Where it all startedOur History makes us different; we were founded in 1961 through the desire to fulfil a need in the industry. When David Steele & Norman Dixon, both Retail Motor Industry Executives, launched Steele Dixon as “The Motor Trade Employment People”, a radical and unique concept at the time, Steele-Dixon became the first agency to specialise in automotive recruitment.Steele-Dixon placed their first candidate in Africa in 1968 and in 1973 their first in the Middle East. Overseas recruitment now makes up 50% of Steele-Dixons business.Steele-Dixon Associates was launched in 1985 to handle Confidential Senior, Executive and Head Hunting assignments. During the recession of the early 90’s there was a need for managers on short term contracts to help clients through the difficult times, thus Steele Dixon Interim Management was launched. Steele-Dixon Accounting was established in 1995 to work exclusively in the financial sector.Many of the industry's leading recruiters trained or worked with Steele-Dixon, and our agency has been at the forefront of developing best practice for recruitment in the automotive sector.Martin Steele joined his Father in 1970 and remained as MD until 2012 when his son Ed took over. Martin is still very much involved and will continue to be so, as one of the company’s greatest assets.The identical need that begun Steele-Dixon, is still in place today, the market has changed and technology has influenced every aspect of the process however, the core of recruitment remains the same. Our clients need the best candidates and our candidates need the best jobs. Our aim has always been to create long term partnerships and to add real value to the recruitment process, through our commitment and expert knowledge.