Morson Group Limited
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| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Recruitment, engineering, design consultants |
| Predecessor | |
| Founded 📆 | Eccles, Salford, UK 1 September 1969 |
| Founder 👔 | Gerry Mason |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Eccles, Salford, UK |
Number of locations | 36 offices (2017) |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Ged Mason, CEO Dr. Kevin Gorton, Group Managing Director Paul Gilmour, Group Finance Director |
| Services |
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| Revenue🤑 | £771.9 million (2015) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | circa 1,200 (2015) |
| Parent | GGM Human Resources Limited |
| Divisions | Sectors |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Morson Group is an international engineering recruitment and design consultancy company. The Group provides permanent and contract staff to a variety of companies in a wide range of engineering sectors. The Group is made up of Morson International (recruitment), Vital Human Resources (HR services) and Morson Projects (design services).
Morson Group has currently has 36 UK offices with an employed workforce of approximately 1,200.[citation needed]
History[edit]
Morson was founded in 1969, originally as J Morson & Company, by Gerry Mason at the family home in Eccles, Manchester,[1] specialising in recruiting skilled engineers for UK companies. The in-house design consultancy division, Morson Projects, was founded in 1979.
In 1986 Barclay’s private equity bought a stake in the business which they held until 2005.[2]
In 2006, Morson Group was floated on the AIM stock market.[3] It remained floating until 2012 when GGMM, a consortium led by the Mason family, completed a P2P share repurchase in order to return the control of the ownership, growth and direction to the family.[4]
Charity and sponsorship[edit]
In 2016, Morson hosted a masquerade ball which raised over £100,000 for the 2016 charities, Seashell Trust and Springhill Hospice.[5]
Morson is also involved in sponsoring boxers. An early primary sponsor of Ricky Hatton, Morson currently provide sponsorship for boxers from his training academy.[citation needed]
Group CEO, Ged Mason, is also co-owner of the rugby club Sale Sharks.[6]
Awards[edit]
- Investors In People Award (2004)
- Queen's Award – Morson Projects (2012)
- The Drum Recruitment Business Awards 2015 - Best Large Recruitment Agency (2015)
- Recruitment International Top 250 Report – UK’s No.1 Technical Recruiter (ten years running)
- Recruitment International Top 250 Report – No.1 Rail Recruiter (2015–16)
- Recruitment International Top 250 Report – No.1 Aerospace Recruiter (2015–16)
- Salford Business Awards – Best Company to Work For (2016)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Gerry Mason, founder of Morson: 1938-2015". Morson Group News. April 2013.
- ↑ "Equistone Partners Europe - Barclays Private Equity exits Morson Holdings". www.equistonepe.com. 20 Sep 2005.
- ↑ "Morson Group PLC: First Day Dealings on AIM". www.investegate.co.uk. 30 March 2006.
- ↑ "Morson Group MBO gets shareholder go-ahead". Manchester Evening News. 9 July 2012.
- ↑ "Morson masquerade ball raises six-figure sum for Group's charities". SalfordOnline.com. 13 Sep 2016.
- ↑ "Sale Sharks Announce Board of Directors". salesharks.com. 14 July 2016.
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