Logistics recruitment specialist Davies & Robson has seen an upturn in enquiries and activity this summer, trebling the number of interim managers on contract compared with the same period last year.

Davies & Robson’s recruitment specialist John Cashmore says: “The summer months and, more specifically, the school holidays are notoriously quiet in the recruitment sector but this year has seen an unprecedented number of enquiries from organisations in sectors including third party logistics, parcel distribution, manufacturing, leisure, pharmaceuticals and FMCG.
 
“Against the backdrop of spending and job cuts in public sector services, private sector supply chain recruitment has picked up dramatically. As the mechanism for handling and transporting goods for retailers and service providers, the supply chain is a telling indicator of the health of industry in general, and this increase in investment in consultancy and recruitment is a good news story amongst background noise of a double dip recession.”