About Us

Established, honest and reliable; Acorn is one of the UK's leading recruitment companies and is frequently recognised for providing award-winning recruitment solutions.

With a network of branches and specialist divisions based throughout the UK, we provide local and national permanent, temporary and contract recruitment support. We also offer a confidential Executive Search service for employers looking for senior professionals or board members, and International Recruitment support for businesses all over the world.

Acorn in numbers

We place over 6,000 people into temporary jobs every week and 1,700 people into permanent roles every year
98% of our clients say we understand the industries they work in, and will use Acorn again
96% of our candidates are happy with the time it takes Acorn to find them suitable work, and the quality of the jobs we can offer

Best Marketing Team

Acorn's Marketing Division was named the Best Marketing Team within the whole of the UK's recruitment industry at the Recruiter Awards.

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).

Director of the Year - IOD Wales

A number of our Directors have won various IOD Wales Director of the Year Awards for their contributions to the recruitment industry.

Acorn is without a doubt the best employment agency I work with. They have the right attitude and understand our company needs.

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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.

Synergie

Global recruiter Synergie became Acorn's parent company in 2006. They are a €2.1bn business, making them the 5th largest recruiter in Europe, 15th Globally and one of the foremost worldwide. Synergie is an established, leading recruiter across Europe, Canada and Australia. With some 750 branches in 17 different countries, Synergie places 70,000 agency workers on a daily basis. Synergie's investment has helped to drive Acorn's expansion across the UK and beyond.

Acorn Global

Operating from the UK, Acorn Global Recruitment provides specialist recruitment services and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) for companies looking for skilled professionals to work around the globe. We are well positioned to assist companies on an individual assignment basis through to delivering complex recruitment process outsourcing operations. Our knowledge and expertise, coupled with our use of technological innovations in candidate capture, assessment and selection ensures we provide a premier service to a host of international businesses.

Synaco

Synaco was established in Australia in 2012 in response to the increasing demand for international recruitment for various mining companies. Following the success of this venture, the company identified an opportunity for local recruitment services. As a result Synaco has grown into three States and Territories. Synaco Global Recruitment now has an active presence in Perth, Northern Territory and Adelaide. Synaco works with a wide number of industries, filling both blue and white collar roles, with Australian recruits whilst continuing to work closely with businesses in a bid to recruit overseas staff.