Original article by David Ramli, Jake Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 15-Jan-15

The consolidation in Australia’s recruitment sector is continuing, with Japan-based Recruit Holdings securing a deal to acquire Chandler Macleod. Recruit will pay $A290m for the listed company, which has a market capitalisation of about $A165m. Recruit will also acquire Peoplebank, which specialises in IT recruitment. Peoplebank CEO Peter Acheson says it will continue to operate as a separate business

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CHANDLER MACLEOD GROUP LIMITED – ASX CMG, RECRUIT HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED, PEOPLEBANK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NAVIS CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED, SKILLED GROUP LIMITED – ASX SKE, PROGRAMMED MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED – ASX PRG, GREENHILL AND COMPANY