Hat Pin, owner of the Kendall Tarrant Worldwide and Saxton Bampfylde Hever recruitment companies, said turnover for 2006 would be up 182% on that of 2005.

It has been boosted by acquisitions. The company acquired Alexander Mann Financial Markets last year, renaming it Akamai Financial Markets.

The firm said profit will be in line with expectations. Angela Campbell-Noë, chief executive, said: "As we continue to build actively a diversified recruitment services offering of leading brands, we have delivered good growth in each  of our three businesses and the year  has begun with strong order  books across the Group."

For the first half of the year, the firm reported pre-tax profit of £560,000 on sales of £6.2m.