Deal Advisory

Contact Recruitment

Cowgills advised Contact Industrial Recruitment Ltd, a leading multi discipline recruitment agency on its sale to Kingdom Services Group Ltd.

About Contact Recruitment

Contact Industrial Recruitment Limited is a well-respected provider of temporary and permanent staffing solutions, operating across five core sectors:

  • Waste & Recycling
  • Logistics
  • Managed Services
  • Food Processing
  • Manufacturing

Contact operates from two offices located in Manchester and Wakefield, providing services to businesses primarily operating in the North of England.

 

About the deal

Having established Contact Recruitment as one of the leading staffing solutions partner, Michael McIntyre appointed Cowgills to identify a suitable trade buyer to support its long term future and to facilitate his retirement.

Cowgills marketed the business to an agreed shortlist of identified parties and successfully secured a trade sale to Kingdom Services Group, a privately owned specialist in security solutions and facilities management. Kingdom has grown strongly through a combination of organic and acquisitive growth with turnover levels in excess of £100m. The senior management team at Contact Recruitment are confident their financial resources will enable the business to maximise its growth potential.

 

Sector

Recruitment

 

Testimonial 

Michael McIntyre, owner and CEO of Contact Recruitment said: “Joining the Kingdom family will open many new opportunities and will allow my team and I to offer our customers the full range of services Kingdom offer. The Kingdom leadership team and I share the same aspirations and I’m excited about being a key part in the journey which is bring created through this acquisition. I also wish to express my gratitude to the Cowgills Corporate Finance team for their knowledge and dedication in leading the transaction.”

Speech Bubble

Come and See us

We would be delighted
to hear from you.