Acorn picks up Draig Personnel
Recruitment and training company Acorn Group has acquired Draig Personnel. Newport-based Acorn, which recently reported turnover of £93.5m for 2010, said it was on the lookout for further takeover opportunities across the UK.
Founded by husband and wife Ross and Claire Porter in 1999, recruitment agency Draig Personnel has a candidate base of more than 16,000 and a turnover of more than £3m.
Draig managing director Ross Porter will remain with the company. He said joining Acorn stable will bring benefits to his existing client companies and jobseekers.
"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," said Porter.
Matt Southall, group managing director of Acorn, added: "Draig Personnel and Ross Porter have long been recognised by the industry as the leading recruitment experts in the South Wales Valleys."
