Gerald Davies, executive chairman of the Kymin Group, welcoming guests to the Kymin & HAASCO end of the year event staged at Bridge Street, Newport, said: “As we predicted, at our party in November last year, the recovery is very much under way. David Thomas, of HAASCO, had spotted it several months earlier. We are now noticing an increase in business and, from our corporate clients, reports of higher levels of confidence all round.”