Client Testimonials

"Capsticks chose to work exclusively with Sacco Mann in helping establish our new Leeds office as we were confident that their approach and market knowledge would significantly impact upon our success.  They assisted us in recruiting a number of Partners for our new office and within 6 months of opening we had achieved our objective of a full service offering."
 
Neil Middleton (HR Director)
Capsticks

"Sacco Mann has consistently provided a high quality and professional recruitment service to Hammonds.  They have demonstrated an appreciation of our business needs and made the effort to understand what we require when recruiting into specialist areas of the law.  I am happy to recommend their services to others."

David Goodman (Partner)
Squire Sanders & Dempsey

“I am delighted to provide a testimonial in recognition of the excellent services provided by Sacco Mann. We have found that the calibre of candidates supplied by this agency exactly meet our challenging specifications. We have worked primarily with Luke Towning and have found him professional, helpful and effective. Luke has maintained regular contact with myself as well as the chosen candidate by e-mail, telephone and face to face contact in order to make sure that the placement continues to be successful to the satisfaction of all concerned. I would have no hesitation in recommending the services of Sacco Mann” 

Hilary Irving (Head of Legal & Democratic Science)
Centro

“If I was an Intellectual Property lawyer or Patent Attorney and I wanted to explore my career options with someone who knows the industry and who will genuinely have my best interest at heart, Melanie would be my first choice every time. If I were looking to recruit such individuals, I know Melanie would take time to understand my requirements, provide me with objective advice and only submit relevant and vetted applicants. She is a genuine IP specialist and not many recruiters can say that.”

Nick Lees (Associate Director)
Hughes Castell

"I am happy to confirm that I have always found the service from all the consultants at Sacco Mann to be professional, proactive and efficient, and they display a good market knowledge."

Helen Toohey (Recruitment Executive)
DLA Piper

"Hannah's personable approach, patience and market knowledge have been hugely helpful to DWF particularly over the past 12-18 months to the extent that Sacco Mann have become one of our top providers. Hannah knows the personality fit and skill set that we are looking for and is making a difference to the calibre of candidates we attract."

Michael Fiddaman (Recruitment Manager)
DWF

"I've worked with Rachael on a number of recruitment assignments. She gives me what I want from a recruitment consultant: in depth knowledge of the market; a thorough understanding of my business; good judgement about potential candidates; and an ability to close the deal.I would highly recommend Rachael."

Daniel Herman (Managing Partner)
Stewarts, Leeds

"Shoosmiths have instructed Sacco Mann over many years and have recently been successful in recruiting through them.  The course of this recruitment proved to be very well executed during which time information was disseminated appropriately and the process was dealt with promptly and efficiently.  On the whole, I found working with Sacco Mann to be easy, and have established an informal, though professional, relationship with them throughout."

Rita Tappia (Human Resources)
Shoosmiths

"I have worked with Sacco Mann, and have successfully recruited a number of fee earners through them, over many years and have consequently developed a close, working relationship with them.  They understand my business to such an extent that they provide a very effective and professional service, supplying candidates who fit our culture well."

Michael Sandler (Partner)
Keoghs Solicitors

"We have always found Sacco Mann to be professional and to demonstrate a good understanding of our business, which reflects in the quality of candidates submitted to us"

Roger Coleman (Managing Partner)
Colemans - ctts  

"If you want someone who understands your company's recrutiment needs and can think laterally then John is the best person to work with. I have worked with him successfully for many years now."

Caroline Calverley (Practice Manager)
Chafes

"I have always felt that Sacco Mann have a real appreciation for the needs of our business and the  type of candidates we are looking for. I have valued their assistance throughout the whole recruitment process. They are our preferred provider and have successfully filled a number of niche vacancies for us."

Lauren Murphy (Advice and Support Services Manager)
Lloyds Employment Law Consultancy

"Rachael has listened to my requirements and made the effort to understand our business, resulting in selection of appropriate candidates for the position.  When it comes down to it, if I am unsure whether to offer a job to a candidate, Rachael will give an honest, impartial view having heard my views on the candidate.  Sometimes this will mean that I do not appoint, resulting in a loss of fee for Rachael, but she recognises that the long term business relationship is more important.  Rachael is a pleasure to deal with and I trust her."

