Aquent buys Recruit Media
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- Apr 30, 2007
The deal follows Aquent’s purchase of recruitment consultancy pricejamieson last week.
Stefan Ciecierski, Aquent's Managing Director Europe, said: “This will help us deepen our market penetration and take us into some new business areas. Recruit Media will do this by complementing what we currently do and bringing us new clients and business sectors. They have superb attention to service detail and client satisfaction together with a proven saturation of their niche industry sectors, it's a perfect fit within our planned development.”
Through Recruit Media, Aquent said it is now able to establish a larger role in within the central and local government, public sector, education and charities sectors where up to recently it had only a minor presence.
Aquent's database of prospective candidates the UK's largest, is now in excess of 175,000.
With over 110 staff in London, and expectations to double in the near future, Aquent is the only marketing, communications and creative solutions business giving a `one-stop-shop' service to clients.
Melissa Coxon, Managing Director of Recruit Media, said: “As individuals we are very driven, and that comes through in the way we have built and structured our business. This acquisition is good for us. Aquent has a future full of opportunity. It has given us the incentive to set out goals higher and become more driven and focused towards success and growth than ever before.”
Both Melissa Coxon and Melanie Bennett will remain in their roles as Managing Directors of Recruit Media.
Recruit Media's knowledge of the editorial, digital, print and production sectors within central and local government, public sector, education and charities will now be supported by Aquent's global network of 70 offices in 17 countries.
This will enable Recruit Media to provide a far wider client base with the high calibre of candidate and specialist knowledge service that has made it such a success.
Recruit Media will continue to trade and expand under its current name and remain in its central London location.