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Frank Recruitment Group acquires fast-growing web services firm with backing from investment group

'Demand for high-quality, well-training and experience IT and cloud technology candidates continues to outstrip supply'

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Graeme WhitfieldRegional business editor

16:14, 29 APR 2020

James Lloyd Townshend, CEO of Frank Recruitment Group (Image: supplied as publicity picture by Frank Recruitment Group)

Newcastle’s Frank Recruitment Group has acquired a fast-growing web services provider and announced a new brand for its overall operations.

The company, which has been expanding rapidly around the world in recent years with backing from investment group TPG Growth, has bought Rebura, one of the country’s fastest growing providers of Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions.

It has also announced that Frank Recruitment, along with its cloud talent creation agency Revolent Group, has formed Tenth Revolution Group, which is aiming to be a world leader in providing staff in a range of technology sectors.

CEO James Lloyd-Townshend said: “Demand for high-quality, well-training and experience IT and cloud technology candidates continues to outstrip supply, even amidst disruption from Covid-19.

“The addition of Rebura allows us to seamlessly match and deliver talent solutions to AWS projects at companies in the ��Ƶ and around the world. We are excited to welcome the Rebura team and offer their clients an enhanced, fully-integrated and specialised IT talent placement, training and enablement platform.”

London-based Rebura, which was founded in 2016, helps companies use Amazon Web Services technologies to increase productivity, efficiency and scalability.

Co-founder Aaron Rees said: “We are proud to join the Tenth Revolution Group. We have extremely ambitious growth plans and are focussed on becoming the go-to partner of choice for AWS.

“We look forward to joining forces with Tenth Revolution Group and accelerating our headcount and portfolio of services while continuing to innovate and lead the way in cloud adaption and usage.”

Frank Recruitment was launched in 2006 as a recruitment firm dedicated to Microsoft technology.

The American investment firm TPG Growth, which has also backed the likes of Spotify and Airbnb, became its majority shareholder in 2016. It has grown rapidly since then with a number of office openings in major US cities, as well as other locations around the globe.

The company has featured on a number of lists for the ��Ƶ’s fastest growing companies and top exporters, including the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 and the International Track 200.

The company saw turnover top £225m in its most recent accounts, and its headcount is approaching 2,000 worldwide.

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