Recruitment Agency

Acorn by Synergie

Wales-headquartered recruitment agency supplying temporary, permanent and contract staff across England and Wales

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Acorn by Synergie places temporary, permanent and contract workers through a branch network across England and Wales. It is the trading name of Acorn Recruitment Ltd, part of the Synergie Group, with its head office in Newport, South Wales.

What Acorn by Synergie offers

Temporary staffing: local branches and specialist consultants who fill short-term roles.
Permanent recruitment: placements across a range of specialist sectors.
On-site teams: recruiters based at client premises who handle hiring, inductions, training and staff management around the clock.
Contract recruitment: outsourced contract hiring, from IT and digital specialists to construction labourers and quantity surveyors.
Facilities management: a separate arm covering cleaning, upkeep, compliance checks and on-site support.
Specialist hiring: a separate division for executive and specialist technology roles.

Who it works with

It supplies industrial, commercial and public-sector employers. Sectors include engineering and technical, manufacturing and production, construction, driving and logistics, and business services.

Key facts

Based in: Newport, Wales
Founded: 1992
Locations: more than 30 branches, offices and on-site sites in the UK, including Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Preston, Caerphilly and Wrexham
Group: part of the Synergie Group, active in 17 countries
Accreditations: REC Corporate Membership, GLAA licence, ISO 9001 and 14001, Cyber Essentials Plus, Constructionline Gold

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Sep 2026.

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Acorn by Synergie is ranked on 14 TrustList rankings: #1 on 5, #2 on 8 and #3 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Acorn by Synergie has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Recruitment agency · 14 rankings

On 2 of these it sits behind Hanson Regan, ahead of Catch 22.

#1of 61
Temporary staffing › United kingdom
It is one of 2 here listing IT and tech recruitment and one of 5 here listing engineering recruitment.
Of the top 50 here, 36 also cover permanent recruitment and 13 also cover contract recruitment; 15 also work in London and 10 also work in Manchester.
Ahead of Catch 22.
#1of 138
Manufacturing recruitment
It is one of 3 here listing legal and one of 4 here listing construction and property recruitment.
Of the top 50 here, 30 also cover temporary staffing and 15 also cover office and admin recruitment; 2 also work in New York and 2 also work in Nottingham.
Ahead of Blue Arrow.
#1of 79
Engineering recruitment
It is one of 3 here listing hospitality recruitment and one of 4 here listing industrial.
Of the top 52 here, 26 also cover executive search and 23 also cover IT and tech recruitment; 3 also work in Dallas and 2 also work in Los Angeles.
Behind Element Staffing, ahead of Dutton Recruitment.
#1of 49
Hospitality recruitment
It is one of 6 here listing contract recruitment and one of 15 here listing executive search.
Of the 49 here, 19 also cover manufacturing recruitment and 11 also cover driving and logistics recruitment; 3 also work in Bristol and 3 also work in Birmingham.
Ahead of Darrell Walker Workforce.
#1of 8
Bristol
It is the only one of the 8 here listing manufacturing recruitment and one of 4 here listing temporary staffing.
Of the 8 here, 3 also cover hospitality recruitment and 3 also cover legal; 2 also work in Leeds and 2 also work in Edinburgh.
Ahead of G2 Legal Limited.
#2of 88
Permanent recruitment › United kingdom
It is one of 5 here listing engineering recruitment and industrial.
Of the top 50 here, 9 also cover construction and property recruitment.
Behind Catch 22, ahead of Hanson Regan.
#2of 53
Executive search › United kingdom
It is one of 33 here listing permanent recruitment.
Of the top 52 here, 8 also cover finance and accounting recruitment and 8 also cover sales and marketing recruitment; 5 also work in New York City and 4 also work in Glasgow.
Behind 3Search, ahead of Hanson Regan.
#2of 193
United kingdom
It is one of 4 here listing manufacturing recruitment and one of 5 here listing industrial.
#2of 479
Executive search
It is one of 3 here listing industrial and legal.
Of the top 83 here, 3 also work in Austin and 3 also work in Charlotte.
Behind Hanson Regan, ahead of Kawader For Recruitment.
#2of 377
Temporary staffing
It is one of 4 here listing IT and tech recruitment and one of 5 here listing construction and property recruitment.
Its profile: “- Temporary staffing: local branches and specialist consultants who fill short-term roles.”
Of the top 85 here, 16 also cover personnel; 3 also work in California and 2 also work in Scotland.
Behind Dutton Recruitment, ahead of Catch 22.
#2of 186
Contract recruitment
It is one of 2 here listing legal and one of 3 here listing hospitality recruitment.
Its profile: “- Contract recruitment: outsourced contract hiring, from IT and digital specialists to construction labourers and quantity surveyors.”
Of the top 66 here, 9 also cover public sector recruitment; 3 also work in Phoenix and 2 also work in Boston.
#2of 164
It recruitment
It is the only one of the top 51 here listing hospitality recruitment and one of 2 here listing legal.
Of the top 51 here, 12 also cover engineering recruitment; 3 also work in Philadelphia and 2 also work in United States.
Behind Applause IT Recruitment, ahead of Hanson Regan.
#2of 68
Construction recruitment
It is one of 4 here listing industrial and legal.
Of the top 51 here, 4 also work in Houston and 4 also work in York.
Behind Catch 22, ahead of Dutton Recruitment.
#3of 353
Permanent recruitment
It is one of 5 here listing legal and one of 7 here listing construction and property recruitment.
Its profile: “- Permanent recruitment: placements across a range of specialist sectors.”
Of the top 81 here, 12 also cover healthcare recruitment.
Behind Dutton Recruitment, ahead of Catch 22.