Shares in leading Irish recruiter CPL Resources continued their post-Brexit vote fall, yesterday, as the group warned the impact on its business of Britain’s vote to leave the EU remains uncertain.

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Recruitment firm CPL Resources has expressed confidence in meeting market estimates for its new financial year, after noting increased business for the first quarter up to the end of September.

Irish travel software firm Datalex is continuing on an upward curve with new customers driving revenue growth in the first half of the year.

Irish recruiter CPL Resources has said good growth in the second half of its financial year has led to it anticipating full-year profits that meet previous estimates of around €13m.

Analysts have rowed back on full-year forecasts for CPL Resources, despite the recruitment firm issuing a relatively strong set of first-half figures yesterday.

Annual revenue for 2014 at Irish-American specialist technology firm Escher Group is set to reduce 15% on a year-on-year basis due to the business failing to conclude a pending deal, as expected, prior to the end of the year.

An increase in the number of companies hiring permanent staff helped to boost profits at CPL Resources by nearly 20% in its latest financial year.

Aer Lingus has reported that it experienced strong trading in April but warned that the threat of strike action has considerably damaged its booking profile.

Leading Irish recruitment firm CPL Resources is anticipating further profitable growth in the remainder of its current financial year after seeing double-digit percentage growth in first-half profits and revenue.

Irish Continental Group’s (ICG) revenue was €72m for the first four months of the year compared with €70.4m for the same period last year, although operating costs were 1.1% higher at €67.3m.