profit return, 62% up on the same period last year.

Guy Hayward (pictured), chief executive, says: “To start this year on 135 temps and now sit on over 250 is a remarkable achievement, and looking at pipeline of activity and client demand I would expect this to approach the 300 mark by the turn of the year.

“Job flow and first interview count has remained strong despite the summer period and we have witnessed an increase of candidates asking for day rate as opposed to contracts.”