Mansfield-based Fresh Start Recruitment has acquired Rischer & Butler, a Nottingham-based recruitment firm specialising in the engineering and construction sector.

Experienced recruiters Joanne Hall and Tracy-Ann Smith, from Rischer & Butler, have joined Fresh Start.

Joint managing directors of Fresh Start, Emma McLaughlin and Stacey Croshaw, said: “Over the years we have built a reputation for being a reliable recruitment business, prominently supplying to the industrial sector. In recent times we’ve expanded our services to offer our clients commercial recruitment solutions.

“This has proven to be successful for Fresh Start and we are happy that we have sustained and embedded these services into our core business.

“The timing is right for our business to embrace this strategic collaboration and take Fresh Start to the next level of expansion. Engineering is a natural progression for us as we have world-leading engineering organisations based right on our doorstep.

“Our vision for the future is to be the ‘one stop shop’ for all recruitment needs. We believe in the economic growth that we continue to see within Mansfield and Ashfield.

“We are confident the area will continue to thrive, particularly with recent news of 1,800 jobs being created in Ashfield as part the Summit Park major development.”