M&A Deal Summary

Brunel International Acquires Taylor Hopkinson

On December 9, 2021, Brunel International acquired staffing company Taylor Hopkinson from Longacre Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Brunel International’s 2nd transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is Brunel International’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-12-09
Target Taylor Hopkinson
Sector Staffing
Buyer(s) Brunel International
Sellers(s) Longacre Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Clearwater International (Financial)

Target

Taylor Hopkinson

Glasgow, United Kingdom
Taylor Hopkinson is a recruitment partner to the renewable energy leaders. Our multi-lingual teams deliver market solutions within the full lifecycle of renewable energy projects, across the industry’s emerging and most mature markets. Taylor Hopkinson was founded in 2009 and is based in Glasgow, United KIngdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Brunel International

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1975
Sector Staffing
Employees10,052
Revenue 1.4B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Brunel International is a global staffing company that supports flexibility by developing innovative services and long-term solutions in professional staffing and project management. Brunel’s client base consists predominantly of major Oil & Gas operators and international Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies. Brunel International was founded in 1975 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Staffing M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-05 SES Labour Solutions

Brisbane City, Australia

SES Labour Solutions is a contingent workforce provider specializing in the mining, oil & gas and construction sectors throughout Australia. SES Labour Solutions is comprised of a team of industry professionals from the HR, mining and construction sectors. SES has the industry knowledge, personnel and facilities to be able to directly screen, assess, test and train talent for clients.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Longacre Group


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 50M GBP
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Longacre Group is a private investment firm that targets small to mid-sized company acquisitions across the UK and Europe. The Firm is sector agnostic and generally pursues profitable businesses with £1 to £10 million of cash flow. Prospective transactions include buyouts, supporting new teams to buy-in, acquisitions of non-core divisions from large corporates and helping owner-managers to find solutions in a retirement sale. Longacre Group was established in 2014 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Staffing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2021 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-10 Allenwest

Scotland, United Kingdom

Allenwest specialise in the design & manufacture of transformers, switchgear, and control-gear. Our electrical distribution ranges are proven technology for the industrial, commercial, mining, and renewables industries. Allenwest was founded in 1918 and is based in Scotland, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-25 Polyblend

Cheshire, United Kingdom

Polyblend is a producer of liquid PVC solutions, widely known as Plastisols. PolyBlend supplies diversified industrial end markets such as coated fabrics, dip moulding, flooring and agriculture and has been developing PVC plastisols, additive dispersions and chemical distribution products. Polyblend was founded in 1986 and is based in Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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