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Vale Peter "Rat" Davis

The recruitment industry has lost a "beloved" leader this month, after former Frontline Recruitment MD Peter Davis passed away on 8 July.

Davis was MD of Frontline, which his wife Deb Davis founded in 1995, between 2005 and 2017, then returned to the role in 2018, until the business was sold two years later.

Staffing industry veteran Kevin Chandler describes Davis as one of his "very favourite people". After Davis was diagnosed with cancer, Chandler offered to assist with running Frontline, which led to him holding a chair position for more than five years prior to its acquisition...