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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.
Public sector recruiter Capita Group has acquired Right Document Solutions for a consideration of £30m on a cash-free, debt free basis, plus a deferred consideration of up to £10m.
The firm says the acquisition provides a good strategic fit with a number of Capita’s professional services businesses by building upon existing design, bulk print and document management capabilities.
I am writing in response to the online Personal Development article by Lindsey Symes from Capita (’Handling damaged goods: how to deal with candidates let down by previous employers’, recruiter.co.uk, Personal Development, April).
British firms ended the financial year stronger than they began it, according to the latest Business Insolvency Index from global information services company Experian.
Restructuring, recovery and insolvency specialist FRP Advisory has advised on the sale of a group of recruitment businesses, comprising two limited liability partnerships and four firms.
Hiring new personnel within specific skillsets is the best method of succeeding as the world’s use of energy changes, according to new research from executive search firm Maxwell Drummond.
IT recruiter Burns Sheehan has appointed Fleur Holland-Haque as head of business operations.
Holland-Haque joins Burns Sheehan from Symantec, where she was EMEA PMO manager.
Holland-Haque will focus on optimising all operational efficiency & compliance aspects of the business.
While understanding and endorsing many of the interpretations and suppositions presented by Kevin Barrow (’Recruiters warned about persuading temps to become PSC contractors’, 5 May), there is a danger of agencies running their businesses narrowly determined by unsubstantiated future constraints rather than openly benefiting from what the law allows.
CPH, an in-sourced direct recruitment solutions provider, has added three experienced recruiters to its team.
Graham Major and Michael James, both IT recruiters with track records, have joined London-based onsite account teams.
Joining the TalkTalk business account team in the North-West is Sarah Gascoigne, an experienced finance & accounting recruiter.