companies within the Group

Concept Staffing is part of the award-winning Acorn Group which comprises of the following companies:

The award-winning Acorn is one of the UK's leading recruitment and training companies with a network of branches, on-site locations and specialist divisions throughout England and Wales.

The Group works with some 1,000+ public and private sector organisations across the UK every week, with a client list that includes a host of impressive businesses such as Panasonic, MBNA, Corus, HSBC, Muller, InBev UK, Network Rail, Peacocks, Wincanton, GE, Dyson, Balfour Beatty, Compass Group, Veolia...as well as a range of different public sector organisations across the health, police and prison services; local and national government, universities, and so on.

Acorn Learning & Development

Acorn is a leading provider of training, learning and development solutions with 1,000+ individuals receiving training from us each month.

We design, deliver and evaluate a comprehensive range of training and development solutions to service both employers’ and employees’ and their individual needs. We establish the most effective support required for all training services and ensure that our clients access the most professional standards of delivery, flexibility and customer service to enhance their competitive edge.  Courses are developed at different levels, tailored specifically to address the existing and on-going business / performance expectations of the company and include:

• accredited Foundation Apprenticeships, Apprenticeships & NVQs
• management & leadership development, including ILM
• open-courses
• business consultancy services
• IT courses from Basic to Advance level

To find out more please visit www.acornpeople.com/training

Being part of the Acorn Group, Exxell effectively operates as the UK's specialist technical division of Synergie, and provides permanent, contract and temporary recruitment across the engineering, rail, facilities management and construction sectors UK-wide.

With offices in London and Southampton, the Exxell team has many years' experience of supplying a broad spectrum of skilled and semi-skilled labour for clients such as Invensys, NG Bailey, Network Rail, Balfour Beatty, and many others.

For further information please visit www.exxellgroup.com.

Rail Safety Solutions (RSS) is part of the Acorn Group and one of the leading providers of railway safety services offering a full range of services to meet all railway safety needs.

RSS supplies a full range of solutions from concept to delivery and resourcing with the aim of meeting all of your rail safety needs in one place. With the help of RSS you can access all the benefits and cost savings - as well as the safety guarantees - that are necessary to deliver successful rail projects both on a regional and national basis. Their aim is to help you complete your project (no matter how big or how small) to time, to specification and to budget.

To find out more please visit www.railsafetysolutions.com

In 2006 global recruiter Synergie acquired a majority stake in Acorn; an investment that underpinned its commitment to supporting companies operating internationally; and one that has helped to propel Acorn's expansion across the UK.

Synergie is an established, leading recruiter across Europe and North America, with some 600 branches in 13 different countries placing 46,000 temporary workers on a weekly basis, and serving over 80,000 different clients.

It is a €1.2bn business, making it the 6th largest recruiter in Europe and one of the foremost world-wide.

To find out more please visit: www.synergie.fr/group-uk-intro.php