Recruitment and training firm Acorn Group has acquired independent recruiter Draig Personnel.

Draig Personnel was founded by husband and wife team Ross and Claire Porter at the end of 1999 in Caerphilly, South Wales, growing to a candidate base of more than 16,000 and a turnover in excess of £3m.

Draig Personnel managing director, Ross Porter, who will remain with the company, says: “Our link-up with the Acorn Group will offer our 16,000-strong candidate base a far greater range of opportunities to find work, and our clients will enjoy even more support than before.”