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With a report this week claiming that business confidence has reached its highest level in four years, recruiters have also reported rising levels of confidence.

As business in general starts to pick up, there are signs that recruiters, particularly in niche sectors, are once again in demand

The business services sector, which includes the recruitment industry, has shown strong signs of stabilising over the past six months, according to the latest Bibby Financial Services Business Factors Index.

Financial recruiter Alexander Daniels has launched.


The firm was launched by former trade minister and CBI director-general Lord Digby Jones at a launch event at Hotel du Vin in Birmingham.

HR business solutions provider Kenexa has launched Kenexa 2x.

The technology platform provides a Unified Talent Record across the employment lifecycle linking recruitment, onboarding, performance management and mobility.

For more information, see the next week’s Online Recruitment (Recruiter, 12 May).

The Canadian economy created 108,700 jobs in April led by growth in country’s services sector, according to data from Statistics Canada. 

The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in April from 8.2% a month earlier.

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has extended its e-Bulk service through selected partners.

Job board reed.co.uk has launched a recruitment drive and will move to bigger premises later this summer.

A raft of new clients, plus investment in marketing and product development, has brought about the need to move premises, said the company.

Industrial recruiter Drivers Direct has taken over the running of one of its customers’ fleet of vehicles, rather than supply a transport manager from its bank of expert temps.

Bristol-based IT recruiter Redrock Consulting has more than doubled the size of its Clifton offices due to growth in the business.

The company has moved from its 2,200 sq ft space in Pembroke Road to a 4,800 sq ft space upstairs.

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