That’s according to separate trading updates the respective recruitment groups released this morning.

According to its trading update for its financial year ended 31 December 2018, RTC reports its board is advising that it is trading in line with current market expectations. Hydrogen’s update for the same period reveals it has continued to trade robustly through the latter part of 2018, with all regions maintaining growth. Consequently, it expects underlying profit for 2018 to be ahead of current market expectations. 

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