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About Us

FM Recruitment are specialist recruiters for the hospitality, hotel, leisure, restaurant, and wider service sectors, connecting businesses with exceptional Finance, IT, and Procurement professionals. We provide tailored recruitment solutions that help employers attract and retain high-calibre talent across the hospitality industry.

Whether you're a boutique hotel, restaurant group, leisure operator, contract catering business, or international hospitality brand, our sector expertise and consultative approach enable us to source skilled professionals who combine technical excellence with the right cultural fit to support your long-term business success.

Recruitment Solutions for Employers

Every business is different, which is why we never take a one-size-fits-all approach.

Before beginning any assignment, we invest time in understanding your organisation, culture, leadership team, business objectives, and recruitment requirements. This enables us to present candidates who possess not only the right technical expertise but also the personality, values, and commercial mindset to succeed within your business.

Supporting Candidates

FM Recruitment connects professionals with leading Finance, IT, and Procurement jobs across the UK hospitality sector.

From first management roles to executive appointments, our specialist recruitment consultants provide honest advice, market insight, interview guidance, and support throughout your recruitment journey.

Our goal isn't just to help you find your next role, but to help you build a successful and rewarding career.

 

 

Finance Recruitment

Finance professionals play a critical role in every successful hospitality business. Our specialist finance recruitment service helps employers secure talented individuals who can improve profitability, strengthen financial controls, support strategic decision-making, and drive commercial performance.

Whether you're looking for an experienced finance leader or building an entire finance team, FM Recruitment delivers high-quality candidates who understand the demands of the hospitality industry.

From senior finance leadership to technical accounting positions, our experienced team recruit for roles including:

CFO / Finance Director
VP Finance
Area / Regional Director of Finance
Director of Finance
Financial Controller
Assistant Financial Controller
Management Accountant
Corporate Accountant

Procurement Recruitment

Strong procurement teams are fundamental to operational efficiency, cost control, and supplier management within hospitality businesses.

Whether your organisation requires procurement professionals to manage food and beverage purchasing, facilities management, technology procurement, or strategic sourcing, we help identify candidates who deliver measurable commercial value.

Our procurement recruitment specialists regularly recruit for a wide range of procurement and purchasing positions, including:

Procurement Director
Head of Procurement
Procurement Manager
Purchasing Manager

 

IT Recruitment

Technology has become essential to the success of modern hospitality businesses. From property management systems and EPOS platforms to cybersecurity and digital transformation, experienced IT professionals help organisations improve efficiency, enhance customer experience, and support business growth.

Our consultants understand the importance of finding technology professionals with both technical expertise and hospitality sector experience.

Roles we recruit for include:            

IT Director
IT Manager
Project Manager
IT Support
Hospitality Systems Specialist


Hospitality People Group

FM Recruitment is part of the Hospitality People Group,one of three specialist brands providing targeted recruitment solutions to the hospitality industry. Together, our brands offer expert recruitment across a broad range of disciplines, combining deep sector knowledge with extensive industry networks to connect exceptional talent with leading hospitality businesses.

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Meet the Team

 

Chris Denison Smith

Chris Denison Smith

Managing Director
AS

Andrea Shaw

Director
TL

Tairona Lattanzi

Recruitment Consultant
KW

Katherine Wyles

Business Support Manager

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July 21, 2026

Hospitality Knows Its Next Guest. Does It Know Its Next Employee?

Hospitality is brilliant at designing what guests experience. In this abridged version of an article originally written for HOSPA's The Overview, we ask whether hospitality businesses give the same thought to what employees experience.
June 26, 2026

The NLW Effect – How Hospitality Operators Are Rethinking Their Teams in 2026

The hospitality industry has always been good at absorbing pressure. Years of navigating razor-thin margins, volatile demand, and chronic recruitment challenges have made operators resilient. But the combination of forces bearing down on the sector right now (cumulative wage increases, higher employer National Insurance contributions, and new tipping legislation) is prompting a more fundamental conversation than most cycles produce. Not just “how do we cut costs?” but “is our current team structure actually the right one?”
June 3, 2026

Why Employer Brand Could Be Hospitality’s Most Undervalued Asset

Why do so many properties invest heavily in crafting a compelling story for guests, then tell a completely different story to the people they are trying to recruit?