Recruitment industry investor Recruit Ventures has supported the launch of Ancora Recruitment, a recruitment business based in Bristol owned by entrepreneur Ian Hope.

Hope, previously a sector branch manager at industrial recruiter Best Connections, has more than 35 years’ driving and industrial experience in the recruitment sector.

Ancora Recruitment, which began trading on 10 October 2016, specialises in temporary recruitment to the industrial and driving industry throughout Bristol and the South-West.