By the time the job is posted,
300 people have already applied.

HushHiring shows you which UK companies are about to grow their team — funding rounds, new leaders, contract wins — 4–8 weeks before the role hits LinkedIn. Reach the hiring manager while they're still deciding, not after the ATS has screened you out.

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● SIGNAL · 09:14 GMT
CONFIDENCE · 92%
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● Funding · Series B ·London ·3 hrs ago

Lattica AI raises £42M Series B

Lead: Index Ventures. Stated use of funds includes "tripling engineering and commercial headcount across London and New York within 12 months."

£42,000,000 · Index Ventures ~22 hires in 12mo (14 eng · 6 comm · 2 ops)

Roles likely to open — apply or message first

  • VP of EngineeringC-suite · 94%
  • Senior Backend EngineerSenior · 88%
  • Product Manager (Platform)Senior · 76%
source · UK business press in your 7am email
· sample signal ·

The application black hole

Applying through the job board is the slowest way in.

By the time a senior role is advertised, the hiring manager has usually already spoken to people in their network, three agencies are shortlisting, and your CV is one of 300 in an ATS queue. The decision is half-made before you even see it.

The candidates who get the interview heard about the role weeks earlier — from the funding announcement, the new VP who just started, the contract a company just won. HushHiring puts those same signals in your inbox, decoded into who is about to hire and for what.

When candidates hear about a senior role weeks
  • 0

    Trigger event

    HushHiring shows you

  • 1-2

    Manager's network

    "Anyone know a good…?"

  • 2-4

    Referrals & agencies

    Quiet shortlist forms

  • 4-8

    Job board posting

    300 applicants arrive

  • 8+

    ATS screening

    Most CVs auto-rejected

The channel problem

The same CV, delivered by a recruiter for £15,000, gets an interview. Sent directly — auto-rejected.

You apply through the job board

Your CV joins 300 others. An ATS filters on keywords nobody explained to you. No response, no feedback — just a templated rejection two weeks later. Cost to the company: £0. Perceived value: zero.

You arrive with intelligence

You message the hiring manager the week their funding round closes, referencing the exact event. You're not one of 300 — you're the one person who noticed. No ATS in the way, no recruiter fee attached. Just timing and context.

HushHiring gives you the signal that turns a cold application into a warm conversation — weeks before the role exists and the ATS queue forms.

How it works for you

From a public-domain signal to a warm first message.

No scraping, no LinkedIn stalking — just public news, decoded into your unfair head start.

  1. 01Sources

    We watch the triggers

    A curated set of UK national, regional and sector-trade business sources, scanned every six hours. Funding rounds, leadership appointments, contract wins, expansions and launches — across every sector, the events that mean a team is about to grow.

  2. 02Scoring

    We score the intent

    Each signal is weighted by how strongly it predicts hiring (a Series B outranks a seed round) and by recency, so the freshest, highest-intent companies rise to the top of your morning email.

  3. 03Filters

    You filter to your search

    Set your sectors and target cities and the digest narrows to the companies that fit the role you actually want — no noise from industries you'd never join.

  4. 04Roles

    You know which roles are coming

    Each signal maps the trigger to the senior roles it typically opens — so you can tailor your CV and pitch to the exact job before it's written.

  5. 05Timing

    You reach out first

    Use the signal as your opener: a short, specific message to the hiring manager referencing the funding or the win — weeks before the role is posted and 300 other applicants pile in.

Your 7am email

Tomorrow's roles, before anyone else sees them.

Every morning, the companies about to grow their team — decoded into the roles likely to open and how to reach the hiring manager first. This is what one looks like, built from today's live signals.

inbox · 7:00 am

HushHiring · desk@hushhiring.com

Companies about to hire — 107 fresh signals

07:00

Reach the hiring manager while they're still deciding — weeks before the role hits the job board and 300 people apply.

