Bristol-based outsourcing group Mitie has acquired pre-employment screening company Procius from its management team.
Mitie, which has grown rapidly through a number of strategic acquisitions in recent years, is paying up to up to £2.3m for Procius subject to an adjustment for final completion accounts. 
The Basingstke-based firm is a specialist in pre-employment screening, vetting and background checking with particular expertise in the aviation and transportation sectors.
Mitie said the acquisition would provide its total security management business with additional niche capability and support its growth as one of the UK’s largest providers of pre-employment screening, competency management and criminal records checking services.
The combined business has more than 3,000 customers across all sectors. The acquisition will add an operational hub in Basingstoke to Mitie’s PeopleCert and UKCRBs businesses at the firm’s technology hub in Northern Ireland.
Mitie chief executive Ruby McGregor-Smith said: “This acquisition will significantly enhance the services that we offer to our customers, particularly in the aviation and transport sectors.”
