What happens when a recruitment business owner with no prior industry experience builds a six-figure-per-month operation in just three years? In this episode, Katy speaks with Colin Pybus, founder of Pybus Recruitment, to unpack exactly how he transformed his small Sunderland-based agency into a fast-growing force in the UK automotive recruitment sector. From working solo in a spare room to leading a high-performing team, Colin shares the critical shifts that helped him jump from steady income to consistent £100k months. He opens up about what wasn’t working, the mindset shifts he had to make, and the bold decisions that ultimately set his business on a new trajectory.

“We talked about working on data, not drama. So we make decisions on facts and not how we feel.” - Colin Pybus

 

In this episode, you will:

• Learn how halving job volume helped Colin’s team increase placements and revenue by 62%
• Discover the practical steps to identify and prioritise ‘gold jobs’ over low-value roles
• Understand the power of process-led thinking—even in businesses that started without one
• Hear how Colin turned his passive candidate pool into an active revenue stream
• Find out what it really took to go from £65k months to consistent £100k+ performance

Tune in to hear Colin’s refreshingly honest account of building smarter systems, leading a motivated team, and finally creating a business that works without him at the centre of every decision. If you’re ready to rethink what scaling really looks like in recruitment, this is the episode to listen to.

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