The Michael Page Story
From a two-man operation above a launderette some thirty years ago, Michael Page International has grown to become one of the world’s leading recruitment consultancies. Today, the company continues to set the industry standard for specialist service with a personal touch. Read about some of the company’s key landmarks here.
1976
Michael Page founded in London by Bill McGregor and Michael Page
Providing professional selection and recruitment services for accounting and finance within industrial, commercial and practice clients.
From 1979
Continued UK expansion with office openings in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds and Bristol.
Largest Advertiser in FT from this year
1983
Floated on the Unlisted Securities Market (USM)
1985
Opened office in Australia
Michael Page City established to provide specialist service to Banking and Financial Markets.
1986
First office of current European network opened in France
Expansion into Legal recruitment in the UK
From 1987
Opened offices in the Netherlands
1988
Michael Page admitted to the London stock exchange
1990
Terry Benson appointed as Chief Executive of Michael Page International
1991
Opened offices in Germany
1992
Established Accountancy Additions in the UK
Public Sector Division opened
1993
Michael Page implemented a national recruitment database
1994
Established SRS (Sales Recruitment Specialists)
1995
Opened offices in Hong Kong
Michael Page retired
Creation of Eastern Europe Division
1996
Opened offices in Singapore
1997
Acquired by Spherion Corporation (then called Interim Services, Inc.)
First generation website launched
Established RRS (Retail Recruitment Specialists)
Offices opened in Spain and the US
1998
Offices opened in Italy
