TWO respected headhunters have joined forces with leading Yorkshire based chartered accountancy firm Clough & Company to launch Project:Search LLP, which specialises in executive search and selection across many sectors.

Both Adrian Davies and Richard Sherrard bring a wealth of experience to the new company after previously holding senior positions at well-known executive search firms. From Clough & Company's head office at Cleckheaton, Adrian, Richard and the Project:Search team offer a full range of board level and executive recruitment services to clients ranging from SME's through to PLCs throughout the UK.

Adrian explains: "Recruiting the right people at the senior end of the market has always been business critical but in the current economic climate it's more important than ever to find the right person as quickly and efficiently as possible. As a result we felt there was a gap in the market for a firm that can combine in-depth experience with the flexibility to completely tailor its services towards every individual client regardless of what industry they work in or where they are based."

Richard adds: "Creating this partnership with Clough & Company gives us access to a large potential client base as well as an established brand that has a reputation for building strong relationships with everyone it works with. Both Adrian and myself have more than 25 years of combined recruitment experience and during this time we have always followed a similar ethos, so when the opportunity arose to work in conjunction with the firm it was an easy decision to make."

Steven Gash, Practice Chairman of Clough & Company, explains: "We've worked with Adrian and Richard in the past and they have an excellent track-record in the recruitment industry so we are delighted to launch Project:Search under the Clough & Company umbrella.

"We're continually looking at how we can expand the range of services that we offer and have recently launched several other new and successful divisions that complement our traditional accountancy services. These include ITwiser which offers impartial IT advice and BusinessWiser, which is plugging the gap left by the closure of Business Link, and we're confident that we can replicate these successes with Project:Search."

For further information on Project:Search visit www.project-search.co.uk or call 01274 876333 or for details of Clough & Company visit www.clough.co.uk