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3:00pm - 5:00pm, 29 January 2026
(Europe/London)
(Europe/London)
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Event Details
Trusted Partner Forum
Thursday 29th January
Registrations and refreshments 2:30pm-3:00pm
Meeting: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: 3 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YZ
Networking drinks from 5:00pm
Kindly sponsored by
Key Takeaways
An action plan with initiatives and objectives to leverage maximum value from APSCo TP membership
Meeting Agenda
Please note that this Event is for Trusted Partners only.
Welcome and Introduction
Amy Davies , Managing Director, Workwell Global
APSCo Update
Moya Rylands, Commercial Director, APSCo UK
Panel Discussion
Amy Davies will lead a panel of members in exploring their expectations and challenges for the professional recruitment market in 2026. They will share how they are responding and what they are looking for in terms of support from APSCo trusted partners
Barry Pactor, CEO, Inspiring Teaching
Nick Bradley, Co-Founder, Owner, Director, Adepto Technical Recruitment
Stephen Shorter, Group CEO, Cobalt
Tray Durrant, Managing Director, Bain and Gray
The professional recruitment market is undergoing a period of unprecedented change with business transformation, service diversification, legislative change and international expansion.
Moya will share details of how APSCo is responding in 2026 with the biggest change to the event schedule in 25 years and go through some exciting new services we will offer. She will highlight how trusted partners can get involved and increase membership ROI.
Amy will lead a panel of members in exploring their expectations and challenges for the professional recruitment market in 2026. They will share how they are responding and what they are looking for in terms of support from you, our APSCo trusted partners.
Maximise your time at this meeting with our Leader Exchange session - this is designed to deliver tangible outcomes. Guided by experienced business professionals, this discussion will ensure you gain real value from your attendance. You’ll collaborate with sector peers to tackle key challenges and leave with clear, actionable strategies you can implement immediately. This session isn’t just a conversation, it’s designed to be a catalyst for measurable business impact.
Speakers
Nick Bradley
Adepto Technical Recruitment, Owner
With over thirty years of experience in recruitment, Nick has amassed expert industry knowledge. His career highlights include twenty-two years in senior leadership at a $1 billion global recruiter. In 2015, he co-founded Adepto Technical Recruitment, focusing on supporting highly regulated sectors like the Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries. The company offers a range of services including contingent, retained, and Global MSP/RPO solutions. Adepto Technical Recruitment manages recruitment processes and that of the client’s recruitment supply chain for permanent hires and contractors, handling payroll, fiscal responsibilities, and compliance in well over twenty different countries worldwide.
Tray Durrant
Bain & Gray, Managing Director
Tray is an experienced, strategic recruiter and leader with a strong sales background across a broad recruitment career. She has managed and led a well-known brand in support recruitment as well as a leading finance brand.
She has been a business mentor for The Prince’s Trust and set up a career mentoring business, providing career guidance for 16-25 year olds. She has provided subject matter expertise to Editorials, The Times and The Evening Standard. In 2006 she was one of Who’s Who young Entrepreneurs and in 2008 she came runner up in the Business Women of Achievement Awards.
Tray is Managing Director at Bain and Gray and is instrumental in the growth of the business. In addition, along with Emily Bain she is responsible for launching the unique Links at Bain and Gray network and directory.
Barry Pactor
Inspiring Teaching, CEO
Stephen Shorter
Cobalt Recruitment, Group CEO
As Group CEO, Stephen leads Cobalt globally across their three regions in the UK, US and Germany. His background is in finance which has given him a diverse commercial experience including strategy and communications consultancy, major event delivery and healthcare.
He has been with the business since 2014, during which time he has seen it grow over 200%.