{"id":463,"date":"2012-10-03T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T10:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=463"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:13:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:13:20","slug":"lee-biggins-and-brian-wakem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/lee-biggins-and-brian-wakem\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Biggins and Brian Wakem: CV-Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Lee Biggins (right)&nbsp;and Brian Wakem, <\/b>34 and 32 <br><b>Company:<\/b> CV-Library <br><b>Web:&nbsp;<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cv-library.co.uk\">www.cv-library.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With over five million CVs in CV-Library&rsquo;s database &ndash; 140,000 of which were registered in January alone &ndash; it&rsquo;s arguably no wonder clients such as G4S, Asda, TK Maxx, plus recruitment agencies are using the jobs board to fill vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>The Hampshire-based firm, founded in 2000, employs 55 staff, turned over &pound;4.7m last year, and is projecting to grow that to &pound;6.7m this year. 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