HPL Recruitment Shortlisted for Rising Star at the UK Start

Some news genuinely stops you in your tracks. Finding out HPL Recruitment has been shortlisted for Rising Star at the UK Start Up Awards (Wales)

was one of those moments.

Not because we've been chasing awards, we haven't, but because it means something. It's an outside voice saying: what you're doing is good.

When we started HPL, the goal wasn't to out-speed or out-volume anyone. It was to do things differently. To build a business with real values baked in from the start, not bolted on later. To focus on long-term impact over quick wins.

In recruitment, there's always pressure to move fast. We've chosen to move carefully instead and to actually do what we say we'll do. That sounds simple. In practice, it's the hardest thing to get right consistently.

Candidate experience. Client experience. Both matter.

Anyone in the holiday park world knows how much guest experience defines a business. We think about recruitment the same way.

The way we treat a candidate is a direct reflection of how we represent our clients. The trust clients place in us isn't something we take lightly.

Steph and Connor bring that same mindset to every conversation they have, the care, the honesty, the follow-through. That consistency is what we're building the whole business around.

Growth with intention

Being shortlisted alongside five other businesses this week is genuinely humbling , especially this early on. But it hasn't happened by accident. It's come from having a clear direction, setting real targets, and refusing to scale at the expense of our values.

We're not trying to be the biggest recruitment business in the sector. We're trying to be the most trusted.

Harry puts it well: "From day one, we said we wanted to build something people actually enjoy working with, whether you're a client or a candidate. Being shortlisted for Rising Star tells us that's happening. And, we're only just getting started."

This shortlisting matters. But it's a marker on a longer journey, building something that genuinely serves the holiday park and leisure sector, and proving that recruitment can add real, lasting value.

If this tells us anything, it's that we're heading in the right direction. Time to keep going.

Hiring in the holiday park or leisure sector?

If you're looking to bring the right people into your business, we'd love to talk. Get in touch today and find out why clients trust HPL Recruitment to get it right, not just quickly.