How a Global iGaming Operator Used Our Time & Materials Model for Precision UK Hiring

While some clients choose to remain unnamed, the outcomes of great recruitment partnerships speak for themselves.

Following the success of a recent multi-hire project in Finance hiring in Gibraltar, an international iGaming business continued to partner with Bullfinch, this time on a UK-based specialist hiring project. What followed was a clear demonstration that our Time & Materials recruitment model delivers just as powerfully for precision hiring as it does for high-volume global delivery, with the same transparency, control, and commercial efficiency.

The Client Brief

After successfully completing a global hiring programme with Bullfinch, the client extended our support into the UK to deliver three critical roles spanning Marketing, HR and Finance.

The brief was clear:

• Deliver high-quality talent at pace
• Provide full visibility of cost and activity

The Delivery Scope

Across September to November, Bullfinch supported the project entirely through our Time & Materials model.

Every hour of recruiter time was tracked and aligned directly to delivery activity and outputs. In total, the client effectively secured:

• The equivalent of 27.8 recruiter days of dedicated hiring capacity
• Equating to just under 195 hours of active recruiter delivery time

That short-term additional recruiter capacity resulted in:

• Three permanent specialist hires

Our solution continues to resonate strongly with Chief People Officers and Talent Directors who must balance fixed headcount costs and long-term employment risk, against the need for flexible, on-demand hiring capacity.

Let’s Talk Numbers

If these three UK roles had been recruited through a traditional contingent agency model, the projected agency cost would have been:

• ~£26,000

The actual Bullfinch Time & Materials project cost was:

• 45.4% lower
• A saving of over £11,500

In simple terms, our cost-effective solution provided the client three permanent specialist hires across Marketing, HR and Finance, with full cost transparency and no percentage-based success fees, at a fraction of the cost of a traditional agency.

Why the Time & Materials Model Works

Whether delivering 13 hires across multiple continents in three weeks or three specialist UK hires over a short focused project, the commercial engine stays the same.

Clients only pay for actual recruiter time used. There are:

• No percentage-based success fees
• No inflated hire costs
• Full visibility of delivery effort

Capacity flexes up or down based on demand, and recruitment spend remains predictable and controllable.

This removes the fundamental misalignment that exists in traditional agency recruitment, where fees often bear little relation to time or output.

Looking Ahead

Following the successful completion of this UK project, the partnership continues to develop moving into 2026. This is exactly how we like to work: commercial, transparent, flexible, and long-term.