John Flathers (Partner)
Irwin Mitchell

"We have dealt with Sacco Mann for many years through their Leeds office, which covers the East Midlands. Since opening in the North-West, our relationship has strengthened as we now also work with Sacco Mann in Manchester.
The team at Sacco Mann have always gone the extra mile to understand our business and its requirements, and this has proved productive for us in leading to a number of key appointments. Their professional and pro-active approach has enabled them to make a significant contribution to the development of our practice."

Colin Flanagan (CEO)
Freeth Cartwright

"Sacco Mann has recently completed an assignment for GDF Suez, recruiting an assistant In-house Counsel for our Legal team here in Leeds. The process has run smoothly as a result of the Consultant’s handling of the candidates and understanding of our business and requirements.
We have been extremely impressed by the level of interest and detail taken by the Consultant, who managed the advertising campaign and provided a comprehensive shortlist of high level and suitable candidates for interview, ensuring we have had a tough choice to make.
We felt the candidates were both well informed and prepared on arrival for interview, and had clearly been presented with an extremely positive image of our business. We would use Sacco Mann’s consultancy skills for any future recruitment without hesitation."

Anita J Mara (Human Resources Manager)
GDF Suez

"Sacco Mann has an excellent approach to meeting recruitment needs. They look at candidates as individuals and fit them to a team in terms of personality and skills as well as technical knowledge. They are exceptionally good at understanding how a team is being built and at helping with that process in the broadest sense. The fact that they build long-term relationships is one of the important factors in this."

Rachael Tunnicliffe (Private Client Partner)
Gordons

"Sacco Mann are thoroughly professional and knowledgeable of the marketplace.  The Consultant’s experience helps him to glean the precise nature of our requirements and we feel he understands our business. I can rely on Sacco Mann to provide an excellent personal service with thoughtful and imaginative suggestions towards a recruitment solution."

Tom Leach (Staff Partner)
Burnetts Solicitors 

"Rachael always takes time getting to know her clients; she is encouraging and creative, but not afraid to deliver tough messages when needs be. You always get that extra something from Rachael and her firm."

Hilary Crook (Owner)
Hatch Legal

"Sacco Mann "Rachael is a first rate professional.  She has spent a lot of time getting to know our business and our culture and this has resulted in our benefiting from a flow of very high quality candidates (who suit our business). She has made a major contribution to our ability to grow our business."

Chris Schofield (Senior Partner)
Schofield Sweeney

"I am pleased to recommend Sacco Mann to anyone considering using their services.  I have dealt with them for many years, originally when I managed the CGU legal department and now in my current position.  They make great efforts to understand our requirements so that they may recommend suitable candidates.  I think it is because of this open and candid relationship that their candidates have enjoyed a disproportionately high rate of success (compared with other agents) in their applications to us, and gone on to prosper in our employment."

Donald Graham (Commercial Director  – Capital and Corporate Services)
Norwich Union Life

"I found the Consultant to be an honest and straight-talking consultant, who took the genuine time to understand our business and culture. Candidates were well prepared and enthusiastic, which has helped ensure a smooth-running campaign and ultimate placement."

Louise Hall (Head of Legal)
Sage UK

"We have always found, over more than 12 years of dealing with Sacco Mann, that they always take pains to match the right candidates to our firm.  This has meant that we have confidence that their candidates are worth considering when they are put forward and that after the appointment, they 'stick' - even after the guarantee period!  Some have been with us now for up to 10 years."

Deborah Boylan (Head of Employment)
Rawoths

"I have always found that Sacco Mann send us candidates of the highest quality. They take the time to understand our firm's requirements and only present potential candidates who will not only meet the technical requirements of the role, but also are likely to fit within our team ethic. I always let Sacco Mann know when we have a vacancy."

