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Company type | Private |
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Founded | 2005 |
Founder | Andrew Skipwith |
Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Key people | Chris Havemann (CEO) Tariq Dag Khan (Chief Marketing Officer) Darren Quigg (Chief Financial Officer) |
Services | Tradesmen |
Number of employees | Approx. 40 |
Website | www.ratedpeople.com |
Rated People is a privately owned online trade recommendation service, headquartered in Buckingham Gate, London. Rated People was founded in 2005 by Andrew Skipwith to rival traditional tradesmen directory services[1].
Rated People works with a group of celebrity brand ambassadors that include Fiona Fullerton[2], Phil Spencer [3], Toby Buckland [4], and Abigail Ahern[5].
Rated People was founded in 2005 by Andrew Skipwith. Leadership of the company was taken over by Chris Havemann, formerly of e-Rewards Inc, in November 2012[6].
In 2011, Rated People announced that it had secured investment from Frog Capital to further support the company’s growth [7].
In 2012, Rated People launched an iPhone and Android app to allow people to search for a tradesman through their mobile phone.[8]
In 2013, Rated People announced a collaboration with iZettle[9] to allow its tradesmen to take mobile payments for work[10].
In March 2013, Rated People announced the launch of RatedApprenticeships.com; its website to help connect tradesmen to young people searching for an apprenticeship[11].