We run your BD so your recruiters can recruit. Campaign managers, AI-powered signals, and real outreach systems working together to fill your pipeline with meetings that matter.
Trusted by recruitment agencies across
Sound Familiar?
Most recruitment BD doesn't work because it's too late and too generic. By the time you hear about an opportunity, four agencies are already there. And "just checking in" emails? Straight to the bin.
60% of time on admin
Your best consultants spend most of their day on non-billing activities instead of relationships.
Sub-1% response rates
Cold outreach gets ignored because it's generic, poorly timed, and sent to the wrong people.
Always too late
By the time you hear about an opportunity, four agencies are already there with candidates.
Feast or famine revenue
Revenue swings make it impossible to plan, hire, or grow with any predictability.
Can't justify a BD hire
You know you need dedicated business development but can't justify a full-time salary and the ramp-up time.
Burned by lead gen
You've tried outsourced lead gen and got rubbish leads with no context. Generic lists that waste your consultants' time.
"There's a better way to fill your pipeline — real people running your BD daily, backed by AI and data. 30 minutes a week from you. We handle the rest."
Three Engines to Power Your Growth
Whether you need client acquisition, operational efficiency, or a complete growth function, our team delivers results tailored to how recruitment actually works.
Growth Engine
Managed Client Acquisition
A dedicated campaign manager runs your outreach daily. They monitor buying signals in your specific markets, craft personalised messages, and book qualified meetings directly into your diary. You focus on closing — we handle the rest.
- Your campaign manager monitors buying signals in your markets daily
- Multi-channel outreach run on your behalf — email, LinkedIn, calls
- Qualified BD meetings booked directly into your diary
- Weekly strategy calls to refine targeting and review pipeline
Operations Engine
Efficiency & Workflow Automation
Stop your recruiters drowning in admin. We optimise your CRM, automate repetitive processes, and build intelligent workflows that let your consultants focus on relationships and placements. We configure and maintain everything — this isn't a DIY setup.
- CRM optimisation (Bullhorn, Vincere, JobAdder)
- Automated CV formatting & compliance
- Interview scheduling & reference workflows
- Real-time performance dashboards
Full GTM Engine
End-to-End Managed Growth
Your entire growth function, managed end-to-end. Like having a BD team without the headcount. Client acquisition, candidate attraction, and LinkedIn authority building — all run by our team on your behalf.
- Complete client-side pipeline, managed daily by our team
- Candidate engagement & nurturing workflows
- LinkedIn content & authority building
- Systematic, predictable growth without the overhead
How We Know Who Needs You Right Now
Our campaign managers monitor thousands of buying signals daily — funding rounds, expansions, contract awards — to identify companies with genuine hiring needs before your competitors reach them.
Funding Rounds
Track Series A-D announcements and PE investments across UK tech, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Facility Expansions
Monitor planning permissions, warehouse builds, and manufacturing plant announcements.
Contract Awards
Government frameworks, infrastructure contracts, and major project milestones.
Leadership Moves
New VP/Director hires that signal growth phases and organisational scaling.
Regulatory Changes
CQC ratings, compliance updates, and sector-specific regulatory shifts.
Market Movements
M&A activity, market expansions, and competitive intelligence signals.
Our Team Is Already Working These Opportunities
Campaign managers are actively running outreach for clients across these sectors and hundreds more
Hinkley Point C
Agratas Gigafactory
JLR Electrification
ScotWind Programme
HS2 Infrastructure
NHS Workforce Plan
How It Works
From discovery to daily managed outreach — here's how your dedicated team gets to work.
Discovery
We audit your current processes, tech stack, and target markets. We understand how your consultants work, what's eating their time, and where the biggest opportunities are.
Strategy
We identify the highest-impact systems and signal sources for your specific sectors. No templates — we design solutions around your market and how you actually operate.
Build & Launch
We build your systems integrated with your existing tools, then our campaign managers begin running outreach from day one. No rip-and-replace. No disruption to your current workflow.
