InterQuest Group Acquires Ecom Recruitment

December 4, 2013 – IT staffing specialist InterQuest Group plc has acquired ECOM Recruitment Limited, a U.K.-based digital technology recruitment business, for £7.04 million. Founded in 1999, ECOM has built a leading brand within the digital space and recruits for many of the Top 100 (New Media Age) list of digital agencies. With a team of digital recruitment specialists, co-founders Tim Fleetwood and Vincent O’Shea have guided ECOM through an exceptional period of growth in the digital industry. Mr. Fleetwood will remain with the business as ECOM’s managing director. “This acquisition drives at the heart of what we do,” said Mark Braund, CEO of InterQuest. “The addition of ECOM to our stable of niche and specialist recruitment businesses will help InterQuest rapidly answer the challenges faced by our most important clients planning or working on digital-based projects.”