About
HR recruitment for growing SMEs
Hey, I'm Katie - Managing Director of Peeq
Peeq is a boutique HR recruitment consultancy based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire (just 30 minutes outside Central London). We partner with growing SME businesses to hire mid to senior HR, People and Talent professionals for both permanent and interim roles.
Whether it’s your first standalone HR Manager, a Head of People to support scale-up, or an interim / Fractional HR Director / Chief People Officer, our focus is helping you bring in the right person, not just fill a vacancy.
Our strong belief is that if you put relationships first and do the right thing consistently, the results follow.
What Makes Us Different
92% fill rate
We’re incredibly proud of our 92% fill rate which is almost twice the industry average.
Tiered pricing
We offer 3 different recruitment packages that allow our customers to only pay for the services they actually need.
No employees
We have built our business on equality and fairness which is why our Associate HR Recruiters (our Peeqers) are all self-employed freelancers. They are also the ‘secret sauce’ behind our high fill rate. Like us, they get paid for delivering which makes them incredibly TENACIOUS!
Vision & Mission
Our Mission
We make high-impact HR leadership hires for growing SMEs by building trusted connections, listening deeply, and matching people beyond the CV.
Our Vision
Deep connections with HR leaders. High-impact, lasting hires for growing SMEs
This is what guides how Peeq is run day to day: slow, thoughtful relationship-building over quick wins, and a real commitment to understanding the humans behind each CV and job title.
A Little Bit of Background
I’ll let you into a secret… I never intentionally decided to run a recruitment business.
My background was originally in marketing, events and operations. I spent nearly a decade at Oasis HR building an HR community, running events and helping the business grow through content and careful behind-the-scenes systems work.
Peeq was later co-founded with my husband (Mark) in 2020, with a simple vision: a relationship-led, human recruitment model that genuinely respects both clients and candidates. For a long time, Mark was the one “front of house” while I ran everything in the background – operations, finance, marketing, systems and contractor care.
Fast-forward to now, and life has taken one of those unexpected turns. Mark has stepped into a new chapter in his career, and I’ve stepped forward to lead Peeq independently. It’s not a path I’d ever planned, but it’s one that I absolutely love.
Alongside running Peeq, I’m training to be a counsellor. The more I learn about deep listening, empathy and creating safe, non-judgemental spaces, the more I see how powerful these skills are in a recruitment context – for clients and candidates.
Long term, I plan to weave more of this into our consultancy offering – supporting businesses not just with “who to hire”, but also how to create environments where people can genuinely thrive.
At heart, I’m someone who:
- Is genuinely interested in people and their stories
- Loves building long-term relationships, not quick wins
- Cares about doing things properly – with honesty, transparency and care
Those values sit at the core of Peeq. They’re part of the legacy Mark and I built, and they’re what I’m committed to carrying forward into this next chapter.
