Peace Recruitment's construction specialist Matthew Gilchrist has been named as the top recruitment consultant in Scotland.

In addition, the Edinburgh-based firm picked up the Best Small Recruitment Consultancy prize at the S1 Jobs Recruitment Awards.

Mr Gilchrist, 26, received the accolade after 89% of his placements were still with the job over a year later.

He previously worked in the banking sector in various sales-led roles, before becoming Peace's first-ever architecture consultant in January 2014.


"I was starting the architecture department from scratch, as this was something Peace had not offered before," Mr Gilchrist said.

"I would say it took about 6-12 months to build the desk, and after that we really started to see some positive results. I put in a lot of hard work, really pushing to build up excellent lasting relationships with clients, which meant working longer hours and working some weekends. But it has really paid off."

Chris Peace, MD of Peace Recruitment, added: "We are obviously delighted with the recognition that Matthew has now received.

"It's my vision that Peace will be the recruitment company of choice in Scotland for the construction industry in the next five years, and I see Matthew playing a big part in making this happen."

(LM)