The market is shifting, the sun is out, and Giig has officially had its best week ever.

In this episode, we are cutting through the typical industry doom and gloom to share some massive updates on the Giig platform. We break down our new integration strategy, the reality of speaking on tech panels, and why you need to stop getting distracted by shiny new AI tools and start fixing your actual bottlenecks.

(We also spend a concerning amount of time aggressively reviewing the Paranormal Activity stage play and debating our survival tactics in the Cars universe).

In this episode, we cover:

• 📈 The Best Week Ever: Why we are ignoring the negative timeline, staying optimistic, and how the recent surge in sign-ups points to a positive shift in the recruitment market.

• 🎤 Getting "Overflashed": The reality of representing Giig on a recruitment tech panel, getting introduced to the room as a "terrible salesman," and the simple truth about automating your review process.

• 🤝 Major Giig Integrations: We announce our upcoming integration with Shazamme for recruitment websites, a massive new job board aggregator tool, and explain why we are officially retiring our own website builder to focus purely on making the CRM world-class.

• 🍿 Lee’s Lunchbox: The ultimate movie survival question. If you had to survive in one cinematic universe for a year, are you picking life as a moped in Cars, mining with the Dwarves in Lord of the Rings, or drinking butternut squash beer at Hogwarts?

This episode is a shocker... (Literally).... Thanks to Stewart's very kind gift that 1000 volts through you... Apart from getting a physical shock, one of the most mind blowing facts from todays conversation is that Stewart is the proud owner of 700 Star Wars figures! (Mental Right)In this episode, we sit down with Stuart Roberts, the founder of MAYACHI Advisory and a 25-year veteran of recruitment finance. Stewart is the ultimate "Fractional CFO" for scaling agencies, that need a steady hand on the numbers. Alongside all of the usual waffle there's some serious value adding stuff in here as Stewart explains exactly why relying on a standard accountant or automated software to manage your books could be costing you tens of thousands of pounds in tax every single year.We dive deep into the real "survival math" of running a desk, discussing exactly what it takes to build an agency you can actually sell, why you should probably sack yourself based on your current KPI output, and the brutal reality of the post-exit identity crisis.But it’s not all spreadsheets and P&Ls. We also discover that Stuart owns over 700 Star Wars action figures, regularly wakes up at the end of the train line in Cambridge after networking.In this episode, we cover:The £22k Mistake: How Stuart saved an agency £22,000 in corporation tax simply by adjusting how they accounted for future commission payouts.The 65% Client Churn: The simple (but terrifying) retention exercise you need to run on your client list right now to see if your business is actually growing or just treading water.Building to Sell: Why perm-only agencies are almost impossible to sell, and the exact steps you need to take to build a replicable, process-driven business that buyers actually want.The Post-Exit Crash: Stewart opens up about the severe mental health toll and identity crisis that hit him after he successfully sold his 120-agency back-office business.The Offshore Advantage: Why more and more UK agencies are outsourcing their resourcing to South Africa and the Philippines, and how to actually make it work.Lee’s Lunchbox: Stewart answers a tough question about when to double down, diversify, or pivot entirely when the recruitment market tightens.If you want to know how to structure your business for an exit, optimise your taxes, and avoid falling asleep standing up in a kebab shop, this is the one for you!

What happens when you mix recruitment updates, middle aged medical exams, and the invention of a new Winter Olympic sport?

You get this weeks episode of Giig It A Rest,

This week, it's back to the two of us, sitting down to catch up on everything from the realities of tracking your numbers in the new Giig reporting module, to the absolute chaos of accidentally launching yourself off the side of a ski slope in a whiteout.

Andy explains why he has started shamelessly stealing my old LinkedIn posts (and why it’s actually working), while I gets brutally honest about my "marginal decline".

Plus, we open "Lee’s Lunchbox" to answer a crucial question: If you could invent a new Winter Olympic sport, what would it be?

In this episode, we cover:

• 📱 The "Disconnect" of Social Media: Why Andy is scheduling Luke's old posts, and the psychology behind the fear of putting yourself out there.

• 🏥 The Reality of "Marginal Decline": Luke's hilarious (and slightly grim) journey through the NHS, involving samples, blood tests, and why you shouldn't ignore your health just to "crack on."

• 📈 The Giig Reports Launch: Behind the scenes of pushing the new Reporting Dashboard live, scaling the database for 600,000+ candidates, and why tracking your pipeline is the most important thing you can do for your desk.

• ⛷️ "Squint Racing": The boys reveal their self-invented Winter Olympic sport, the tactical advantage of the slipstream, and the time Luke accidentally led a family of four off a cliff.

• 🥚 The Great "Creme Egg" Debate: A very serious discussion on the spelling and pronunciation of Easter’s greatest chocolate.

Whether you are here for the software updates, the outbound networking advice, or just to hear two blokes talk about clinging-filming a dinghy, this one has it all.