NOTTINGHAM-based Frontline Recruitment is not disheartened by the recent unemployment figures, as placements through the firm continue to soar.

Frontline, which also has offices across the region in Derby, Mansfield, Leicester as well as Bradford, has reported a 35% increase in sales between July and September this year and has also seen a 20% increase in its client base from the previous quarter between January and March.

The firm is celebrating this news after recent unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that the number of people out of work grew in the three months to August, by 88,000. Although gloomy, this is the slowest rise in recent months.

Tony Wilmot, partner at the firm, said: "We are obviously really pleased that although the national figures show that unemployment is at an all time high, we are still successfully placing people in jobs and that we are still taking on board new clients who want to take on new staff.

"I think that the figures we have are a strong indication that unemployment is slowing down and that companies are now moving out of the harder periods and are looking to the future and what they need to grow their companies.

"We have particularly seen a growth in the number of companies looking for temporary labour, to fill vital skills gaps, without committing to a longer term investment in staff. 

"This might not sound like it, but it is actually a good thing for younger people who may not have been able to get into university, or have just left university and need some general work experience. They can potentially pick up shorter term work that will give them something extra to add to their cv, without committing to a longer term role."