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Fast-growing Newcastle recruitment firm creates 150 jobs in city centre expansion

Technology recruitment player Frank Recruitment Group (FRG) is planning to fill around 150 Newcastle-based vacancies in the coming months, after moving into new office space at the St. Nicholas Building in the heart of the city.

Agreeing an 11 year lease at the site, the firm has taken on two floors in the building and is quickly looking to add to its recently relocated 300-strong workforce.

Commercial property specialist Naylors completed the letting of over 19,000 sq ft of office space which the business is close to finishing a refurbishment project onsite totalling £1m.

FRG, which was established in 2007 with the launch of the original Nigel Frank brand, specialises in the enterprise software market, employing over 700 people across sites in Newcastle, London, Melbourne, New York, San Francisco and Singapore.

In 2016 US investor TPG Growth acquired a majority stake in FRG from its founders, as well as private equity firm Livingbridge, which had invested in the business in 2013 to help it continue to diversify and grow.

To accommodate this growth the firm identified St Nicholas Building as a new North East base and has relocated staff from a number of offices in Newcastle including Collingwood House, where Naylors had leased two floors to the firm in 2014.

James McDonagh Director EMEA at Frank Group said: “With the new space available at St Nicholas Building, Frank Recruitment Group is looking to recruit an additional 150 sales roles in Newcastle before the end of the financial year.

“The investment in quality space and personnel underpins Frank Recruitment Group’s ambition and dedication to deliver the best freelance and permanent niche technology experts to vendor channel partners, SME and Enterprise organisations across the world.”

Dean Clark, associate director in building consultancy at Naylors said: “This has been a very successful project as our refurbishment programme has helped to meet the requirements of the incoming occupiers.

“For FRG we have been able to carry out a series of remodelling works to help ensure the floor space compliments their desk layout and density.

“The second floor has been entirely refitted and now provides a fantastic open plan working environment with reception area, meeting rooms and breakout space.”

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