Name change for recruitment firm

NATIONAL recruitment agency ECHM has changed its name to Ardent.

ECHM and Imprint Search and Selection which has offices in Leeds, Manchester and the Midlands – will all now operate under the new banner.

The consultancy, which has its head office in Leeds and is headed by chief executive David Colgrave, was formed after a management buyout from Imprint in December last year.

Imprint acquired the business in 2005.

Mr Colgrave, who led the MBO and had been in the business since 1993, said: “Being part of a plc did not suit our organisation and we will now be looking to double in size over the next three years. We are a regional business delivering national and international solutions.”

Ardent’s two main areas of operation are a finance and accountancy recruitment business and an executive search practice with clients ranging from blue chip plcs to entrepreneurial small and medium sized companies.

Mr Colgrave added that as part of the MBO the business could not retain the Imprint and ECHM names and did not want to be named after its owners/managers.