Manage & Optimise
Your dedicated campaign manager runs daily outreach, reviews results, and refines targeting weekly. This isn't set-and-forget — it's an active partnership.
Scale
As pipeline grows, we expand into new sectors, add channels, and increase volume. Your growth compounds without adding headcount.
Results-Focused Partnership
We track meetings booked, hours saved, and revenue influenced.
Powered by industry-leading tools
Trusted by Recruitment Leaders
We measure what matters — meetings booked, response rates, hours saved, placements made.
BD meetings per week
Hours saved per consultant weekly
Outreach response rates
Day head start on competitors
"Mentis completely transformed how we approach business development. The signal-based system means we're reaching prospects at exactly the right moment. Our BD meetings went from sporadic to predictable within weeks."
Steve
Director, James Chase
"The automation has freed up our consultants to actually recruit. We've cut admin time in half and our placement rate is up 40%."
Sarah M.
Operations Director, Healthcare Staffing Agency
"Signal tracking gave us a 90-day head start on competitors. By the time they hear about a project, we've already got candidates placed."
James T.
Managing Director, Construction Recruitment
"Response rates jumped from under 1% to over 4%. The difference is we're contacting people who actually need us right now."
Michael R.
Business Development Lead, Tech Recruitment Specialist
Built by Someone Who Gets Recruitment
I'm Trisden. Before Mentis, I spent years as a Business Analyst building systems for organisations like Cambridge University Press, David Lloyd Leisure, and Housing 21. Places where inefficiency costs millions and systems need to actually work.
Through contracting, I was constantly speaking with recruiters. And I kept seeing the same thing: talented people drowning in admin, using disconnected tools, missing opportunities because they couldn't move fast enough.
The recruitment industry is struggling. Not because recruiters aren't good at their jobs, but because the systems they're using weren't built for how they actually work. So I started building ones that were.
Now I lead a team that runs BD for recruitment agencies — combining enterprise systems thinking with real people who execute daily. The goal? Give every agency a BD department without the headcount.
Is This Right for You?
We're selective about who we work with. Not because we're exclusive — because we want every engagement to succeed.
This Is For You If...
- You want someone to actually run your BD, not just give you tools
- You'd rather have meetings in your calendar than a dashboard to stare at
- Your team wastes time on admin that should be automated
- You're tired of feast-or-famine revenue cycles
- You recruit in competitive markets where speed matters
- You want to be first to market, not fourth
This Is Not For You If...
- You're looking for a magic button solution
- You want to manage all the outreach yourself
- You're happy with sub-1% response rates
- You're not willing to invest in proper systems
- You don't believe in data-driven decisions
- You want cheap over effective
We've built these qualifications over years of working with recruitment agencies. When there's genuine fit, the results speak for themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about working with us. Can't find what you're looking for? Get in touch.
Initially a bit more, expect 2-4 hours a week. We'll have a few calls to understand the details of your processes and ICP profiles. Once we're up and running, it requires only 30 minutes a week to align priorities and provide feedback.
No. We build everything for you and you'll get documentation and support to make basic adjustments independently. That said, it doesn't hurt to have a few tech skills, but it's definitely not required.
Around £400-600 per month is a good range. Main tools include Clay, Smartlead, Airtable, n8n, data providers, and email infrastructure. This gives you the same lead generation capacity as hiring 2-3 additional BDs at £3-6k each per month. After our engagement, you own the entire system and these become your only ongoing costs. No agency fees, no per-lead charges, no revenue sharing.
Off-the-shelf tools give you a login and leave you to figure it out. We give you a campaign manager who uses best-in-class tools like n8n and Clay to run your BD daily. You get the output — meetings and pipeline — without needing to learn the tools yourself.
Lead gen agencies rent you generic leads on retainer with no context. We assign you a dedicated campaign manager who learns your market, runs targeted outreach daily, and books qualified meetings with real context. Plus, we build systems you own permanently that continue working after our engagement ends.
We'll audit your current setup and determine what's worth keeping versus rebuilding. Most clients have disconnected tools that we consolidate into one unified system that actually works together.
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