South Yorkshire-headquartered recruitment group Nicholas Associates has acquired XL Graduate Placement, a Newcastle-based company providing temporary and permanent graduate recruitment services, for an undisclosed sum.

XL Graduate Placement staff will remain consultants and work alongside the group’s newly appointed head of apprentice and group graduate placement Vicki Nee.

Law firm Squire Patton Boggs advised Nicholas Associates, while XL Graduate Recruitment was advised by law firm Irwin Mitchell and advisory firm Benchmark International.