James Dale  (Head of Commercial Property)
Lee & Priestley

"The consultant takes the time to listen and understand; he then utilises that information intelligently to ensure accurate matching of candidates to our requirements. He works well with us and has excellent knowledge of the market and is willing to go the extra mile. We trust his judgment."

Tina Crawford (Practice Manager)
Denton Wilde Sapte

"As with most recruitment drives, finding the right person amongst the many potential applicants is always a real challenge.  Working with Sacco Mann significantly reduced the stress involved and the time required to find the right person.  I genuinely felt that there was real interest in my recruitment need, finding the right person to fit in with the team ethos and with the clients that we were trying to provide a quality service to.  I am delighted with the candidate appointed and I would certainly use Sacco Mann again!"

Jane Horton (Head of Neurotrauma Team)
Personal Injury Department

"The Consultant took the time to listen and understand the role in detail. She was very thorough and organised, and as a result she provided us with candidates that fitted the bill. I would recommend her without hesitation."

Linda Persson (Recruitment Manager)
Alstom

"Sacco Mann has always taken a high level of care - in my experience untypical with most recruiters - in establishing our requirements, and I've always been impressed and assured that this investment of time behind the scenes ensures the presentation of a shortlist of appropriate candidates for interview.
The CVs presented by Sacco Mann are an accurate reflection of the candidates, who arrive fully prepared and briefed on the role and culture of the company, making the recruitment process altogether more straight forward and successful for all."

Jane Colton (Legal Director)
Europcar UK

"I have had the pleasure of working with Sacco Mann for some years.  Without doubt, they are one of the best, most reliable and most dependable recruitment consultants in their field with whom I have had the good fortune to work, and I recommend them unreservedly."
 
Anthony Long (Chief Executive)
Taylor & Emmet LLP

"The Consultant is a skilled IP recruiter with the ability to coordinate complex requirements and to ensure suitable matches between client needs and candidate skill sets. I found working with the Consultant a pleasure, and I would recommend their services to anybody looking to fill an IP position."

Bernard McDonald (Associate Director)
Emergent Biosolutions

"I have worked with Sacco Mann over a number of years to recruit to key positions in my organisition.  I have always found them helpful and a good sounding board when considering areas for recruitment.  They are very knowledgeable of the industry and a pleasure to work with."

Simon Stell (Managing Partner)
Last Cawthra Feather

"The Consultant asks the right questions and listens to my requirements, short-listing candidates whom he knows fit the role, with a service that is professional, efficient and in a friendly manner."

Mike Bracegirdle (Senior Partner)
Poole Alcock

"At Lees & Partners, we provide a high quality service to a vast array of clients from the Wirral, North Wales and further afield in private client and business specialisms, ranging from Clinical Negligence to Family law and Business Litigation to Residential Conveyancing.  We are delighted to have worked with Sacco Mann in attracting quality candidates to work on the Wirral."

Joanna Kingston (Business & HR Manager)
Lees & Partners 

"I have had dealings with Sacco Mann in Leeds, (more specifically Steve Shakespeare), for many years.  I have, in recent years, invited Steve to assist me in all my recruitment activity. He has taken the time to understand our business and our department. He has consistently forwarded strong candidates to me, a number of whom we have employed. I trust his judgment to only recommend to me candidates who are a good fit with our department, both in terms of quality of technical background and personality.  He does not ever send me CVs speculatively. He is respectful of how busy I am and that recruitment is not my full time occupation. Thanks to the relationship we have built up, Sacco Mann are one of the agents of choice on my (very) short list of recruitment agencies."

Simon Morgan (Head of Legal - Commercial)
Norwich Union Life Legal Services

"As Head of a multi-teamed Department, I instruct Sacco Mann when I need to recruit externally because they have consistently proven to be approachable, efficient and attentive to detail. The consultant is interested in the work we do and the personalities of the people that do it and she understands the high standards we require. She is pragmatic and honest – if she doesn’t have a candidate of the calibre we are looking for, she’ll suggest ways of working with me to find the right person. She never inundates me with unsuitable CVs and provides excellent background information about potential candidates so that recruitment can be dealt with efficiently."

