Merje celebrates record revenues
RECRUITMENT consultancy Merje has revealed record revenues boosted by demand from organisations for financial crime specialists.
The niche recruiter reported annual turnover of £8.6m, an increase of 22 per cent on the previous year’s turnover of £7m.
Merje specialises in mid-senior multi-sector recruitment services within compliance, risk management, financial crime, fraud and customer contact.
The financial crime and fraud recruitment division had an extremely successful 2018.
Turnover generated from this team saw a year-on-year increase of 111pc from permanent placements and 211pc in contract placements.
Andy Hodson, managing consultant of the Financial Crime and Fraud team, said: “In light of the ever-evolving regulatory landscape governing financial crime, there is substantial demand from our clients for financial crime specialists to join them and ensure they are mitigating the risk of both financial loss and regulatory repercussions.
“This has been reflected by the increased success of our Financial Crime and Fraud team at Merje over the past 18 months.”
The record results took place during a transformative year for the company, which included the launch of new procurement and contact centre front-line talent recruitment services, a new website, winning ‘Recruitment Partner of the Year’ at the Credit Awards 2018, moving their London office to a larger location in Fleet Street and the opening of their new purposebuilt Manchester headquarters by football legend Denis Law CBE. Merje’s new headquarters in Whitefield, North Manchester has been designed and developed Jonathan Abelson, co-founder of Merje in collaboration with local suppliers to provide a ‘stylish and modern environment’ for its northern team.
Located opposite Whitefield Metrolink tram station and with access to bus links into central Manchester, Merje is based in the 2,900 sq ft ground floor office.
Jonathan Abelson, managing director and co-founder, said: “Last year was tremendously successful for Merje, with our specialist recruitment consultants performing to the best of their ability.
“We were able to expand our offering to include a new procurement division, broaden the scope of our customer contact services and significantly improved the working environment for our teams by moving to new offices.
“We look set to continue our success through to the end of 2019, as well as provide the excellent client and candidate service that we have become renowned for,” added Mr Abelson.