Our businesses
Four businesses.Teams in nine countries.
The UK, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Romania, Luxembourg, Czechia, the United States and South Africa. Each business keeps its own brand and its own culture. What they share is the standard.
Magnus Search
Every Shift Matters.
- What it does
- Onsite and embedded teams, temporary volume, and permanent placement.
- Specialisms
- Logistics, industrial, facilities, engineering, administration, and non-clinical ambulance services.
- Where
- Head office in Maidstone, with regional teams in the North, North West and South West.
- Leaders
- Bradley Wood, Dan Craig, Lorraine Hill, Emma Smith
HW3
The Power of Teams.
- What it does
- Permanent (contingency and retained), contract, and statement of work.
- Specialisms
- Banking and finance, life sciences, and automation engineering.
- Where
- London, New York, and a resourcing centre in Cape Town.
- Leaders
- Kellie Kwarteng, Ray Green, Angie van Vuuren, Terri Brand
Tessero
Where every piece fits.
- What it does
- A global cybersecurity practice, plus local recruitment in six of its eight offices.
- Specialisms
- Cybersecurity across six sectors. Locally: business services, financial services, technology, engineering, supply chain, life sciences and corporate functions.
- Where
- Budapest, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Bucharest, Prague, Luxembourg, London and New York.
- Leaders
- Charlotte Thomassen, Pierre Gromada, Mysan Zetterström, Tammy Nagy-Stellini
SERT
Switched On.
- What it does
- Recruits contractors and deploys them directly with clients.
- Specialisms
- HVAC and refrigeration, retrofit and data centres, plus smart metering, solar, heat pumps and EV charging.
- Where
- Head office in Whiteley, Hampshire, recruiting across the UK.
- Leaders
- Ben Knight, Alisha Carroll
The group today
By thenumbers.
9acquisitions in under two years
9countries with teams in the group
16Magnus Search offices across the UK
8Tessero offices, from Stockholm to New York
Around 100Tessero consultants
Around 100HW3 clients worldwide
2,000+workers kept in their roles across the 2026 deals
80+permanent jobs protected across the 2026 deals
Every deal
Nine deals,four brands.
Some businesses kept their name. Some took a new one. Five joined a bigger one. In every case the people who built them came too.
Jul 2024HW3Hamlyn Williams, relaunched as HW3Aug 2025Magnus SearchBlue collar platformJan 2026City Centre RecruitmentNow part of Magnus SearchJan 2026SERTEnergy and utilities workforceFeb 2026Smart RecruitmentNow part of Magnus SearchFeb 2026Wise RecruitmentNow part of Magnus SearchMar 2026TBC RecruitmentNow part of Magnus SearchApr 2026Rite PeopleNow part of Magnus SearchJun 2026Six Hays businessesOne deal, six countries, now Tessero
ExitsWe also know what a good sale looks like from the seller’s side.
Exited 2025Hydro Energy Group
Exited 2025JS
In theirown words.
Thinking about what comes next?
Every conversation starts with Nick Gordon, our founder. It is confidential, it commits you to nothing, and the best ones happen while the business is still performing.