CK Group History
CK Group has grown steadily over the past 30 years successfully working with clinical, life sciences and many related technology organisations to source the best staff and deliver innovation staffing solutions.

1991
CK Associates opened the first CK office in Sheffield focusing on the chemical industry.
First Placements
First placements were with Borden Inc (now Hexion) in Southampton and AH Marks (now Nufarm) in Bradford.

1993
Became members of FRES now the REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation)

1995
Became fully computerised using TROYSoft CRM systems

1996
Started working with Glaxo (GSK)

1998
The North East office opened in Durham

2000
The South East office opened in Stevenage.

2001
Started working with Pfizer

2002
Awarded Investors in People

2004
CK Clinical brand launched

2005
CK’s first outsourcing project is launched with Eisai

2006
First European placement

2008
CK Science brand launched. CK associates branding moves to CK Science
2012
Awarded ISO 9001

2012
CK work with GSK to launch the Salford Lung Study – the world’s first real world evidence study. A 5 year MSP study

2014
CK Engineers is launched, to specialise in the recruitment of engineers in industry

2015
Our first ‘Best of the Best’ Supplier Excellence Award from Agile One

2016
Joined INRALS – International Network of Recruitment Agencies in Life Sciences

2017
10,000th candidate placed in a role by CK

2017
CK QLS Swiss joint venture launched with offices in Zug, Switzerland

2020
CK dig deep to assist the Covid-19 effort, by resourcing scientific staff for testing kit manufacture

2020
US recruitment team launched to specialise on biotechnology recruitment in Boston

2021
CK support the NHS to launch the world’s largest trial of the pioneering early-detection Galleri cancer test

2022
All of our UK brands merged to form CK Group and join the Talentmark Group