  • 149

    Kraken Technology Group makes waves as Europe’s newest maritime defence unicorn with €152.9 million Series B

    Funding round · london · likely role: VP Engineering / Chief Technology Officer, VP Commercial / Head of Sales

  • 125

    Fleek secures $25M to digitise secondhand fashion

    Funding round · london · likely role: VP Engineering / Head of AI, Head of Product

  • 119

    Alchemab Therapeutics extends Series A with £25m investment

    Funding round · uk · likely role: Head of Research & Development, Senior Antibody Engineer

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Live signals

Companies that just signalled they're about to hire.

Real public-domain triggers from the current scan window (14-day window · 107 accepted of 304 raw). This is a sample — subscribers get the full scored list every morning.

Live · refreshed 4m ago · 107 companies about to hire
● Funding round ● not yet posted149

Kraken Technology Group makes waves as Europe’s newest maritime defence unicorn with €152.9 million Series B

Kraken Technology Group · london · Industrials & Manufacturing · today

Roles likely to open

  • VP Engineering / Chief Technology Officer · 88%
  • VP Commercial / Head of Sales · 85%
  • Head of Operations / COO · 78%
source · public business press →
● Funding round 125

Fleek secures $25M to digitise secondhand fashion

Fleek · london · Retail & Consumer · 2d ago

Roles likely to open

  • VP Engineering / Head of AI · 85%
  • Head of Product · 78%
  • VP Operations / COO · 72%
source · public business press →
● Funding round ● not yet posted119

Alchemab Therapeutics extends Series A with £25m investment

Alchemab Therapeutics · uk · Life Sciences · yesterday

Roles likely to open

  • Head of Research & Development · 88%
  • Senior Antibody Engineer · 85%
  • Head of Clinical Operations · 82%
source · public business press →
● Contract win ● not yet posted104

Won: Dorset Learning Centre Transport

P&D Contracts (Weymouth) Ltd · uk · Industrials & Manufacturing · today
source · high-value tender award →
● Contract win ● not yet posted104

Won: RCV Vehicles — 4X26t Narrow Track

Dennis Eagle Ltd · uk · Industrials & Manufacturing · today
source · public tender award →
● Contract win ● not yet posted104

Won: Lot 4 — Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Freerun Private Services · uk · Industrials & Manufacturing · today
source · public tender award →
● Contract win ● not yet posted104

Won: SYP — Vehicle Replacement Programme — Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer Design 1.2 T…

Vauxhall Motors Limited · uk · Industrials & Manufacturing · today
source · high-value tender award →
● Contract win ● not yet posted104

Won: Dixons Academies Trust — Printing Curriculum Booklets

CDS (CORPORATE DOCUMENT SERVICES LIMITED) · uk · Professional Services · today
source · public tender award →

Pricing

One plan. The whole signal edge — for the price of two coffees a week.

If it helps you land a role even one week sooner, it has paid for itself many times over.

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FAQ

Questions job seekers ask.

I'm not a recruiter — is this really for me?

Yes. Recruiters use these signals to win briefs; job seekers use the exact same signals to apply and network before the role is advertised. The Seeker plan is the candidate-priced version of the same data.

Does it list actual job openings I can apply to?

Not exactly — and that's the point. It surfaces the events that come before a posting (funding, a new leader, a contract win) and predicts which senior roles are likely to open. You reach out early, rather than waiting for the JD and competing with hundreds.

Will it cover my field?

HushHiring is sector-agnostic — technology, finance, legal, life sciences, healthcare, construction, professional services and more. Set your sectors and the morning digest narrows to the fields you're targeting. If a niche is thin, tell us and we add sources.

Is the data legal / where does it come from?

From public and licensed UK sources — national, regional and sector-trade business press, funding databases and official public filings. No scraping of LinkedIn or paywalled content, and fully UK GDPR compliant.

Why do recruiters get interviews when direct applicants don't?

It's called channel bias — companies unconsciously treat a candidate delivered with a £15,000 invoice as more vetted and serious than one who applied for free. The fee is a proxy for perceived quality, even when the person is identical. HushHiring doesn't eliminate the bias, but it gives you something better: the timing to reach the hiring manager before recruiters are even engaged, and the context to sound like an insider, not an inbox stranger.

Can I cancel?

Anytime, in one click. There's a 7-day trial, and no annual lock-in after that — it's £29/month, month to month.

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