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Amoria Bond is one of Europe’s fastest-growing businesses, and it’s currently changing the game when it comes to STEM recruitment.
But it all started with humble Manchester beginnings.
The multi award-winning Didsbury-based recruitment company may have undergone an impressive expansion to now be operating in 42 countries worldwide, but it started all the way back in 2006 when the three founders were trekking through South America and bonded over a shared love of music and DJ-ing, and most-importantly, a belief that the best kind of recruitment comes from having a solid, value-based core.
This is why they decided to create “a different kind of recruitment business” – a business that prides itself on providing a unique and inclusive culture, where recruiters can develop and thrive in a range of sectors that are genuinely making a difference to the world.
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The company lives by the phrase, ‘Progressing Lives Everywhere’, and even the company name represents “the importance of collaboration” and loving what you do.
But what exactly is Amoria Bond all about? How is the company striving to make its impact felt in an ever-changing world? And what makes it such an exciting place to work for recruitment professionals?
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Amoria Bond is changing the game when it comes to STEM recruitment / Credit: Amoria Bond
What is Amoria Bond?
Specialising in service-driven consultancy and staffing group in global STEM markets, Amoria Bond recruits experts in advanced engineering and technology, who can accelerate positive change, and ultimately, “transform the world around us”.
The clients that the company works with often have specific and very niche requirements for people to fulfil complex tasks, and so, as a specialist firm, Amoria Bond’s consultants are able to focus on specific areas and become experts in these fields, which gives them the awareness and insight to build a global network of professionals and find the people that no one else can.
And it’s fair to say that some of the “pioneering” sectors that Amoria Bond has placed professionals within over the last 15 years are the industries of the future too.
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Think companies that provide everything from new renewable energy installations, to embedded software that connects smart devices to manufacturing lifesaving medical devices and vaccines, and so much more.
When it comes to candidates, Amoria Bond is all about providing the best opportunities for people by supporting and advising them at every stage to help improve their prospects, and eventually win their dream jobs.
The company recruits experts in advanced engineering and technology / Credit: Amoria Bond
What is the company’s vision and purpose?
The company’s vision is simple – to be the best service-driven consultancy and staffing group in global STEM markets.
It’s what drives everyone who works there to “continually improve”.
‘Progressing Lives Everywhere’ is Amoria Bond’s commitment to “advancing and enhancing” the lives of its clients, candidates, and colleagues, as well as a commitment to making a positive and sustainable impact on the wider global community and environment.
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This purpose of progression informs how the company achieves its vision and strategic growth ambitions, and it does so by helping clients to successfully grow and achieve their goals.
How is the company making a positive impact to the wider community?
Amoria Bond operates on what it says is a fundamental belief embedded throughout its culture that “every action has an impact”, and that it has an ethical responsibility to ensure that its impact as a company is a positive one.
The Amoria Bond Charitable Trust is a registered charity and grant-making trust that’s primarily funded by contributions from the company and its employees, and it has donated over £200,000 to charitable initiatives over the years, as well as build two community soup kitchens and 101 homes that provide housing and security for 500 people in Las Laderas in Peru.
Those who work in Amoria Bond’s offices in Manchester, Cologne, and Amsterdam regularly make trips over to Las Laderas to help with a range of projects.
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The next volunteer trip is actually scheduled for this June, with colleagues set to help build a new accommodation wing at the children’s refuge – which gives young people with no homes or families a safe place to sleep, eat, and get an education.
What makes Amoria Bond such a great place to work?
The commitment to ‘Progressing Lives Everywhere’ doesn’t just stop at candidates, it’s actually a crucial part of working for Amoria Bond and it starts with the company’s colleagues.
The company prides itself on its “fun and inclusive” work culture.
While it says it “doesn’t pretend to be perfect”, Amoria Bond is 100% committed and holds itself fully-accountable to delivering sustainable and meaningful action-led change, both internally within the recruitment industry it loves, and across the STEM sectors it serves.
Amoria Bond has been recognised as the best recruitment company to work for by every major recruitment industry awards body, and is only company to have won the ‘Recruiter Investing in Talent’s Best Professional Development’ award for five consecutive years thanks to its proven and successful approach that has seen 58 employees promoted in the last 12 months.
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Amoria Bond has been recognised as the best recruitment company to work for by every major recruitment industry awards body / Credit: Amoria BondThe company prides itself on its “fun and inclusive” work culture / Credit: Amoria Bond
The company has a 10-step career plan that offers multiple paths of progression through the company, and it’s a pretty successful one given that 90% of its leaders have successfully made their way up from trainee recruiters – including the three Sales MDs, who progressed through the 10-Steps in just 10 years.
As well as providing these fantastic opportunities to develop careers through great prospects and multiple routes to progress, some of the other benefits on offer inside Amoria Bond include uncapped earning potential, remote working, a wellbeing hub, a referral bonus, access to company cars, and so much more.
You can find out more about Amoria Bond on the company’s website here.
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All three major Manchester Universities are teaming up for a historic Freshers season
Danny Jones
For the first time in history, all three major Universities in central Manchester are partnering for a landmark year of Freshers celebrations, and it’s going to be an unforgettable one for students.
