• Financial services provider Bibby Financial Services has provided a £800k funding facility to independent recruitment company D&A Recruitment to support the business’s working capital and its goal of achieving a £10m turnover.

• Merseyside-based multi-sector recruiter GPW Recruitment is now majority-owned by an employee ownership trust (EOT). Legal services firm Knights and RBS Invoice Finance advised on the deal.

• US job board Resume-Library has partnered with recruitment technology platform Recruitology. The partnership will see the job board match candidates from its database directly to Recruitology’s customers’ job descriptions.