(Source: Recruiter)Adecco's agreed acquisition of professional staffing company MPS Group signals the end of the company's 'big' acquisition phase. The $1.36bn (pound 794m) buy strengthens Adecco's offering in a number of professional staffing areas: information technology (Modis, Idea Integration), finance and accounting (Accounting Principals and UK- based Badenoch & Clark), legal (Special Counsel), engineering (Entegee) and healthcare (Soliant Health). Patrick De Maeseneire, chief executive of the Adecco Group, said: "The big acquisitions are now done; we want to grow organically from here and realise the synergies in the next two years."

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