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

Your business, Your recruitment business 28 April 2025

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.

Your recruitment business 25 April 2025

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.

Your recruitment business 14 April 2025

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.

Financials, Your recruitment business 7 April 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.

Your recruitment business 3 April 2025

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.

Your recruitment business 1 April 2025

Pertemps makes a splash recruiting for Northumbrian Water

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

Your business, Your recruitment business 28 March 2025

Cautious optimism remains mood of the day for recruiters – City Comment

The broad theme of the last few months – optimistic data in Western economies followed by ongoing debate about how rapidly to withdraw economic stimulus – persisted during February. However, this month stock markets have been required to accommodate an unexpected political crisis in Ukraine. After a strong rally over the last 12-18 months, share prices are vulnerable to these types of left-field geopolitical shocks.
Your recruitment business 6 March 2014

BP introduces candidate’s charter

Global energy giant BP has introduced a candidate’s charter as it aims to give its candidates “a world-class experience” throughout its recruitment process, BP resourcing executives told a London audience on Tuesday (4 March).
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 6 March 2014

Oil & gas recruiter Petroplan opens London office

Oil & gas recruiter Petroplan has opened a new London office in addition to its existing UK offices in Guildford and Aberdeen.
Your recruitment business 5 March 2014

Ex-Army tank driver turned down for 790 jobs

The founder of a firm that specialises in placing ex-services personnel into work, tells Recruiter that he finds its “extraordinary” that a former Army tank driver has been turned down for 790 jobs.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 March 2014

Siemens and Kier announce hundreds of apprenticeships

Engineering firm Siemens says it intends to create 160 apprenticeships this year, a 10% rise on 2013.
Your recruitment business, Emerging talent 5 March 2014

Santander and O2 to offer apprenticeship opportunities

Santander, the personal financial services company, will offer more than 200 apprenticeship opportunities in 2014, while telecoms giant O2 plans to take on 30.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 3 March 2014

Plum Personnel hires Godwin to lead sales and marketing

Plum Personnel, the specialist and technical recruiter, has re-appointed Laura Godwin as a senior recruitment consultant heading up the new sales and marketing division.
Your recruitment business 28 February 2014

gap personnel appoints Emery as branch manager

Industrial recruiter gap personnel has appointed Lucy Emery as branch manager at the company’s Stoke branch.
Your recruitment business 28 February 2014

Norbert Dentressangle to take on 300 apprentices

Norbert Dentressangle, the European transport and logistics company, has launched a national apprenticeship scheme, which aims to recruit up to 300 young people throughout the UK by the end of April.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 28 February 2014

BT new hires to rise by a third this year

BT plans to hire more than 1,000 graduates and apprentices this year, an increase of more than a third on last year.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 27 February 2014

ReThink Energy to improve recruitment in Angola

ReThink Energy, the renewable energy arm of ReThink Recruitment has extended its candidate training courses to include employers in Angola.
Your recruitment business 27 February 2014

Unemployment on the rise in France and Germany

Unemployment in France and Germany rose at the start of 2014.
Your recruitment business 27 February 2014

New business park set to give Burnley a 1,400 jobs boost

A new government-backed business park in Burnley, Lancashire, is expected to support the creation of more than 1,400 jobs in the area.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 27 February 2014

NES Global Talent launches global graduate scheme to aid growth

Technical and engineering staffing solutions provider NES Global Talent has launched a company-wide global graduate scheme.
Your recruitment business, Emerging talent 27 February 2014

Vector Aerospace promotes Silvester to HR vice president

Vector Aerospace, an international provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has promoted Claire Silvester to human resources (HR) vice president.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 26 February 2014

Oil & gas recruiters welcome North Sea regulator proposal

Oil & gas recruiters say that Sir Ian Wood’s proposal this week to establish a new regulator to co-ordinate a fragmented industry of 300 North Sea fields can “only be a good thing” and could create “a welcome boost for the economy”.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 26 February 2014
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