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Winning new business is the top priority for most recruiters as recovery efforts have continued apace following nearly six months of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new survey by recruitment marketing firm Talent Nexus.

Specialist legal recruitment consultant Realm Recruit has welcomed three new experts to its team. Rebecca Blundell, George Molyneux Buckley and Cameran Waite have joined the company directly from competitor businesses, a statement from Realm said. 

Manchester-based recruitment platform Caroo has received a multi-million pound investment from Optimise Capital.

Although there has been worrying news today about rising UK unemployment stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic between May and July, the health crisis is creating new jobs at a Yorkshire manufacturer.

An August survey of in-house recruiters has shown that 69% of employers have fewer roles to recruit for in comparison with the state of play before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recruiting software firm Bullhorn has announced that Stone Point Capital is to become the lead investor for its next phase of growth. At the same time, according to Bullhorn, Insight Partners and Genstar will remain investors in the business.

A new niche IT recruitment agency that requires its consultants to learn to code, and take courses relevant to the jobs they are hiring for, has been launched in London.

The founder and managing director of recruitment firm the Sure Group, Charles Draper, will take part in a reality show where participants accept the mission of changing the world in a four-day challenge.

CBI director-general Dame Carolyn Fairbairn has termed the Covid pandemic recovery “a Darwinian moment” for UK business, with “winners and losers drawn very sharply”, in the opening keynote speech at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s REC 2020 conference on 8 September.

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