Welcome to 2023 – a year that began bright and beautiful with an extra dose of dazzle in London’s fireworks display and a joyous Hogmanay street scene in Edinburgh for the first time in a few years.

And even the return of a live London Mayor’s New Year’s Day parade! Who could not feel purposeful and optimistic with such a new year’s launch? Sadly, however, once the streets’ detritus left behind by the crowds had been cleared, the UK awoke to a dreary grey business week: rail strikes, more doom and gloom forebodings about the state of the NHS and additional mass layoffs announced for Amazon. It was enough to make one want to restore the 2022 calendar to its post and see if just maybe, we could start 2023 all over again but do it right this time.

Resilience is one of the top traits reflected in Recruiter’s HOT 100, prepared by Gambit CF”

On a brighter note, we open the door to 2023 with Recruiter’s HOT 100, prepared by our new partner, Gambit Corporate Finance, and there is warming news: resilience is one of the top traits reflected in our high-ranking companies. The HOT 100 is all about profitability and efficiency, the grindstone characteristics of observant, self-aware and thoughtful organisations. Even with a grey economic picture looming, there’s a steady glow of balance, control and best practice – a reassuring beacon of hope – in our recruitment industry: we present the HOT 100.

DeeDee Doke, Editor