Recruitment specialist Marlborough International has acquired direct merchandising company Leatare Services Ltd for £180,000. Leatare's management are staying on at the firm, which recorded a pre-tax profit of £31,837 in the 15 months to March 28th last. This follows last Wednesday's announcement from that Marlborough that it had acquired a Galway-based IT recruitment specialist, Kingston Technical Skills, for £800,000.