Jigsaw Staffing officially launched this week, based in Manchester city centre, and covering a range of sectors including manufacturing, retail and logistics.

Bluestones offers investment and back-office resources to help start-up recruitment ventures.

Barclay – who worked at Randstad for most of 2016, after stints at Impellam Group and Pertemps, according to his LinkedIn profile – said: “I’m thrilled to be working with the Bluestones Group and launching my own recruitment business. I’ve worked for other recruitment companies for many years and always thought this was something I wanted to do.”

Trish Stratford, CEO of the professional division of the Bluestones Group, added: “There are a number of complementary professional recruitment companies in our division, including Blake Chambers and Nixon Caunce, that Jigsaw Staffing can work alongside. 

“We’re continuing to build our portfolio of brands and covering a growing number of sectors and regions.”

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