UK-based recruitment firm Kingdom Services Group announced it has successfully acquired Spectre Recruitment Group.

Financial details were not disclosed.

Spectre Group provides specialist staffing and recruitment services to some of the UK’s most recognisable brands, placing 1,500 colleagues each day across several sectors. The group will be rebranded as Kingdom People to align with the existing Kingdom recruitment brand.

It will be business as usual for Spectre Recruitment Group’s clients and 1,500 colleagues. Kingdom said it will now provide wider industry-specific experience, an increased national resourcing capability, additional operational best practice, and increased investment in innovation.

Managing director Mike Rogers, alongside his senior leadership and management team, who have steered Spectre’s recruitment business so far will continue to be at the helm, with Rogers now becoming Chief Operating Officer of Kingdom People.

Terry Barton, CEO of Kingdom Services Group, said, “We are delighted to welcome all Spectre colleagues and customers to Kingdom.”

Barton added, “Kingdom remains a family-owned business with family values and Mike and his team share those values. The acquisition further strengthens the well-established and existing recruitment and staffing proposition we provide through Kingdom People. I personally welcome Mike and the Spectre team into the Kingdom Group and my team will support Mike as Chief Operating Officer in achieving our joint business aspirations.”

In a joint statement, Spectre’s founders Nick Hall and Matt Cullen said, “Having successfully grown and developed the Spectre Recruitment business, we are pleased to announce the sale to Kingdom Service Group. A proven and trusted staffing and recruitment partner to many leading organisations, the business now moves into its next exciting phase of development, with Kingdom at the helm.”

“The acquisition combines Kingdom and Spectre’s substantial national support and expertise to become a major player in the UK staffing and recruitment sector,” Hall and Cullen said. “We would like to thank all the Spectre colleagues, customers and supply chain who have been part of the Spectre journey and who contributed to the growth and development of the Spectre Group businesses over recent years. We now watch with excitement as the business moves into its next exciting phase and into the arms of Kingdom Group, who genuinely provide service with care whilst maintaining great values.”