The recruitment business London Staff Bureau (LSB) has been acquired by Berry Recruitment Group (BRG) for an undisclosed fee. Staff at the long-standing company, including manager Iroda Babadjanova, have joined BRG’s Wild Berry Associates brand, which is based in the West End. The acquisition will add around £1m to BRG’s turnover and is the...

Berry Recruitment in Northampton has promoted Regine Coulter to run its new catering and hospitality division. Manager Rachel Murphy saw an opportunity to develop the branch that already recruits workers for the office and industrial sectors. The new department will source staff for all kitchen and front of house roles including chefs, waiters, kitchen...

More professional drivers will be on the road in the run-up to Christmas than ever before, according to a Poole-based recruitment agency. Wild Recruitment has said that all classes of driver are in demand as people purchase more goods online. Kate Foley, who manages the branch, said that this year the rush had begun...

One of the county’s leading recruiters is urging youngsters to consider a career in engineering because companies are crying out for them. Michelle Stewart, managing director of Wild Recruitment in Portsmouth, said that last year’s opening of the University Technical College in the city is an important step. And she wants more people to...

Fast-growing London recruitment agency Wild Berry Associates has appointed Genevieve Seal as its new operations manager. The business is part of the national Berry Recruitment Group (BRG) and is based in London’s West End on Tottenham Court Road. Genevieve has 15 years’ experience in the industry and moved from a senior role with a...

A recruitment agency in Brentwood has opened a new office to cope with its growth and demand for its services. Berry Recruitment launched locally four years ago and has expanded to a team of six because of the jobs boom. Initially it was a specialist agency for providing drivers, but as clients wanted extra...

Berry Recruitment has rebranded its Express Rail Services branch after it expanded into other sectors. The national recruiter has also installed Ben Moss as manager of the London operation based at King’s Cross, which now trades as ‘Berry Recruitment’. Previously the team there just recruited for the rail sector, but demand from clients led...

The Southampton business CPN Construction Services has been acquired by Berry Recruitment Group (BRG) for an undisclosed fee. The new owner operates from nearly 40 locations across the country and already has a successful Berry Recruitment branch in the port city. CPN Construction Services has been trading for 16 years, providing workers in the...

Berry Recruitment has appointed Kathy Rusher as the operations manager of its growing branch in Oxford. The experienced recruiter heads a team of five with other consultants due to be added. Kathy has spent the last eight years in recruitment and five as a divisional manager in a south Oxfordshire company so brings local...

Berry Recruitment has appointed Soraya Simms as the operations manager of its growing branch in Birmingham. The experienced recruiter heads a team of four with two other consultants expected to join the team in the coming months. Soraya has seven years’ experience in the recruitment business and says that wages are rising due to...