Background Checks Birmingham
Professional background and employment checks in Birmingham, Manchester & throughout the UK to decrease risks to you, your family and your business.
Why take chances when it comes to the most important things in your life?
Dedicated | Diligent | Discreet
Employment & Background Checks UK
Criminal Record Checks
Establish whether your person of interest has a criminal past.
New Employees
Confirm that the individual being interviewed is being truthful about what they are telling you, that their CV is accurate and that they do not have a criminal record.
Contractors or Sub Hires
Perform due diligence on a business in case it flags anything that they should have declared but did not, such as bankruptcy or a criminal record.
Potential Customers
Find out if a customer has a history of bad professional relationships.
New Romantic Partners
Protect yourself against predators, scammers or catfishes.
New Children's Nanny
Who are you leaving your children with?
Prove Your Own Backstory
Prove that what you are telling a prospective employer or client is true. There is no end to the situations where a competitor has bad-mouthed and lied about individuals and companies just to win a job or gain new business.
If this has happened to you, then a background check or employee surveillance check in Birmingham. would be a solid and effective way to prove yourself.
Diligent: Checking New Employees History
Hiring new employees is always a long and involved process. Collating and evaluating CVs followed by more than one interview for dozens of potential employees. Certificates are checked, references are contacted and then the candidate is interviewed and they are often run through competency tests.
Given how detailed and lengthy this process is, most hiring managers expect it to be robust.
Consider how many bad hires you have seen in the past? If hiring were flawless then there would not be any.
What if there are undeclared criminal convictions or does the person lack professional competency?
The Cost Of A Bad Hire
Wages normally make up the largest proportional cost to any business so any mistakes are amplified due to how much money it will cost you.
- Statistically it can take up 70% more of your time taking care of an unfit employee with extra training and passing of work to others.
- Hiring correctly the first time will reduce the potential cost of hiring a new person later down the line.
- Employees can cost you clients, potential business and cause loss of reputation with a bad attitude or low competence.
- A bad employee will bring your team morale down and reflect badly on you as a hiring manager.
Many modern businesses consider background checks to be essential due diligence for their staff and contractors.
Diligent:
Checking A Company's History
An Anderson & Co Business Background Check will look into:
- Ownership
- Registered Business Address
- Shareholdings
- Business Associations
- Company Structure
- Court Searches for Legal Actions
- Credit Data, Insolvencies, CCJs or Bankruptcy
It is possible to check a company's history for evidence of fraud, bankruptcy, criminal activity, legal action or simply even complaints. A background check will also show any professional associations which are engaged in negative activity.
The potential loss, liability or damage to your professional reputation is significantly greater when working with other companies. To put it simply the costs are higher so the risks are higher.
An incompetent or criminal partner company or sub-contractor will cause you to lose clients in the short term and lasting damage to your professional reputation in the long term.
Diligent: Checking A Romantic Partner's History (Catfishing or Predators)
Our Birmingham background checks can be performed on new romantic partners to confirm that they are who they claim to be and there is no risk for you to meet them. You can potentially be very vulnerable when meeting someone new.
Scammers and predators will prey upon people's loneliness and trusting nature. They know exactly how to appear honest and how to fake online evidence that looks real. A practiced liar can dupe even the most cynical person.
On the other hand your new potential partner could be the love of your life. Any doubt or paranoia you have has the potential to ruin the relationship before it even starts.
A simple background check will allay any suspicions you have and give you peace of mind that the person you are speaking to online is real or whether there are any reasons to consider meeting them to be unsafe.
What is Catfishing?
Catfishing is the name given to where a scammer assumes a false dating profile identity and convinces their targets they are a real person whilst communicating online. Fake photos and social media profiles are used to give the lie some legitimacy.
In the case of online dating profiles it is estimated that 60% are either inactive or faked. Inactive profiles can give fraudsters an opportunity to approach you online under the guise of someone else.
They could be trying to obtain sensitive information or even persuade you to give them money and they can be very convincing. They will often claim to work abroad, in the military or be a doctor, build a relationship and then ask for money to "help" solve some issue they have been having.
It may simply be that the person is real but lying on their profile about profession, education or even age.
Diligent: Checking Children's Nanny History
It is critical to confirm the identity of anyone that you would leave your children alone with. Would finding an undisclosed criminal conviction change your mind?
Would feeling that your children are safe allow you to relax and enjoy a night out more?
A check like this would give you more peace of mind that your children are being left in safe hands.
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Discreet: Background checks will not leave any markers or evidence of searches.
Anderson & Co staff are experienced and will remain discreet and professional throughout every stage. We understand the situation our clients would be in if our investigations should be discovered.
We are fully GDPR compliant, members of the ICO as well as the Private Investigators network and WAPI. All material produced will remain 100% confidential at all times.