Robert Walters suffers from hiring squeeze, sees confidence returning

(Reuters) - UK based global recruitment firm Robert Walters Plc reported a fall in fourth-quarter gross profit on Thursday amid a difficult labour market impacted by caution and uncertainty over Brexit, sending the company's shares down more than 5%.Robert Walters, which competes with Hays , SThree and PageGroup , said gross profit from its home market fell 23%, leading to a 7.9% slide in overall gross profit or net fee income to 94.2 million pounds for the quarter ended Dec. 31.Elsewhere, the..