Recruiter and training company Acorn has won contracts worth more than £7.4m during the past three months.

The deals include being preferred supplier of nursing staff to Primary Care Trusts in Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Weston-super-Mare and a three-year deal worth £3.5m to provide temporary staff to Teignbridge District, South Hams District and West Devon Borough councils, all in Devon.

Acorn Group’s subsidiary business, Barnstaple-based Concept Staffing, will be the preferred workforce supplier to all three local authorities.

The company will also be involved in supplying specialist nursing staff for the acute care units in the same region as part of a contract that is worth around £850,000 a year for the next three years.

Stephen Newman, bids manager at Acorn, says: “Notwithstanding the current difficulties for the UK’s recruitment industry, Acorn is doing pretty well in not only continuing to appeal to new clients, but also in retaining contracts.

“As a company we are committed to looking after all our clients, a policy that is reaping great dividends in ensuring we have successfully retained nine out of every 10 contracts from last year.”