Be Your Own Boss
You spend your time doing what you do best and let us take care of the rest.
A community built with you in mind
We understand you.
Are you tired of making money for other people?
Fed up of working to pointless KPIs?
Sick of wasting time in internal meetings?
Did you really enjoy working from home and don’t really want to go back to the office?
Ever thought of starting your own recruitment business?
Here at District4 we’re bringing together a community of expert recruiters who want to start their own business but don’t want to go it alone.
As well as a £10k+ launch package, support with business planning and back office as standard; you’ll also join a community of other business owners just like you.
If you are a Senior Consultant thinking about taking that next step we’d love to talk.
Get in touch to arrange a confidential chat and we’ll see if it’s a good fit.

Expert Recruiters
Why join District4?
Own your own business
Are you sick of being micro-managed or working to pointless KPI’s? Do you know in your heart that you could do this by yourself but are scared of going it alone?
At District4 you get the best of both worlds. You own your own recruitment business but you also have a community of other District4 owners to support you.
Keep up to 90% of revenue
Do you ever look at your payslip and feel like you should be taking home more of your billings? As a District4 owner you take the lions share of what you generate but still have your technology and back office sorted for you.
You keep 70% of all billings up to £200k pa and a whopping 90% of billings when you bill over £200k pa. Potential to easily double your current earnings AND own your own business.
Launch support
We know the first 6 month are the most daunting so we’re constantly working with our members to design the perfect launch package. We want to make sure you’re up and running quickly, minimise distractions and maximise your success.
It’s not just providing the tech and tools you need but also support and expertise from our experts and other members. Full info below.
Back office & systems sorted
Do you want to concentrate on what you do best and let us take care of the rest? We provide full back-office support to our owner members as standard.
This includes credit checks, invoicing, credit control, payroll and invoice factoring if needed; as well as IT support via our partners Enable. And all the systems you need day to day like Talent Rover and Office 365. Easy.
Flexible working
Craving that elusive work/life balance? We hear the term “Work/life balance” a lot. But what does it actually mean? For us it means FREEDOM. Freedom to work how you want, when you want, with whom you want!!
Freedom to choose your clients, freedom to work how you want to work and most importantly freedom to work WHEN you want so that you can take your kids to school, go to the gym, walk the dog and manage your own schedule without anyone needing to know what you are doing and when. You take care of designing your life as you want it and we’ll take care of the rest.
Be part of a community
Worried that working alone might be lonely? As recruiters we tend to be very social and when we suddenly find ourselves going it alone, we can miss the camaraderie of working with others. That’s why when putting together the District4 model we focused upon giving you the tools to be a recruitment business owner in your own right BUT also be a part of a community of other District4 owners.
This allows you to share your journey and get support from others who either are going through the same things as you OR are slightly ahead of you and can share their journey of getting there. To us this is invaluable.
Expert Recruiters
District4 launch package
Get off to a flying start with The District4 Launch Package!
One of the ways in which we do this is through our District4 owner launch package. Every new District4 owner gets the launch package included as standard.
So what’s included?
- Start-up Checklist
- Business Launch Blueprint
- Support with your business plan and Launch strategy with our founder James Johnson
- Set Up To Start Up Training programme
- Terms of Business
- A LinkedIn Recruiter License for 6 months
- Talent Rover CRM
- Office365
- IT Support via our partners Enable
- Your own micro-site website
- Branded personalised collateral
- Access to recruitment personal branding expert Lyndsey Meredith’s “LinkedIn Content for Recruiters” course to launch your personal brand on LinkedIn
- 6 months of coaching to get you off to a great start from our expert coaches like Clair Mohammed and Lyndsey Meredith
- The invaluable support of your fellow District4 owner members
- Dedicated Team of Virtual Assistants
- Invoicing & Credit Control
The value of the above in getting you off to the very best start: Priceless!!
Expert Recruiters
Case study

MATT BAIRD
Social Housing Expert
As an experienced recruiter Matt had been thinking about starting his own recruitment business for a while. He was putting the work in and getting the results but didn’t feel as though he was getting what he needed back as an agency recruiter.
But it wasn’t an easy decision to make, so with this in mind he decided to try one more recruitment agency to see if it was different. It wasn’t.
Matt wanted to build something he’d be proud of and be really focused on using his experience to deliver excellent service and results to clients and candidates. He didn’t want to worry about all the business stuff. And he didn’t want to be told what to do because by this stage of his career he knew how to do recruitment better than his boss.
We were introduced and it became clear we shared common vision and values and could give him what he needed to be successful and happy. We helped Matt to launch his business in 2021.
On his start date Matt went live with full marketing support and picked up a new client in his first week. He then did two deals worth £26k in his first month using LinkedIn Recruiter for his very happy new client.
For the first deal members are paid on invoice to help with cashflow so at the end of his first month Matt had £18k (70% of £26k) in the bank.
Matt wasn’t worried about starting his own business anymore. Instead, he was excited about the future of his business and felt fully supported in his venture. If you would like to chat with Matt or any of our Founding owner members about their District4 experience, then get in touch below.
Expert recruiters
Who are you?
- You’re a consistent biller thinking about starting your own business. You’ve maybe been thinking about it for a while and now is the right time to take that final step.
- You are confident in your own ability and know you could thrive as a business owner.
- You have proven experience in your recruitment niche.
- You are values driven with an entrepreneurial drive to build something for yourself.
Let’s have a chat and see if it’s a good fit.
Brighter Future
Let’s talk next steps
Book a time that works for you for a free 30 min consultation to see if there could be something there or just to learn more.
Any Questions?
FAQs
Member success is our single biggest focus and we understand the first 6 months are the hardest. So we do everything we can to help you succeed fast:
- Support on putting business plan together
- We’ll provide a coach for the first 6 months (you chose who you connect with)
- LinkedIn Recruiter for the first 6 months (including latest LinkedIn insights product)
- Dedicated Member Success Executive
- Systems integrated and all ready to go from Day 1
- We pay 70% of first deal on invoice to help with cash.
We’re constantly getting member feedback to see what else we can do to help: a successful member is a happy member! If you’ve any ideas just let us know.
We’re sure you will, good people tend to know good people. Any member referring another member receives 2% of their billings. The more of us there are, the more powerful it becomes.
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