UK-based Morgan Hunt announced that it acquired Design Build Maintain (DBM) Recruitment to deliver the specialist recruitment services required across public and private sectors.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

DBM Recruitment, a corporate member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, was founded by Gillies MacDonald in 2014. The company places senior level talent into the construction and property sectors and has existing relationships with many public sector organisations.

Gillies has taken up the position of Director for Scotland at Morgan Hunt to “ensure a smooth transition for the clients of DBM Recruitment who can benefit from the infrastructure and technology that supports Morgan Hunt’s existing public sector operations.”

Dan Taylor, managing director at Morgan Hunt commented, “I am delighted to welcome Gillies MacDonald to the Morgan Hunt board. His appointment and our commitment to the Scottish market marks a key step in our plans to deliver our recruitment services through a local team to public sector employers in Scotland. We already operate on a number of public sector supply frameworks in England and Wales and are looking forward to participating with the networks in Scotland.”
“The recruitment challenges for public sector employers in Scotland can be very different to those in England,” Taylor said. “Key employment hubs such as Glasgow, for example, have a high demand right now for professionals in social housing and information technology to meet the building and infrastructure requirements driven by Scottish Government’s commitment to renewing their estates and improving the technology provision across their services.”