Exxell plays key role in second successive Group record year for revenue
Leading specialist rail and engineering recruitment company, Exxell, has played a key role in a second successive record increase in annual turnover announced by parent company the Acorn Group.
Exxell, with locations in the centre of London and the South East of England, helped boost Acorn earnings for last year to a record £94m, with the group placing 5,000 people into the workplace every day and delivering training and development for another 1,000 each month.
Exxell has seen a steady growth in demand for temporary staff across a range of sectors, including engineering, rail, facilities management and construction.
But the business is also witnessing a rise in demand for permanent staff from businesses that cut back at the height of recession and are now finding the confidence to rebuild their workforce numbers.
This has resulted in increased business activity for Exxell, along with the rest of the Acorn Group, which has 35 locations across the UK and also includes leading South West recruitment specialist Concept Staffing.
Exxell Director Nigel Rees said: “We are delighted that Exxell is continuing to make a significant and growing contribution to the ongoing achievements of the Acorn Group.
“It has proved to be a second successive record-breaking 12 months in what has been an extremely challenging year and is the result of the tremendous hard work, commitment and care we at Exxell give to all our customers and partners.
“While we look to build on this success and develop our ambitions for 2012 still further, we will need to remain as agile and resourceful as we can to ensure we continue to support our clients as flexibly and competitively as possible.”
Exxell and Acorn are part of global recruiter Synergie Group, which has also reported record levels of revenue, returning sales for 2011 of €1.44 billion – an increase of 16.9 per cent.
Daniel Augereau, Chairman and Managing Director of Synegie, said: “In 2011 we exceeded our growth targets and strengthened our position as the 6th largest European recruiter.
“In view of the performances of all our business units such as Exxell in the South-East of England, Synergie expects to see a new increase of its operational profitability and of its self-financing capacity, which will allow us to consider new acquisitions in 2012.”