Private equity firms are continuing with recruitment plans even as the coronavirus pandemic confines people to their homes, according to experts.

There has been an increase in enquiries for people with restructuring skills in the short term, according to Rupert Bell, director of DACH at industry recruitment agency PER. He admitted there has been a general slowdown in activity but said only a third of PER’s work has been put on hold, with more than half of its book moving along.