Jane Wright (Head of Personal Injury Leeds)
Irwin Mitchell 

"Sacco Mann has frequently offered me helpful and generous advice on positions I have thought of filling and the consultant goes out of his way to create imaginative possibilities for his candidates and clients."

Mark Serby (Head of Commercial Litigation)
Wake Smith

"Recruitment Agents who are prepared to listen and understand our business needs and act responsibly and responsively are worth their weight in gold.  As the Director of HR for Hewitsons,  I have worked with Sacco Mann over a number of years.  Sacco Mann demonstrates an approach to recruitment which is highly successful because it is swift, professional, discreet and honest and the consultant operates in a manner which is entirely consistent with that.  The key to their success is their ability to take ownership of the project, working with me and with the candidates. As Agents, they stand out from the crowd and, in a dynamic competitive environment, that's saying alot!"
 
Caroline Lewis (Director of HR)
Hewitsons

“I have worked with John in Manchester (and Rachael in Leeds) on several placements. They are very efficient and always present suitable candidates and follow up properly, without being pushy.”

Fleur Rochester (Partner)
Hill Dickinson

“John has always provided a detailed approach to senior recruitment and has a full understanding not just of what the candidate is looking for but also how he/she can benefit DWF from a sector or Practice Group perspective. His approachable style means I regularly consult Sacco Mann for market information as well as candidates.”
 
Michael Fiddaman (Recruitment Manager)
DWF

"The consultant listened to our requirements of the candidate needed to fill the position and only forwarded CVs for those candidates who had the relevant expertise and experience- as opposed to the CVs of anyone that only had limited experience and not within the remit, which was a refreshing change in contrast with my experience with other recruitment agents. She was also candid when she did not have any suitable candidates to put forward."

Susan Bateson (Head of Private Client)
Lee and Priestley LLP

"I have used Sacco Mann in relation to our fee earner recruitment requirements over the course of the last 10 years and, on each occasion, I have found their response to be quick and effective. Their understanding of our firm and its culture is such that they are able to provide very appropriate candidates who fit our requirements well."

Fergal O’Cleirigh (Partner)
Bermans

"My dealings with Sacco Mann can be described in very few words;
Professional, efficient and highly effective."

Alan Hawkes (Practice Manager)
Salehs

"I have, for many years, worked closely with John Sacco and his excellent team.  Sacco Mann have always strived to deliver the candidates who match the criteria and job specification I want.  They have consistently delivered really good candidates.  I would recommend them to any Law Firm which needs to recruit good people.
On a personal note, (apart from John’s misguided sense of humour!), he and his team have been fantastic to work with. A genuine, no nonsense bunch who really want to ensure that you as an employer find the right candidate, and, equally importantly, the candidate finds the right job.
Right person; right job - simple as that. Use them!"

Kevin Richardson (Partner)
Richardson Law Solicitors

"Having been asked by Sacco Mann, I am delighted to provide a reference on their behalf.  As I have been with my current employer, Your Move, for only a short time I am writing this in a personal capacity.

I first got in contact with Sacco Mann in 1998, when I qualified.  Sacco Mann placed me with Yorkshire Water Plc and I moved from Cardiff to Yorkshire.  I approached them to help me find a new position and I was immediately impressed with their professionalism and attitude.
 
Since then, I have kept in touch with Sacco Mann, both as a candidate and more recently as a client.  In addition I am the Secretary and National Representative of the North East C&I Group and I am also Communications Director for the National C&I Group.  Sacco Mann has, since the relaunch of the NE Group in 1998, supported the group's activities, and for the last four years sponsored our annual dinner.
 
Sacco Mann has taken the time and trouble to understand my specific requirements and has always acted with those requirements in mind.  Where other agencies have thought they know best, Sacco Mann have listened, and whilst they have provided essential, informative information, they have also valued my opinion.
 
My dealings with Sacco Mann have been open, honest and straightforward.  They offer support and guidance, both from the client and candidate perspective, and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a long term relationship with a recruitment consultancy which can offer added value."

Sapna Bedi (Head of Legal)
LSL