Meraki Capital has completed the acquisition of six former Hays plc territory businesses in a landmark single transaction, significantly strengthening its international recruitment footprint and marking one of the most substantial deals in the company’s growth journey to date. The acquisition brings together established specialist recruitment operations across Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Romania, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic, adding deep regional expertise, experienced lea

The recruitment-focused investment house has safeguarded more than 80 permanent jobs across these deals and maintained over 2,000 workers in their roles. Five of the six newly acquired businesses are being integrated under the Magnus brand - now with access to a £9 million facility - as Meraki Capital continues to scale its national blue-collar recruitment platform through a series of targeted acquisitions. The latest addition to the group is Tees Valley-based Rite People, a

Meraki Capital has acquired Chester-based TBC Recruitment for an undisclosed fee, marking its fifth acquisition of the year in under three months. TBC, trading as CSP and Vital People, will become part of the Magnus Search brand - the recruitment company acquired by Nick Gordon’s Meraki Capital last year. Magnus is being developed through a series of strategic acquisitions and is led by MD Bradley Wood. This new deal will provide access to a £8 million funding facility for th

Meraki Capital has completed its third and fourth acquisitions of the year with the purchase of Swindon-headquartered Smart Recruitment and Wise Recruitment. The dual transaction brings both businesses - with further offices in Yeovil, Plymouth and Exeter - into the Meraki Group and secures the future of 100s of permanent and temporary staff following a period of significant trading pressure. With the backing of Meraki Capital and a committed £1 million growth facility, the b

Meraki Capital has completed its second transaction of 2026 with the acquisition of SERT - a recruitment and training provider serving the utilities, renewables and facilities management sectors. The deal brings South Coast-based SERT (Fareham for local media) into Meraki’s growing portfolio of specialist recruitment businesses, creating new opportunities for collaboration, knowledge-sharing and cross-sector support. Importantly, SERT now has access to a £1.4million investmen

Meraki Capital has completed the acquisition of City Centre Recruitment, a well-established industrial recruitment and commercial cleaning business based in the South West of the UK. The transaction marks another investment by Meraki Capital and brings City Centre Recruitment into the Meraki family alongside recently acquired Magnus Search. As part of the deal, a £4 million funding facility has been secured to support the growth of both City Centre Recruitment, City Centre Cl

Last month, we announced our investment in Magnus Search, a pioneering UK-based, tech- driven blue-collar recruitment firm co-founded in 2017 by Bradley Wood. Structured with growth and innovation in mind, this deal marks a defining moment for both companies and signals the start of an exciting journey ahead. Why This Deal Matters For Meraki Capital, this investment represents our entry into the blue-collar recruitment space a sector rich with opportunity, yet ripe for moder