About Opeople                 

Opeople started as a result of passion for organic living, fair-trade and proving that there can be ethics in the recruitment industry and recently branching into mainstream industries E.g. healthcare, provided the company or organisation can demonstrate good people and planet ethics.

We opened our first office in Park Street, Bristol; January 2005. With fine views over the city centre and barely room to house two desks, we had our first order within a couple of hours and we're interviewing the successful candidate later that day.

Companies laughed when we introduced ourselves as being an ethical recruitment agency...some just misheard us and thought we were called Old People.

"Understanding the organic industry means delivering good value for money and gaining alot of trust"

We wanted to be different. Lower fees had to be a factor but so did ethics. Being an ethical recruiter was something people hadn’t heard of. Companies using ordinary recruitment agencies got to hear of Opeople and within a short space of time candidates and clients were offering recommendations to others and a new chapter unfolded.

Needing more space, a second office was opened the following year in converted barn in Charfield near Bristol. The decision to relocate from Bristol was easy. Only 20 minutes from the heart of Bristol; our barn was in easy reach of candidates and we had room to breath and expand.

Then the rain came and five weeks later the barn was completely flooded. Gloucestershire rivers had swollen and water had completely covered the area. Furniture, computers, paperwork, everything was submerged. Business continued remotely for three months but soon things were back on track.

To date we have made good progress in all avenues of organic, natural health and ethical business across the UK.

We have our eco-friendly office in Gloucestershire and a satellite office; Central London. Being highly mobile, adapting to market conditions and keeping our carbon footprint as low as possible will always be important.