Huntress search makes 3rd acquisition acquiring supreme recruit

Huntress Search Limited is pleased to announce the acquisition of the specialist office recruitment company Supreme Recruit. The transaction was concluded on the 12th May 2006.

Supreme Recruit is a highly successful consultancy specialising in providing permanent and temporary office support personnel to a wide range of clients in the Sutton and Wimbledon area. Maxine Smith and Charlotte Dunkerton, the founders of Supreme Recruit are confident, that this move will result in significant benefits to their current client and applicant base through the very extensive resources available through Huntress. ìWe chose to merge with Huntress due to their innovative, service driven culture. Specifically we have a strong belief in their hybrid approach, mixing the value-added services of a traditional consultancy with a technology-led approach, which includes Web cafes in every office for candidates to utilise training and testing facilities,î comments Maxine Smith.

Huntress founding Board Directors, Julia Vassie and Jane Atherton who run the highly successful Commercial Division within the Huntress group, explain ìHuntress has been approached by various Recruitment Consultancies wishing to join the Huntress Group. However, our aim has been to only evaluate companies that meet the high recruitment standards that Huntress exemplifies, therefore we have been highly selective when considering potential companies for acquisition. Also crucial in our strategy is to strengthen and grow the Commercial Division, a proven stable market sector within the recruitment industry.î

Julia Vassie explains ìThis is the third acquisition by Huntress Search. Given the success of Huntress since its launch in November 2000, we have become an attractive vehicle to offer economies of scale to the smaller agencies who are finding it increasingly difficult to compete in challenging market conditions.î She continues, ìour fresh approach to recruitment has seen us íbreak the mouldí that traditional agencies often employ and as a result Huntressí growth has soared. Our differences lie within the tangible benefits we offer, such as high-tech recruitment software, web cafes with candidate PC and training facilities and in-depth search techniques. All of these differentiators have created an exceptional service that has seen us flourish.î comments Julia.