Engineering

APPOINTMENTS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eames Consulting, Faststream Recruitment Group, Gi Group, Heidrick & Struggles, Oyster, Starfish Search, Sellick Partnership

Supplier, Your business 28 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Jobmatch Sweden, Matchtech, Meet Life Sciences, Right Management, Synergy

Cobalt Recruitment appoints new UK managing director

Cobalt Recruitment has announced the appointment of Maria Sinclair as the new managing director of its UK operations.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: Busy Bee Recruitment, Deel

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Cheshire-headquartered Gap Personnel acquired by Rcapital

Cheshire-headquartered recruitment agency Gap Personnel has been acquired by Rcapital in a corporate carve-out.

FINANCIALS: Gattaca bucks trend in first half of 2025

Engineering and infrastructure recruiter Gattaca has reported a “robust” financial performance for the first half of 2025.

Associated British Ports names Parr new group HRD

Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, has appointed Rachael Parr (pictured) as its new group HR director.

Airswift expands board with two industry non-exec directors

Airswift, a global workforce solutions provider, has appointed Melody Meyer and Don Sloan as independent non-executive board members.

Pertemps makes a splash recruiting for Northumbrian Water

UK-wide recruitment agency Pertemps has been awarded the managed service contract for Northumbrian Water.

Jobs boost to East Midlands following UAE deal

Around 850 UK jobs will be created or secured at Nottingham-based Chinook Sciences and its UK supply chain by recent new orders, after the company won a major infrastructure deal from the United Arab Emirates.

Veritas appoint Towning as solar recruitment specialist

Recruitment firm Veritas Recruitment Solutions, which specialises in property, construction and renewables recruitment, has appointed Luke Towning as a solar recruitment specialist following a number of major contract wins for the firm.

Transline Group promotes Birkby to industrial operations director

Global recruitment consultancy Transline Group has promoted Chris Birkby to the position of industrial operations director.

SPIE relocates Hayward to Abu Dhabi

SPIE, a European provider of electrical and mechanical engineering and HVAC services, energy and communication systems, is relocating Rachel Hayward to Abu Dhabi to begin a new role as Middle East & Central Asia business unit recruitment manager for SPIE Oil & Gas Services.

ATA makes significant workforce expansion

Engineering, construction and technical recruitment specialist ATA has increased its team by appointing 13 consultants across all seven of its regional offices.

Recruiter Awards 2014 Special

The Agency and In-house Recruitment Leaders of the Year are always tough categories but the cream always comes to the top, as they say

Acre Resources

Colin Cottell spoke with CEO and founder Richard Wright and co-founder Andy Cartland about Acre’s winning ways

Stepping back to help a client move forward

Innovative multinational technologies firm Thales challenged Morson to help reduce its reliance on contractors through a new resourcing strategy

Empresaria investments ‘progressing well’, Hydrogen Group sees ‘increases in jobs’

International staffing specialist Empresaria has said investments made this year in Dubai, Mexico City, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong are “progressing well”, according to chairman Tony Martin.

Employers miss out on talent as women face discrimination says Talking Talent

More than four out of 10 women (44%) say their gender has hindered their career or will in the future, according to a report by career coaching providers Talking Talent.

Sector Analysis Oil & Gas

The talk is of skills shortage and talent crisis in the industry, but for many recruiters this is boom time

Positive hiring intentions good news for recruitment agencies

Growing confidence in the UK economy has boosted hiring intentions among employers, with evidence that recruitment agencies are set to benefit, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC’s) latest JobsOutlook.

Employers miss out on talent as women face discrimination and prejudice, report finds

More than four out of 10 women (44%) say their gender has hindered their career or will in the future, according to a report by career coaching providers Talking Talent.

LinkedIn analysis reveals UK professional talent outflow

The UK experienced a net outflow of professional talent between November 2012 and November 2013, according to an analysis of the location of LinkedIn members as recorded in their profile.

Quarsh wins specialist engineering contract

Quarsh, a Milton Keynes-based recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and talent solutions provider, has won a contract from The Environmental & Process Engineering Group (TEPE Group).

Agency refutes blacklisting claims

Allegations that the practice of blacklisting workers who complain about pay or who join a trade union is alive and well have been reignited by a Danish TV programme broadcast last week and the release of a new interim report on the practice by the Scottish Affairs Committee.
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