Why We’re Closing Our Newcastle Office

After nearly two years building our presence in the North East, we’ve decided to close our Newcastle office on the Quayside and bring that team back to our Cardiff headquarters.

We opened the office in June 2024 as part of our plan to expand beyond our Welsh base and build a stronger national recruitment network. Newcastle offered the chance to work more closely with employers across the region while strengthening our UK coverage.

Although the physical office is closing, our recruitment work in the North East will continue.

Our Time in the North East

Opening our Newcastle office was an important step for Rhino Recruitment. It gave us a local presence in the region and allowed our recruiters to work directly with businesses across the North East labour market.

From our Newcastle base on the Quayside, we worked with employers across the North East to fill roles in construction, mechanical engineering, legal recruitment, professional services, and international recruitment.

Being based in the region helped us understand the hiring pressures many businesses were facing, from skills shortages to project deadlines. Our team combined local market knowledge with access to a wider UK candidate network built through our national recruitment work.

During that time we built strong relationships with employers and candidates across the region, and those partnerships will continue moving forward.

Bringing Our Team Back Together

Rhino Recruitment’s headquarters remain in Cardiff, where our marketing, candidate resourcing, and client support teams work alongside our recruitment consultants.

Bringing our North East team back into the main office allows these departments to collaborate more closely. Recruitment often relies on several teams working together, from advertising vacancies and sourcing candidates to managing interviews and onboarding.

Having everyone working from the same location helps improve communication and coordination across each recruitment project.

For employers, this means every vacancy will continue to be supported by a larger internal team responsible for candidate sourcing, marketing, and recruitment delivery.

Why We Made This Decision

The decision to close the Newcastle office forms part of a wider review of how our teams work together across the business.

Matthew Thomas, Marketing Manager at Rhino Recruitment, explained the reasoning behind the move.

“We’ve decided to bring our North East department back to our Cardiff office so our teams can work more closely together. Having marketing, resourcing, and recruitment in the same place improves communication and helps us support our clients more efficiently.”

The change allows us to strengthen collaboration across departments and ensure each client project has the right internal support behind it.

Continued Recruitment Support in the North East

Closing the Newcastle office does not mean stepping away from the region.

We will continue working with employers and candidates across the North East, supported by our Cardiff headquarters and national recruitment network. Our recruiters will remain active in the region and continue supporting businesses with hiring across multiple sectors.

For many employers, this means vacancies will now benefit from the resources of a larger recruitment operation rather than a smaller regional office.

A Changing Recruitment Industry

Across the recruitment industry, many agencies are reassessing how many physical offices they need.

Advances in recruitment technology, remote collaboration tools, and national candidate databases allow teams to support employers across different regions without always needing a permanent office in each location.

By bringing our teams together in Cardiff, we can strengthen internal communication and continue delivering recruitment support to clients across the UK.

The Newcastle office may be closing, but the work we’ve started in the North East will remain an active part of our national recruitment activity.