• Recruitment and staffing company investment firm Bluestones Investment Group has announced an investment joint venture with Elite Talent Services. The business will focus primarily on the IT, engineering and professional services sectors – predominantly within the South-East of England.

• Pratap Partnership, a financial recruitment specialist, has transitioned to an Employee Ownership Trust. Founder Nik Pratap, who started the business in 2019, announced that its longest-serving employee, Karen Creswell, will step up to be a director of the EOT. Legal advice was provided by Shorts and at Knights respectively.