Against all the odds, one company has managed to unite the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Salford to host a collaborative programme in and around the city centre for the soon-to-arrive class of 2026.
The organisers in question are Cool It Events, who have identified the issue of countless random parties and unofficial ‘ghost’ dates that often end up not even happening, before deciding to combat it by teaming up with the trio of local institutions for a definitive triple crown partnership.
In another first for our region, all three student unions are getting behind this, not only for the sake of ease and clarity on behalf of the new cohort set to attend, but to guarantee safety, legitimacy, and also value for money.
Of course, proper uni-sanctioned parties and so on have always been a part of Freshers’ week, but equally, the opportunistic ‘fly-by-night’ culture of others trying to get in on the action and rogue promotions simply trying to make a bit of money whilst ripping off young people is just old.
Furthermore, as Cool It puts it: “In a digital age where predatory ‘unofficial’ wristbands often lead to overbooked venues or events that simply don’t exist, these partnerships offer a rare peace of mind.”
It also means that those trying to put on a genuinely good day and/or night out aren’t simply relegated to some vague second tier of back-up options; this way, it’s clear who is taking part (UoM, MMU and University of Salford), doing what, and where.
Their approach to this next-level Freshers festival started in 2025, and with a presence in other locations like Liverpool, Chester and Bolton, their reputation just keeps growing.
Naturally, they’re aiming to make this year the biggest and best yet, by not only teaming up with the big unis but also by locking in what they and so many dub the “gold standard of venues.”
Places taking part include:
The O2 Ritz
Factory 251
Gorilla
Joshua Brooks
Popworld
Manchester Academy
Brickhouse
Kable
The Grovesnor
And that’s just a handful, with more still to be confirmed.
For instance, ‘We Love Wednesdays’ at Ark on Deansgate Locks – widely regarded as the city’s biggest weekly student night – will also be getting involved in a big way.
Credit: Cool It Events (supplied)
Given that market analysis has also shown that the unofficial ‘Freshers Packs’ can often cost upwards of 50% more than the official versions, not to mention offering no concrete guarantee of entry or SU backing, this is also a way to help students save money on their arrival into the city.
Put simply, the Universities and Cool It Events have done all the work for you, curating an excellent introduction to the best nightlife and student culture in the North, period – minus the risks.
If this sounds like a bit of you, or you have family heading to uni in Greater Manchester this coming term, you can find all the information on their website, including via your chosen University’s student union portal. Last but not least, if you’re already sold, you can grab your tickets to all the events right HERE.
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Thanks to Terminal 2’s major upgrade, now holidays really do start at Manchester Airport
Danny Jones
It’s a phrase that’s almost as old as air travel itself, but luckily, Manchester Airport are well and truly getting your holidays started early, courtesy of the new and improved Terminal 2.
T2‘s massive upgrade technically finished in 2025, but with other bits debuting already this year and even more to come in 2026, Manchester’s biggest terminal is a more fully-fledged travel hub than ever.
Complete everything from the essentials and a healthy supply of food and drink, to lots of luxuries and plenty of ways to unwind and kill time between both before and after flights, you can feel extra smug about getting to the airport early.
As part of their latest ‘Terminal Explorer’ campaign, we recently paid a visit to see just how much fun we could get up to in and around T2. Spoilers: quite a lot.
With a little help from their wayfinding screens dotted around the various areas, from the World Duty Free section and ever-growing internal shopping district, to all the bars and restaurants that have opened since the big refurb, we took ourselves on a very fun day out.
And that was without even having an actual holiday booked to look forward to, so just imagine how good it must feel to top all this off with a real trip away.
In fact, you don’t even need to think that hard about it; roughly 80% of all passengers heading in and out of Manchester Airport now come through T2, and with the experience improving all the time, they’re seeing a serious uptick in visitors and their time spent enjoying some leisure before their getaway.
From additions like the LEGO store to keep the kids entertained, as well as numerous places to grab a brew, a bite, or even your first adult beverage of the holiday, it’s up to you how you choose to explore – they’ve just given you plenty of options.
There’s no bigger testament to the latest hospitality offerings in Terminal 2 than the recently opened Great Northern Market, which brings a rather big taste of the Mackie Mayor vibe to Manchester Airport.
A VERY comfortable place to wind down any wait times before you fly.
You’ll be blown away by the amount of choice on offer in here – we certainly were – and, of course, the multi-vendor culinary destination epicentre is just one of many fantastic food and drink offerings now boasted by the T2 ‘2.0.’
For instance, we could happily spend most of the time before our next hypothetical flight just chilling in the super stylish Fever-Tree Bar, which includes a wonderful range of breakfast and light bites, charcuterie boards, small plates, sandwiches and so on – plus a cocktail menu perfect for any occasion.
Put simply, you’ve now been given all the tools and means to turn downtime of almost any duration into an excuse to explore Manchester Airport at its best; in fact, scratch that: it’s an opportunity to go for a wander and make the most of it – and it’s one you don’t want to waste.
Whether it’s stocking up pre-flight or kicking back with your first drink of many, don’t just be another person sitting watching the departures board, be a terminal explorer.
Emily Sergeant -
13th April 2022 
