Anthony Berry (22 October 1940 – 26 August 2022) was a British businessman who was the founder of Blue Arrow recruitment agency.

Life and career

Brought up in

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and educated at The Latymer School in Edmonton, Berry played

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for ''Middlesex Young Amateurs'' and became an apprentice football professional for

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.Profile: A voice from the wilderness: Tony Berry
The Independent, 16 October 1994 Berry qualified as management accountant with

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before joining the management team of an office cleaning company where he worked throughout the 1970s. In 1981 he bought a controlling stake in Blue Arrow, a small recruitment business in

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, which he built into the

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's largest recruitment agency and a constituent of the

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. Berry was forced to retire in 1989. He subsequently became Deputy Chairman of

. Berry latterly served as the chairman of Berry Recruitment Group, which was established in 2009. He died on 26 August 2022, at the age of 81.

References

1940 births 2022 deaths Businesspeople from the London Borough of Haringey People educated at The Latymer School People from Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur F.C. directors and chairmen English football chairmen and investors {{UK-business-bio-1940s-stub