About us

At Acorn by Synergie, we believe that there’s more to recruitment than just filling vacancies.

We're listed in the top 1% of all leading UK recruiters. We develop careers, we grow businesses, we fulfil ambitions and we change lives.

Through our network of more than 40 branches across the UK and our specialist division offering, we work with hundreds of UK and international businesses to make sure we can offer you the best job opportunities available.

Award-winning recruitment, giving you peace of mind.

We're committed to meeting and exceeding professional standards through our services, processes, and people. That's why we're dedicated to achieving highly reputable industry recognition - proving that the quality of our recruitment solutions is at the highest level.

In 2017 our Group Commercial Director Scott Liddle was awarded the Institute of Directors (IoD) Wales Director of the Year Award in the Medium/Large Business category - after also picking up Leader in the Private Sector at the 2016 Leading Wales Awards
Kristy Moore, our Chippenham branch manager and permanent recruitment consultant scored a double win at the 2017 National IRP Recruitment Awards, taking home Permanent Recruiter of the Year and the overall winning Recruiter of the Year, thanks to her dedication to both her clients and candidates
Our back-office support is second to none too - and in May 2018 our Marketing team was named Best Marketing Team within the entire recruitment industry at the prestigious Recruiter Awards
In the same week, our Group Marketing & Communications Director Dan Langford had a surprise in store whilst attending the 2018 IoD Wales Awards - where he was awarded the handpicked Director's Award for his work founding Wales Week in London, promoting Welsh businesses and professionals within the city

Working for you

We place over 6,000 people into temporary roles every week, and help around 1,700 people find a permanent role every year.

Our 40+ branches and onsite support offices - as well as a number specialist divisions - are full of experienced consultants who can help you find your next role.

96% of our candidates are satisfied with the time it takes us to find them suitable work, and 94% are happy with the quality of jobs we can offer.

A recruitment partner you can trust

The quality of the recruitment solutions we provide is essential, and that's why we're dedicated to achieving highly reputable industry accreditations and awards to acknowledge and represent the professional standards we meet and exceed through our services, internal processes and people.

We're responsible recruiters — registered as a full member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), we're also a SEDEX registered ethical business, meaning that we're fully compliant with the ETI Base Code. Acorn is also fully registered with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), which works to protect vulnerable and exploited workers, regulating businesses which supply workers for the fresh produce and horticulture industry.

Recruiter of the Year

In December 2018, Acorn’s top Recruiter was crowned UK best for the second year running. Kristy Potter picked up an unprecedented second pair of awards at the prestigious Institute of Recruitment Professionals (IRP).

ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015

Acorn has been awarded internationally-recognised quality management framework certification standard ISO 9001:2015, showcasing our commitment to implementing best practice quality systems and processes.

Stronger together

Acorn is a partner of the Stronger Together initiative, aimed at reducing modern slavery by providing guidances, training and a network to employers, labour providers, workers and their representatives.

Acorn represents all the good things; they are communicative, absolutely fair minded and represent the ideal recruiter.

Administrator Newton Abbot

More about the Acorn Group

The Acorn Group consists of Acorn, Acorn Global Recruitment and Synaco, and we're also part of the international leading recruitment group Synergie. As a result we can help you find the best career opportunities locally, nationally or internationally.

Synergie

Global recruiter Synergie is a €2.1bn business - making it the fifth largest recruiter in Europe, 15th globally and one of the foremost worldwide. An established, leading recruiter across Europe, Canada and Australia, Synergie has some 600 branches in 15 different countries; placing 55,000 agency workers each week and serving over 95,000 different clients.

Acorn Global

Acorn Global has developed an enviable reputation for delivering a truly excellent, global recruitment service. We’re the preferred choice for businesses all over the world, offering dynamic candidate acquisition methodologies; over 43 years experience; 600+ offices nationwide; UK based headquarters; multi-lingual staff and expert knowledge of specialist sectors - making them an excellent choice for your recruitment needs.

Synaco

Synaco was established in Australia in 2012 in response to the increasing demand for international mining recruitment. After identifying a need for local recruitment services, today Synaco has three locations across Australia, with an active presence in Perth, Northern Territory and Adelaide. Synaco works closely with various industries to identify blue and white collar roles whilst overseeing the recruitment of overseas staff.

Acorn has been a leading recruitment provider since 1992.

Since opening our very first branch in Newport town centre, we have grown to over 40 branches across the UK, Dublin and Australia. Take a look back at our company history here.

Our senior management team are leaders – with the qualifications, years of experience and fellowships to prove it.

Take a look at our senior team here.