A TOP recruitment and training company is celebrating its 20th anniversary by pledging to raise £20,000 for 20 regional charities.

The Acorn Group, which has offices in High Street, Runcorn, has launched a ‘20:20:20 promise’.

Staff in Runcorn will team up with employees at five neighbouring branches to raise £3,000 for three charities.

The company has 35 branches across the country and places aaround 5,000 people into 850 different companies each week.

This year will see the firm’s biggest growth plans as it launches into the Australian, African and Asian markets with its new Acorn Global brand.

Founder and managing director Matt Southall said: “As a business we have always considered that the communities we live and work within deserve our support, and our staff have proved to be more than willing to get involved in providing just that.”