We support the growth of companies that are making a positive contribution to the world of food, drink & nutrition.

We’ve worked with global ingredient suppliers that have raised the bar when it comes to sustainability and renewable energy. We’ve worked with high growth supplement companies that are changing the face of what the wellbeing category looks like. And we’ve worked with f&b challenger brands, some of which are shaking up traditional categories with plant-based products, or reducing the sugar content in indulgent treats.
Those are just a handful of examples of the positive contributions our clients make to the world – what’s yours?

What We Do

We specialise in 2 distinct areas:

Food & Health Ingredients

Scaling Food, Drink & Nutrition Brands

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Our size is our strength. What does that mean? Well, we’ve got plenty of international clients, but we’re small enough to have a really personal touch and we’re proud of that. Some of our ingredients clients are known across the world, but some of our clients in the scaling brands team are little more than start-ups with an idea and a boat load of determination. All our clients have a unique story to tell and attract very different types of people. And all value their recruitment process and how they’re being represented to prospective employees. Ultimately, our clients have something in common – they don’t just want a job filling, they expect their recruitment partner to deliver a lot more value than that. We don’t take on rookies, so whoever your contact is here at 1485, you’ll be in safe hands.

We recruit middle management to director level positions. Roles where you need the very best possible person because they’ll make a big difference to your profitability.

About Us

Weird Name, Right?

We often get asked about why we’re called 1485. Well, we didn’t want to be another cliché recruitment company trying to sound important, we wanted a name that actually meant something. As 1485 was founded by a Yorkshireman and a Lancastrian, we thought back to our history lessons and, with the War of the Roses ending between the houses of York and Lancaster in 1485, we felt that was something that would always be unique to us. One of the founders has left now, but shhh! We grew to really like the name, so it’s stayed.

 

Meet the team

Food ingredients recruitment specialist

Ingredients - Food & Health

Paul Genders

Director

Recruits in: UK & Europe

Scaling Brands

Andrew Baker

Head of Scaling Brands

Recruits in: UK & Europe

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