Our history
The team behind JoinedUp know high-volume workforce management like few others. As co-founders of Milestone, the award-winning independent recruitment agency with a £55m turnover acquired by Staffline plc in 2015, we have direct experience of the challenges faced by both agency owners and end-hirers.
We combine this sharp-end experience with a world-class in-house development team. Headed by a former trading systems developer for Merrill Lynch, he’s supported by a team of software engineers drawn from eBay, Shazam, and Vodafone, as well as a sprinkle of Silicon Valley with employee #5 from OpenTable.
2005
George Campbell-Collins and Adam Thompson found Milestone to address the chronic driver shortage identified by the industry at that time.
2010
Milestone provides over 2,000 agency driver shifts each day nationwide to DHL, Jaguar Land Rover, XPO Logistics, Eddie Stobart, and Sainsbury’s.
2011
Driver Exchange is launched by George, Adam and CTO Harry Blundun, helping logistics operators and agencies manage all of their workers in one place.
2012
Milestone brings home Best Temporary Recruitment Agency at the Recruiter Awards, the Oscars of the recruitment industry.
2015
Milestone reaches £55m annual turnover and is acquired by Staffline plc.
2016
Driver Exchange (DX) makes it's online platform available to end hirers and agencies for the first time.
2017
Driver Exchange receives Motor Transport’s Best Use of Technology award for its work rolling out across the Saint-Gobain network.
2018
JoinedUp is launched in response to increasing demand for its SaaS platform from recruitment agencies and contingency workforce employers across logistics, industrial, clerical, hospitality, business services and admin.