£350/month. No Commission. No Hidden Fees. Here’s Why.

BenchBee operates on a simple principle: £350 per month gets you unlimited access to the entire network. No commission. No placement fees. No percentage cuts on your contracts.

This isn’t about being cheaper. It’s about being smarter.

The Numbers That Matter

Here’s what traditional recruitment costs your consultancy:

Take a standard contractor placement at £1,250 per day. Over 210 working days, that’s £262,500 in billing. A recruitment agency taking their typical 15-20% walks away with up to £52,500. From one placement.

With BenchBee, you’d invest £4,200 annually. For unlimited placements.

But the real cost isn’t just the fees. It’s the inefficiency. Our founder witnessed this firsthand at L’Oréal Paris – contractors earning £450 daily whilst the end client paid £1,250. The difference? Multiple recruitment agencies taking their cut at each level. The middlemen earned more than the consultant.

That’s not a supply chain. That’s value extraction.

How The Network Works

BenchBee connects IT consultancies directly. No intermediaries.

You post available consultants. You list resource requirements. You connect with verified consultancies facing complementary challenges. You negotiate terms directly.

BenchBee provides the infrastructure,  the matching, the messaging, the visibility. You handle the business.

This works because every member has skin in the game. The £350 monthly investment ensures participation from serious consultancies only. It’s high enough to maintain quality, low enough that any legitimate consultancy can justify it.

Why Flat-Rate Makes Sense

Everyone pays £350 monthly. Whether you’re a 10-person boutique consultancy or one of the Big Four.

No enterprise pricing tiers. No volume discounts. No special deals.

This creates something valuable: a level playing field. Small consultancies access the same talent pool as major firms. Large consultancies benefit from the agility and specialisation of smaller players. The platform doesn’t discriminate; it matches capabilities to requirements.

The subscription model aligns incentives correctly. We succeed when the platform delivers consistent value. Not when we extract maximum commission from individual deals.

What You’re Buying Into

Access to a vetted network of legitimate IT consultancies. Not recruitment agencies harvesting CVs. Not freelancers masquerading as companies. Real consultancies with real consultants working on real projects.

The ability to:

• Monetise bench time instead of carrying idle costs
• Find specialist skills without lengthy procurement processes
• Build strategic partnerships with complementary consultancies
• Reduce dependency on expensive intermediaries

Quality control comes built in. Companies are vetted during registration. Consultant listings auto-expire after 21 days to maintain relevance. Everything that is presented on the platform is an active opportunity.

The Strategic Advantage

Resource optimisation is the difference between profitable and struggling consultancies.

Every day a consultant sits on the bench costs you money. Every project you decline because you lack specific skills costs you growth. Every recruitment agency fee reduces your margins.

BenchBee addresses all three. Idle consultants find immediate opportunities. Skill gaps get filled through the network. Direct contracting preserves your margins.

For £350 monthly, you’re not buying software. You’re buying efficiency.

Joining The Community

The consultancies already using BenchBee understand something fundamental: the traditional recruitment model is broken.

They’ve done the maths. They’ve compared the costs. They’ve recognised that paying percentage-based fees for introductions in 2025 makes as much sense as sending contracts by fax.

The community works because it’s built by consultants, for consultants. We’ve sat on benches. We’ve scrambled for specialists. We’ve watched margins evaporate through agency fees.

There’s a better way. It costs £350 per month.

Ready to see how it works? Book a 30-minute demo and we’ll show you the platform, the network, and exactly how other consultancies are already saving thousands.